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ἄκουε τοίνυν καὶ ἄλλον, ὦ Τόξαρι, Εὐθύδικον τὸν Χαλκιδέα. διηγεῖτο δέ μοι περὶ αὐτοῦ Σιμύλος
ὁ ναύκληρος ὁ Μεγαρικός, ἐπομοσάμενος ἦ μὴν αὐτὸς ἑωρακέναι τὸ ἔργον. πλεῖν μὲν γὰρ ἔφη
ἐξ Ἰταλίας Ἀθήναζε περὶ δύσιν Πλειάδος συλλογιμαίους τινὰς ἀνθρώπους κομίζων, ἐν δὲ τούτοις
εἶναι τὸν Εὐθύδικον καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ Δάμωνα, Χαλκιδέα καὶ τοῦτον, ἑταῖρον αὐτοῦ: ἡλικιώτας
δὲ εἶναι, τὸν μὲν Εὐθύδικον ἐρρωμένον καὶ καρτερόν, τὸν δὲ Δάμωνα ὕπωχρον καὶ ἀσθενικόν, ἄρτι ἐκ
νόσου μακρᾶς, ὡς ἐδόκει, ἀνιστάμενον.
[p. 136] Ἄχρι μὲν οὖν Σικελίας εὐτυχῶς διαπλεῦσαι ἔφη ὁ Σιμύλος σφᾶς: ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸν πορθμὸν διαπεράσαντες ἐν αὐτῷ ἤδη τῷ Ἰονίῳ ἔπλεον, χειμῶνα μέγιστον ἐπιπεσεῖν αὐτοῖς. καὶ τὰ μὲν πολλὰ
τί ἄν τις λέγοι, τρικυμίας τινὰς καὶ στροβίλους καὶ χαλάζας καὶ ἄλλα ὅσα χειμῶνος κακὰ ; ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤδη σφᾶς κατὰ τὴν Ζάκυνθον εἶναι ἀπὸ ψιλῆς τῆς κεραίας πλέοντας, ἔτι καὶ σπείρας τινὰς
ἐπισυρομένους, ὡς τὸ ῥόθιον ἐπιδέχεσθαι τῆς
ὁρμῆς, περὶ μέσας νύκτας οἷον ἐν τοσούτῳ σάλῳ ναυτιάσαντα τὸν Δάμωνα ἐμεῖν ἐκκεκυφότα
ἐς τὴν θάλασσαν εἶτα, οἶμαι, τῆς νεὼς βιαιότερον
ἐς ὃ ἐκεκύφει μέρος ἐπικλιθείσης καὶ τοῦ κύματος συναπώσαντος, ἐκπεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐς
τὸ πέλαγος, οὐδὲ γυμνὸν τὸν ἄθλιον,^ ὡς ἂν καὶ
ῥᾷον δύνασθαι νεῖν. εὐθὺς οὖν βοᾶν πνιγόμενον καὶ μόγις ἑαυτὸν ὑπερέχοντα τοῦ κλύδωνος.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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