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ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν πώγωνα τοῦτον ἀποθέσθω,
ὦ Ἑρμῆ, βαρύν τε ὄντα καὶ λάσιον, ὡς ὁρᾶς: πέντε μναῖ
τριχῶν εἰσι τοὐλάχιστον.
Ἑρμῆς
εὖ λέγεις: ἀπόθου καὶ τοῦτον.
φιλόσοφος
καὶ τίς ὁ ἀποκείρων ἔσται;
Ἑρμῆς
Μένιππος οὑτοσὶ λαβὼν πέλεκυν τῶν ναυπηγικῶν
ἀποκόψει αὐτὸν ἐπικόπῳ τῇ ἀποβάθρᾳ χρησάμενος.
Μένιππος
οὔκ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ἀλλὰ πρίονά μοι ἀνάδος: γελοιότερον γὰρ τοῦτο.
Ἑρμῆς
ὁ πέλεκυς ἱκανός. εὖ γε. ἀνθρωπινώτερος
νῦν ἀναπέφηνας ἀποθέμενος σαυτοῦ τὴν κινάβραν.
Μένιππος
βούλει μικρὸν ἀφέλωμαι καὶ τῶν ὀφρύων;
Ἑρμῆς
μάλιστα: ὑπὲρ τὸ μέτωπον γὰρ καὶ ταύτας
ἐπῆρκεν, οὐκ οἶδα ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ ἀνατείνων ἑαυτόν. τί τοῦτο;
καὶ δακρύεις, ὦ κάθαρμα, καὶ πρὸς θάνατον ἀποδειλιᾷς;
ἔμβηθι δ᾽ οὖν.
Μένιππος
ἓν ἔτι τὸ βαρύτατον ὑπὸ μάλης ἔχει.
Ἑρμῆς
τί, ὦ Μένιππε;
Μένιππος
κολακείαν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, πολλὰ χρησιμεύσασαν
αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βίῳ.
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φιλόσοφος
οὐκοῦν καὶ σύ, ὦ Μένιππε, ἀπόθου τὴν ἐλευθερίαν
καὶ παρρησίαν καὶ τὸ ἄλυπον καὶ τὸ γενναῖον καὶ
τὸν γέλωτα: μόνος γοῦν τῶν ἄλλων γελᾷς.
Ἑρμῆς
μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔχε ταῦτα, κοῦφα γὰρ
καὶ πάνυ εὔφορα ὄντα καὶ πρὸς τὸν κατάπλουν χρήσιμα.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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