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πάντα φὴς ἐκ τῶν Μοιρῶν γίγνεσθαι;
Ζεύς
φημὶ γάρ.
Κυνίσκος
ὑμῖν δὲ δυνατὸν ἀλλάττειν ταῦτα καὶ ἀνακλώθειν;
Ζεύς
οὐδαμῶς.
Κυνίσκος
βούλει οὖν ἐπαγάγω καὶ τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο, ἢ δῆλον, κἂν μὴ εἴπω αὐτό;
Ζεύς
δῆλον μέν. οἱ δέ γε θύοντες οὐ τῆς χρείας
ἕνεκα θύουσιν, ἀντίδοσιν δὴ ^ τινα ποιούμενοι καὶ
ὥσπερ ὠνούμενοι τὰ ἀγαθὰ παρ᾽ ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ τιμῶντες ἄλλως τὸ βέλτιον.
Κυνίσκος
ἱκανὸν καὶ τοῦτο, εἰ καὶ σὺ φὴς ἐπὶ μηδενὶ χρησίμῳ γίγνεσθαι τὰς θυσίας, εὐγνωμοσύνῃ δέ τινι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τιμώντων τὸ βέλτιον. καίτοι
εἴ τις τῶν σοφιστῶν ἐκείνων παρῆν, ἤρετο ἄν σε καθ᾽ ὅ τι βελτίους φὴς τοὺς θεούς, καὶ ταῦτα
ὁμοδούλους τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὄντας καὶ ὑπὸ ταῖς
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αὐταῖς δεσποίναις ταῖς Μοίραις ταττομένους.
οὐ γὰρ ἀποχρήσει αὐτοῖς τὸ ἀθανάτους εἶναι, ὡς
δι᾽ αὐτὸ ἀμείνους δοκεῖν: ἐπεὶ τοῦτό γε μακρῷ
χεῖρόν ἐστιν, εἴγε τοὺς μὲν κἂν ὁ θάνατος εἰς
ἐλευθερίαν ἀφείλετο, ὑμῖν δὲ εἰς ἄπειρον ἐκπίπτει
τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ ἀΐδιος ἡ δουλεία γίνεται ὑπὸ μακρῷ τῷ λίνῳ στρεφομένη.
Ζεύς
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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