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ἀλλ᾽, ὦ Κυνίσκε, τὸ ἀΐδιον τοῦτο καὶ ἄπειρον εὔδαιμον ἡμῖν ἐστι καὶ ἐν ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖς ἡμεῖς βιοῦμεν.
Κυνίσκος
οὐχ ἅπαντες, ὦ Ζεῦ, ἀλλὰ διώρισται καὶ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ πολλὴ ταραχὴ ἔνεστι: σὺ μὲν γὰρ εὐδαίμων, βασιλεὺς γάρ, καὶ δύνασαι
ἀνασπᾶν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἱμονιὰν καθείς: ὁ δὲ Ἥφαιστος χωλός ἐστι, βαναυσός τις καὶ πυρίτης τὴν τέχνην ὁ Προμηθεὺς δὲ καὶ ἀνεσκολοπίσθη ποτέ. τὸν γὰρ πατέρα σου τί ἂν λέγοιμι, πεδήτην ἔτι ἐν τῷ Ταρτάρῳ ὄντα; καὶ ἐρᾶν δὲ ὑμᾶς φασι καὶ τιτρώσκεσθαι καὶ δουλεύειν ἐνίοτε παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει καὶ τὸν σὸν ἀδελφὸν παρὰ Λαομέδοντι καὶ παρ᾽ Ἀδμήτῳ τὸν Ἀπόλλω. ταῦτα δέ μοι οὐ πάνυ
εὐδαίμονα δοκεῖ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐοίκασιν ὑμῶν οἱ μέν τινες
εὐτυχεῖς τε καὶ εὔμοιροι εἶναι, οἱ δὲ ἔμπαλιν ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν, ὅτι καὶ λῃστεύεσθε ὥσπερ ἡμεῖς καὶ περισυλᾶσθε ὑπὸ τῶν ἱεροσύλων καὶ ἐκ πλουσιωτάτων πενέστατοι ἐν ἀκαρεῖ γίγνεσθε: πολλοὶ
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δὲ καὶ κατεχωνεύθησαν ἤδη χρυσοῖ ἢ ἀργυροῖ
ὄντες, οἷς τοῦτο εἵμαρτο δηλαδή.
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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