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βαβαί: ἡλίκον, ὦ θεοί, ἀνεβόησε τὸ πλῆθος, ἐπαινοῦντες τὸν Δᾶμιν ὁ δ᾽ ἡμέτερος ἀπορουμένῳ
[p. 152] ἔοικεν ἰδίει ^ γοῦν καὶ ὑποτρέμει καὶ δῆλός ἐστιν ἀπορρίψων τὴν ἀσπίδα, καὶ ἤδη περιβλέπει οἷ παρεκδὺς ἀποδράσεται.
Τιμοκλῆς
%2Οὐδ᾽ Εὐριπίδης ἄρα σοι δοκεῖ λέγειν τι ὑγιές,
ὁπόταν αὐτοὺς ἀναβιβασάμενος τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν δεικνύῃ σώζοντας μὲν τοὺς χρηστοὺς τῶν ἡρώων, τοὺς πονηροὺς δὲ καὶ κατὰ σὲ τὴν
ἀσέβειαν ἐπιτρίβοντας;
Δάμις
ἀλλ᾽, ὦ γενναιότατε φιλοσόφων Τιμόκλεις,
εἰ ταῦτα ποιοῦντες οἱ τραγῳδοὶ πεπείκασί σε, ἀνάγκη δυοῖν θάτερον, ἤτοι Πῶλον καὶ Ἀριστόδημον καὶ Σάτυρον ἡγεῖσθαί σε θεοὺς εἶναι τότε ἢ τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν θεῶν αὐτὰ καὶ τοὺς ἐμβάτας καὶ τοὺς ποδήρεις χιτῶνας καὶ χλαμύδας καὶ χειρῖδας καὶ προγαστρίδια καὶ τἆλλα οἷς ἐκεῖνοι σεμνύνουσι τὴν τραγῳδίαν, ὅπερ καὶ γελοιότατον ἐπεὶ καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ὁπόταν ὁ Εὐριπίδης, μηδὲν ἐπειγούσης τῆς χρείας τῶν δραμάτων, τὰ δοκοῦντὰ οἱ λέγῃ, ἀκούσῃ
αὐτοῦ τότε παρρησιαζομένου,
ὁρᾷς τὸν ὑψοῦ τόνδ᾽ ἄπειρον αἰθέρα καὶ γῆν πέριξ ἔχονθ᾽ ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀγκάλαις ; τοῦτον νόμιζε Ζῆνα, τόνδ᾽ ἡγοῦ θεόν. καὶ πάλιν,
Ζεύς, ὅστις ὁ Ζεύς, οὐ γὰρ οἶδα, πλὴν λόγῳ κλύων.
καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.
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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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