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οὐκοῦν ἅπαντες ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὰ ἔθνη
ἐξηπάτηνται θεοὺς νομίζοντες καὶ πανηγυρίζοντες;
Δάμις
εὖ γε, ὦ Τιμόκλεις, ὅτι με ὑπεμνησας τῶν κατὰ
ἔθνη νομιζομένων, ἀφ᾽ ὦν μάλιστα συνίδοι τις
ἂν ὡς οὐδὲν βέβαιον ὁ περὶ θεῶν λόγος ἔχει: πολλὴ γὰρ ἡ ταραχὴ καὶ ἄλλοι ἄλλα νομιζουσι, Σκύθαι μὲν ἀκινάκῃ θύοντες καὶ Θρᾷκες Ζαμόλξιδι,
δραπέτῃ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκ Σάμου ὡς αὐτοὺς ἥκοντι, Φρύγες δὲ Μήνῃ καὶ Αἰθίοπες Ἡμέρᾳ καὶ
Κυλλήνιοι Φάλητι καὶ Ἀσσύριοι περιστερᾷ καὶ Πέρσαι πυρὶ καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι ὕδατι. καὶ τοῦτο μὲν
ἅπασι κοινὸν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις τὸ ὕδωρ, ἰδίᾳ δὲ
Μεμφίταις μὲν .ὁ βοῦς θεός, Πηλουσιώταις δὲ κρόμμυον, καὶ ἄλλοις ἶβις ἢ κροκόδειλος καὶ ἄλλοις κυνοκέφαλος ἢ αἴλουρος ἢ πίθηκος: καὶ ἔτι κατὰ κώμας τοῖς μὲν ὁ δεξιὸς ὦμος θεός, τοῖς δὲ κατ᾽ ἀντιπέρας οἰκοῦσιν ἅτερος: καὶ ἄλλοις κεφαλῆς ἡμίτομον, καὶ ἄλλοις ποτήριον κεραμεοῦν
ἢ τρύβλιον. ταῦτα πῶς οὐ γέλως ἐστίν, ὦ καλὲ Τιμόκλεις;
Μῶμος
οὐκ ἔλεγον, ὦ θεοί, ταῦτα ταντα ἥξειν εἰς
τοὐμφανὲς καὶ ἀκριβῶς ἐξετασθήσεσθαι; .
Ζεύς
ἔλεγες, ὦ Μῶμε, καὶ ἐπετίμας ὀρθῶς, καὶ ἔγωγε πειράσομαι ἐπανορθώσασθαι αὐτά, ἢν τὸν
ἐν ποσὶ τοῦτον κίνδυνον διαφύγωμεν.
Τιμοκλῆς
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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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