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ἦν τοίνυν πάλαι — ῥᾷον γὰρ οὕτω δῆλον ἂν γένοιτο, εἴ τι ἠδίκηκα ἐγὼ μετακοσμήσας καὶ νεωτερίσας τὰ περὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους — ἦν οὖν τὸ θεῖον μόνον καὶ τὸ ἐπουράνιον γένος, ἡ γῆ δὲ
ἄγριόν τι χρῆμα καὶ ἄμορφον, ὕλαις ἅπασα καὶ ταύταις ἀνημέροις λάσιος, οὔτε δὲ βωμοὶ θεῶν ἢ
νέως, — πόθεν γάρ ^ ; — ἢ ξόανα ^ ἤ τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτον, οἷα πολλὰ νῦν ἁπανταχόθι φαίνεται μετὰ πάσης ἐπιμελείας τιμώμενα: ἐγὼ δὲ — ἀεὶ γάρ τι προβουλεύω ἐς τὸ κοινὸν καὶ σκοπῶ ὅπως
αὐξηθήσεται μὲν τὰ τῶν θεῶν, ἐπιδώσει δὲ καὶ τἆλλα πάντα ἐς κόσμον καὶ κάλλος — ἐνενόησα ὡς ἄμεινον εἴη ὀλίγον ὅσον τοῦ πηλοῦ λαβόντα ζῷά τινα συστήσασθαι καὶ ἀναπλάσαι τὰς μορφὰς μὲν ἡμῖν
αὐτοῖς προσεοικότα: καὶ γὰρ ἐνδεῖν τι ᾤμην τῷ θείῳ, μὴ ὄντος τοῦ ἐναντίου αὐτῷ καὶ πρὸς ὃ ἔμελλεν ἡ ἐξέτασις γιγνομένη εὐδαιμονέστερον
[p. 256] ἀποφαίνειν αὐτό: θνητὸν μέντοι εἶναι τοῦτο,
εὐμηχανώτατον δ᾽ ἄλλως καὶ συνετώτατον καὶ τοῦ
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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