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ἔχ᾽ ἀτρέμα: καὶ τοῦτο γὰρ ἐγὼ ἰάσομαί σοι
καὶ ὀξυδερκέστατον ἐν βραχεῖ σε ^ ἀποφανῶ παρ᾽
Ὁμήρου τινὰ καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο ἐπῳδὴν λαβών,
κἀπειδὰν εἴπω τὰ ἔπη, μέμνησο μηκέτι
ἀμβλυώττειν, ἀλλὰ σαφῶς πάντα ὁρᾶν.
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Χάρων
λέγε μόνον.
Ἑρμῆς
ἀχλὺν δ᾽ αὖ τοι ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν ἕλον, ἣ πρὶν ἐπῆεν,
ὄφρ᾽ εὖ γινώσκοις ἠμὲν θεὸν ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρα.
τί ἐστιν; ἤδη ὁρᾷς;
Χάρων
ὑπερφυῶς γε: τυφλὸς ὁ Λυγκεὺς ἐκεῖνος ὡς πρὸς ἐμέ: ὥστε σὺ τὸ ἐπὶ τούτῳ προσδίδασκέ
με καὶ ἀποκρίνου ἐρωτῶντι. ἀλλὰ βούλει κατὰ τὸν Ὅμηρον κἀγὼ ἔρωμαί σε, ὡς μάθῃς οὐδ᾽
αὐτὸν ἀμελέτητον ὄντα με τῶν Ὁμήρου;
Ἑρμῆς
καὶ πόθεν σὺ ἔχεις τι τῶν ἐκείνου εἰδέναι, ναύτης ἀεὶ καὶ πρόσκωπος ὤν;
Χάρων
ὁρᾷς, ὀνειδιστικὸν τοῦτο εἰς τὴν τέχνην. ἐγὼ
δὲ ὁπότε διεπόρθμευον αὐτὸν ἀποθανόντα, πολλὰ ῥαψῳδοῦντος ἀκούσας ἐνίων ἔτι μέμνημαι: καίτοι χειμὼν ἡμᾶς οὐ μικρὸς τότε κατελάμβανεν. ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἤρξατο ᾁδειν οὐ πάνυ αἴσιόν τινα ᾠδὴν τοῖς πλέουσιν, ὡς ὁ Ποσειδῶν συνήγαγε τὰς νεφέλας καὶ ἐτάραξε τὸν πόντον ὥσπερ τορύνην τινὰ ἐμβαλὼν τὴν τρίαιναν καὶ πάσας τὰς θυέλλας ὠρόθυνε καὶ ἄλλα πολλά, κυκῶν τὴν θάλατταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπῶν, χειμὼν ἄφνω καὶ γνόφος ἐμπεσὼν ὀλίγου δεῖν περιέτρεψεν ἡμῖν τὴν ναῦν ὅτε περ καὶ ναυτιάσας ἐκεῖνος ἀπήμεσε τῶν ῥαψῳδιῶν τὰς πολλὰς αὐτῇ Σκύλλῃ καὶ Χαρύβδει καὶ
[p. 412] Κύκλωπι. οὐ χαλεπὸν οὖν ἦν ἐκ τοσούτου ἐμέτου
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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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