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ἐδέδετο οὖν ὁ ἄθλιος Ἀντίφιλος πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον, ἁπάντων ὅσοι ἦσαν κακοῦργοι ἐν τῷ
δεσμωτηρίῳ μιαρώτατος εἶναι δοκῶν, καὶ ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν δεσμῶν Αἰγύπτιος, δεισιδαίμων ἄνθρωπος,
ᾤετο χαριεῖσθαι καὶ τιμωρήσειν τῷ θεῷ βαρὺς
τῷ Ἀντιφίλῳ ἐφεστώς. εἰ δ᾽ ἀπολογοῖτό ποτε, λέγων ὡς οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον εἴργασται, ἀναίσχυντος
ἐδόκει καὶ πολὺ πλέον ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἐμισεῖτο.
ὑπενόσει τοιγαροῦν ἤδη καὶ πονηρῶς εἶχεν οἷον εἰκὸς χαμαὶ καθεύδοντα καὶ τῆς νυκτὸς οὐδὲ ἀποτείνειν
τὰ σκέλη δυνάμενον ἐν τῷ ξύλῳ κατακεκλειμένα: τῆς μὲν γὰρ ἡμέρας ὁ κλοιὸς ἤρκει καὶ ἡ ἑτέρα
χεὶρ πεπεδημένη, εἰς δὲ τὴν νύκτα ἔδει ὅλον
[p. 152] καταδεδέσθαι. καὶ μὴν καὶ τοῦ οἰκήματος ἡ δυσοσμία καὶ τὸ πνῖγος, ἐν ταὐτῷ πολλῶν δεδεμένων καὶ ἐστενοχωρημένων ^ καὶ μόλις ἀναπνεόντων, καὶ τοῦ σιδήρου ὁ ψόφος καὶ ὕπνος ὀλίγος — ταῦτα πάντα χαλεπὰ ἦν καὶ ἀφόρητα οἵῳ ἀνδρὶ ἐκείνων ἀήθει καὶ ἀμελετήτῳ πρὸς οὕτω σκληρὰν τὴν δίαιταν.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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