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ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Λογχάτης ἔπραξεν καὶ τὴν
ὑπόσχεσιν ἀπεπλήρωσεν τῷ Ἀρσακόμᾳ παραδοὺς τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ Λευκάνορος. ὁ Μακέντης δὲ καθ᾽
ὁδὸν ἀκούσας τὰ ἐν Βοσπόρῳ γενόμενα ἧκεν εἰς τοὺς Μάχλυας καὶ πρῶτος ἀγγείλας αὐτοῖς τὸν
φόνον τοῦ βασιλέως, ‘ἡ πόλις δέ,’ ἔφη, ‘ὦ Ἀδύρμαχε, σὲ γαμβρὸν ὄντα ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν καλεῖ: ὥστε σὺ μὲν προελάσας παραλάμβανε τὴν
[p. 186] ἀρχήν, τεταραγμένοις τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐπιφανείς,
ἡ κόρη δέ σοι κατόπιν ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαξῶν ἑπέσθω:
ῥᾷον γὰρ οὕτω προσάξεις Βοσπορανῶν τοὺς πολλούς,
ἰδόντας τὴν Λευκάνορος θυγατέρα. ἐγὼ δὲ Ἀλανός
τέ εἰμι καὶ τῇ παιδὶ ταύτῃ συγγενὴς μητρόθεν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν γὰρ οὖσαν τὴν Μάστειραν ἠγάγετο ὁ Λευκάνωρ. καὶ νῦν σοι ἥκω παρὰ τῶν Μαστείρας ἀδελφῶν τῶν ἐν Ἀλανίᾳ παρακελευομένων ὅτι τάχιστα ἐλαύνειν ἐπὶ τὸν Βόσπορον καὶ μὴ
περιιδεῖν ἐς ^ Εὐβίοτον περιελθοῦσαν τὴν ἀρχήν,
ὃς ἀδελφὸς ὢν νόθος Λευκάνορος Σκύθαις μὲν ἀεὶ φίλος ἐστίν, Ἀλανοῖς δὲ ἀπέχθεται,.’ Ταῦτα δὲ ἔλεγεν ὁ Μακέντης ὁμόσκευος καὶ
ὁμόγλωττος τοῖς Ἀλανοῖς ὤν κοινὰ γὰρ ταῦτα
Ἀλανοῖς καὶ Σκύθαις, πλὴν ὅτι οὐ πάνυ κομῶσιν
οἱ Ἀλανοὶ ὥσπερ οἱ Σκύθαι. ἀλλὰ ὁ Μακέντης
καὶ τοῦτο εἴκαστο αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀποκεκάρκει, τῆς
κόμης ὁπόσον εἰκὸς ἦν ἔλαττον κομᾶν τὸν Ἀλανὸν τοῦ Σκύθου: ὥστε ἐπιστεύετο διὰ ταῦτα καὶ
ἐδόκει ^ Μαστείρας καὶ Μαζαίας συγγενὴς εἶναι.
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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