Διογένης
ὦ Πολύδευκες, ἐντέλλομαί σοι, ἐπειδὰν
τάχιστα ἀνέλθῃς, — σὸν γάρ ἐστιν, οἶμαι, ἀναβιῶναι
αὔριον — ἤν που ἴδῃς Μένιππον τὸν κύνα, — εὕροις
δ᾽ ἂν αὐτὸν ἐν Κορίνθῳ κατὰ τὸ Κράνειον ἢ ἐν Λυκείῳ
τῶν ἐριζόντων πρὸς ἀλλήλους φιλοσόφων καταγελῶντα
— εἰπεῖν πρὸς αὐτόν, ὅτι σοί, ὦ Μένιππε, κελεύει ὁ
Διογένης, εἴ σοι ἱκανῶς τὰ ὑπὲρ γῆς καταγεγέλασται,
ἥκειν ἐνθάδε πολλῷ πλείω ἐπιγελασόμενον: ἐκεῖ μὲν γὰρ
ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ σοὶ ἔτι ὁ γέλως ἦν καὶ πολὺ τὸ ‘τίς γὰρ
ὅλως οἶδε τὰ μετὰ τὸν βίον;’ ἐνταῦθα δὲ οὐ παύσῃ βεβαίως
γελῶν καθάπερ ἐγὼ νῦν, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπειδὰν
ὁρᾷς τοὺς πλουσίους καὶ σατράπας καὶ τυράννους οὕτω
ταπεινοὺς καὶ ἀσήμους, ἐκ μόνης οἰμωγῆς διαγινωσκομένους,
καὶ ὅτι μαλθακοὶ καὶ ἀγεννεῖς εἰσι μεμνημένοι
τῶν ἄνω. ταῦτα λέγε αὐτῷ, καὶ προσέτι, ἐμπλησάμενον
τὴν πήραν ἥκειν θέρμων τε πολλῶν καὶ εἴ που εὕροι ἐν
τῇ τριόδῳ Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον κείμενον ἢ ᾠὸν ἐκ καθαρσίου
ἤ τι τοιοῦτον.
Πολυδεύκης
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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