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ἀτὰρ ἡδέως ἂν καὶ ἀκούσαιμι οἷστισι μάλιστα ἐπείσθης τῶν Ὁμήρου: ἆρα οἷς περὶ τοῦ Διὸς λέγει,
ὡς ἐπεβούλευον συνδῆσαι αὐτὸν ἡ θυγάτηρ καὶ ὁ ἀδελφὸς καὶ ἡ γυνή; καὶ εἴ γε μὴ τὸν Βριάρεων ἡ Θέτις ἐκάλεσεν ἐπεπέδητο ἂν ἡμῖν ὁ βέλτιστος
Ζεὺς συναρπασθείς. ἀνθ᾽ ὧν καὶ ἀπομνημονεύων τῇ Θέτιδι τὴν εὐεργεσίαν ἐξαπατᾷ τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα
ὄνειρόν τινα ψευδῆ ἐπιπέμψας, ὡς πολλοὶ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἀποθάνοιεν. ὁρᾷς; ἀδύνατον γὰρ ἦν αὐτῷ κεραυνὸν ἐμβαλόντι καταφλέξαι τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα
αὐτὸν ἄνευ τοῦ ἀπατεῶνα εἶναι δοκεῖν. ἢ ἐκεῖνὰ
σε μάλιστα εἰς τὴν πίστιν ἐπεσπάσαντο, ἀκούοντα
ὡς Διομήδης μὲν ἔτρωσε τὴν Ἀφροδίτην, εἶτα τὸν
Ἄρη αὐτὸν Ἀθηνᾶς παρακελεύσει, μετὰ μικρὸν
δὲ αὐτοὶ συμπεσόντες οἱ θεοὶ ἐμονομάχουν ἀναμὶξ ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι, καὶ Ἀθηνᾶ μὲν Ἄρη καταγωνίζεται ἅτε καὶ προπεπονηκότα, οἶμαι, ἐκ τοῦ τραύματος ὃ παρὰ τοῦ Διομήδους εἰλήφει, Λητοῖ δ᾽ ἀντέστη σῶκος ἐριούνιος Ἑρμῆς;
ἢ τὰ περὶ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδός σοι πιθανὰ ἔδοξεν, ὡς ἐκείνη μεμψίμοιρος οὖσα ἠγανάκτησεν οὐ κληθεῖσα ἐφ᾽ ἑστίασιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Οἰνέως, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο σῦν τινα ὑπερφυᾶ καὶ ἀνυπόστατον τὴν ἀλκὴν ἐπαφῆκεν ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν αὐτοῦ; ἆρ᾽ οὖν τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγων σε Ὅμηρος πέπεικε;
Ζεύς
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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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