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εἶτα, ὦ τολμηρότατε πάντων, οὐκ ἐδεδοίκεις μὴ καὶ σύ που τῆς θαλάττης καταπεσὼν Μενίππειὸν
τι πέλαγος ἡμῖν ὥσπερ τὸ Ἰκάριον ἀποδείξῃς ἐπὶ
τῷ σεαυτοῦ ὀνόματι;
Μένιππος
οὐδαμῶς: ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ἴκαρος ἅτε κηρῷ τὴν πτέρωσιν ἡρμοσμένος, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον ἐκεῖνος ἐτάκη, πτερορρυήσας εἰκότως κατέπεσεν ἡμῖν δ᾽ ἀκήρωτα ἦν τὰ ὠκύπτερα,
Ἕταιρος
πῶς λέγεις ; ἤδη γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅπως ἠρέμα με
προσάγεις πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῆς διηγήσεως.
Μένιππος
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Ὧδέ πως: ἀετὸν εὐμεγέθη συλλαβών, ἔτι δὲ γῦπα τῶν καρτερῶν, ἀποτεμὼν αὐταῖς ὠλέναις τὰ
πτερὰ — μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ πᾶσαν ἐξ ἀρχῆς τὴν ἐπίνοιαν, εἴ σοι σχολή, δίειμι.
Ἕταιρος
πάνυ μὲν οὖν ὡς ἐγώ σοι μετέωρός εἰμι
ὑπὸ τῶν λόγων καὶ πρὸς τὸ τέλος ἤδη κέχηνα τῆς ἀκροάσεως: μηδὲ πρὸς Φιλίου με περιίδῃς ἄνω που τῆς διηγήσεως ἐκ τῶν ὤτων ἀπηρτημένον.
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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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