Κράτης
Μοίριχον τὸν πλούσιον ἐγίνωσκες, ὦ
Διόγενες, τὸν πάνυ πλούσιον, τὸν ἐκ Κορίνθου, τὸν τὰς
πολλὰς ὁλκάδας ἔχοντα, οὗ ἀνεψιὸς Ἀριστέας, πλούσιος
καὶ αὐτὸς ὤν; ὃς τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν ἐκεῖνο εἰώθει ἐπιλέγειν,
ἤ μ᾽ ἀνάειρ᾽ ἢ ἐγὼ σέ.
Διογένης
τίνος ἕνεκα, ὦ Κράτης;
Κράτης
ἐθεράπευον ἀλλήλους τοῦ κλήρου ἕνεκα
ἑκάτερος ἡλικιῶται ὄντες, καὶ τὰς διαθήκας ἐς τὸ φανερὸν
ἐτίθεντο, Ἀριστέαν μὲν ὁ Μοίριχος, εἰ προαποθάνοι,
δεσπότην ἀφιεὶς τῶν ἑαυτοῦ πάντων, Μοίριχον δὲ
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ὁ Ἀριστέας, εἰ προαπέλθοι αὐτοῦ. ταῦτα μὲν ἐγέγραπτο,
οἱ δ᾽ ἐθεράπευον ὑπερβαλλόμενοι ἀλλήλους τῇ κολακείᾳ:
καὶ οἱ μάντεις, οἵ τε ἀπὸ τῶν ἄστρων τεκμαιρόμενοι τὸ
μέλλον οἵ τε ἀπὸ τῶν ὀνειράτων, ὥς γε Χαλδαίων παῖδες,
ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ Πύθιος αὐτὸς ἄρτι μὲν Ἀριστέᾳ παρεῖχε
τὸ κράτος, ἄρτι δὲ Μοιρίχῳ, καὶ τὰ τάλαντα ποτὲ μὲν
ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνον, νῦν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἔρρεπε.
Διογένης
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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