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Μενέλαος
ἀλλὰ ὕδωρ μέν σε γίγνεσθαι, ὦ Πρωτεῦ,
οὐκ ἀπίθανον, ἐνάλιόν γε ὄντα, καὶ δένδρον, ἔτι φορητόν,
καὶ ἐς λέοντα δὲ ὁπότε ἀλλαγείης, ὅμως οὐδὲ τοῦτο
ἔξω πίστεως: εἰ δὲ καὶ πῦρ γίγνεσθαι δυνατὸν ἐν θαλάττῃ
οἰκοῦντα, τοῦτο πάνυ θαυμάζω καὶ ἀπιστῶ.
Πρωτεύς
μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ὦ Μενέλαε: γίγνομαι γάρ.
Μενέλαος
εἶδον καὶ αὐτός: ἀλλά μοι δοκεῖς — εἰρήσεται
γὰρ πρὸς σέ — γοητείαν τινὰ προσάγειν τῷ πράγματι
καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐξαπατᾶν τῶν ὁρώντων αὐτὸς
οὐδὲν τοιοῦτο γιγνόμενος.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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