3.
Πρωτεύς
ὁποίᾳ ἂν πέτρᾳ προσελθὼν ἁρμόσῃ τὰς
κοτύλας καὶ προσφὺς ἔχηται κατὰ τὰς πλεκτάνας, ἐκείνῃ
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ὅμοιον ἀπεργάζεται ἑαυτὸν καὶ μεταβάλλει τὴν χρόαν μιμούμενος
τὴν πέτραν, ὡς ἂν λάθῃ τοὺς ἁλιέας μὴ διαλλάττων
μηδὲ φανερὸς ὢν διὰ τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ ἐοικὼς τῷ λίθῳ.
Μενέλαος
φασὶ ταῦτα: τὸ δὲ σὸν πολλῷ παραδοξότερον, ὦ Πρωτεῦ.
Πρωτεύς
οὐκ οἶδα, ὦ Μενέλαε, τίνι ἂν ἄλλῳ πιστεύσειας
τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ ὀφθαλμοῖς ἀπιστῶν.
Μενέλαος
εἶδον: ἀλλὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα τεράστιον, ὁ αὐτὸς
πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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