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ἐπεὶ δὲ πλησίον ἐγένοντο καὶ εἶδον ἀλλήλους,
οἱ μὲν Ἰνδοὶ προτάξαντες τοὺς ἐλέφαντας ἐπῆγον τὴν φάλαγγα, ὁ Διόνυσος δὲ τὸ μέσον μὲν αὐτὸς εἶχε, τοῦ κέρως δὲ αὐτῷ τοῦ δεξιοῦ μὲν
ὁ Σιληνός, τοῦ εὐωνύμου δὲ ὁ Πὰν ἡγοῦντο: λοχαγοὶ δὲ καὶ ταξίαρχοι οἱ Σάτυροι ἐγκαθειστήκεσαν καὶ τὸ μὲν σύνθημα ἦν ἅπασι τὸ εὐοῖ.
εὐθὺς δὲ τὰ τύμπανα ἐπαταγεῖτο καὶ τὰ κύμβαλα
τὸ πολεμικὸν ἐσήμαινε καὶ τῶν Σατύρων τις λαβὼν τὸ κέρας ἐπηύλει τὸ ὄρθιον καὶ ὁ τοῦ
Σιληνοῦ ὄνος ἐνυάλιόν τι ὠγκήσατο καὶ αἱ Μαινάδες σὺν ὀλολυγῇ ἐνεπήδησαν αὐτοῖς δράκοντας ὑπεζωσμέναι κἀκ τῶν θύρσων ἄκρων ἀπογυμνοῦσαι τὸν σίδηρον. οἱ Ἰνδοὶ δὲ καὶ οἱ ἐλέφαντες αὐτῶν αὐτίκα ἐγκλίναντες σὺν οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ ἔφευγον οὐδ᾽ ἐντὸς βέλους γενέσθαι
ὑπομείναντες, καὶ τέλος κατὰ κράτος ἑαλώκεσαν
καὶ αἰχμάλωτοι ἀπήγοντο ὑπὸ τῶν τέως καταγελωμένων, ἔργῳ μαθόντες ὡς οὐκ ἐχρῆν ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἀκοῆς καταφρονεῖν ξένων στρατοπέδων,
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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