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οἴμοι τῶν κτημάτων. — οἴμοι τῶν ἀγρῶν. — ὀττοτοῖ, τὴν οἰκίαν οἵαν ἀπέλιπον. — ὅσα τάλαντα ὁ κληρονόμος σπαθήσει παραλαβών. — αἰαῖ τῶν νεογνῶν μοι παιδίων. — τίς ἄρα τὰς ἀμπέλους τρυγήσει, ἃς πέρυσιν ἐφυτευσάμην;
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Ἑρμῆς
Μίκυλλε, σὺ δ᾽ οὐδὲν οἰμώζεις; καὶ μὴν οὐ θέμις ἀδακρυτὶ διαπλεῦσαί τινα.
Μίκυλλος
ἄπαγε: οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ ἂν οἰμώξαιμι εὐπλοῶν.
Ἑρμῆς
ὅμως κἂν μικρόν τι ἐς τὸ ἔθος ἐπιστέναξον.
Μίκυλλος
οἰμώξομαι τοίνυν, ἐπειδή, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, σοὶ δοκεῖ. οἴμοι τῶν καττυμάτων οἴμοι τῶν κρηπίδων τῶν παλαιῶν ὀττοτοῖ τῶν σαθρῶν ὑποδημάτων.
οὐκέτι ὁ κακοδαίμων ἕωθεν εἰς ἑσπέραν ἄσιτος διαμενῶ, οὐδὲ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἀνυπόδητός τε καὶ ἡμίγυμνος περινοστήσω τοὺς ὀδόντας ὑπὸ τοῦ κρύους συγκροτῶν. τίς ἄρα μου τὴν σμίλην ἕξει καὶ τὸ κεντητήριον;
Ἑρμῆς
ἱκανῶς τεθρήνηται: σχεδὸν δὲ ἤδη καταπεπλεύκαμεν.
Χάρων
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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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