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οὐδαμῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ Μοῖρα δι᾽ ἡμῶν ἕκαστα ἐπιτελεῖ.
Κυνίσκος
μανθάνω: ὑπηρέται καὶ διάκονοί τινες τῶν Μοιρῶν εἶναί φατε. πλὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ οὕτως ἐκεῖναι
ἂν εἶεν αἱ προνοοῦσαι, ὑμεῖς δὲ ὥσπερ σκεύη τινὰ
καὶ ἐργαλεῖά ἐστε αὐτῶν.
Ζεύς
πῶς λέγεις;
Κυνίσκος
ὥσπερ, οἶμαι, καὶ τὸ σκέπαρνον τῷ τέκτονι καὶ τὸ τρύπανον συνεργεῖ μέν τι πρὸς τὴν τέχνην,
οὐδεὶς δ᾽ ἂν εἴποι ὡς ταῦτα ὁ τεχνίτης ἐστίν, οὐδ᾽
ἡ ναῦς ἔργον τοῦ σκεπάρνου ἢ τοῦ τρυπάνου, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ναυπηγοῦ: ἀνάλογον τοίνυν ἡ μὲν ναυπηγουμένη ἕκαστα ἡ Εἱμαρμένη ἐστίν, ὑμεῖς
δέ, εἴπερ ἄρα, τρύπανα καὶ σκέπαρνά ἐστε τῶν Μοιρῶν: καί, ὡς ἔοικεν, οἱ ἄνθρωποι δέον τῇ Εἱμαρμένῃ θύειν καὶ παρ᾽ ἐκείνης αἰτεῖν τἀγαθά,
οἱ δ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἴασι προσόδοις καὶ θυσίαις γεραίροντες: ἢ οὐδὲ τὴν Εἱμαρμένην τιμῶντες εἰς δέον
ἂν αὐτὸ ἔπραττον οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι δυνατὸν εἶναι
οὐδὲ αὐταῖς ἔτι ταῖς Μοίραις ἀλλάξαι τι καὶ μετατρέψαι τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς δοξάντων περὶ ἑκάστου:
ἡ γοῦν Ἄτροπος οὐκ ἀνάσχοιτ᾽ ἄν, εἴ τις εἰς τὸ ἐναντίον στρέψειε τὸν ἄτρακτον ἀναλύων τῆς Κλωθοῦς τὸ ἔργον.
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Ζεύς
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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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