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οὐκέτ᾽ οὐδὲ ἀποκρίνεσθαί σοι ἄξιον τοιαῦτα ἐρωτῶντι: θρασὺς γὰρ εἶ καὶ σοφιστής. καί σε ἄπειμι ἤδη καταλιπών.
Κυνίσκος
ἐδεόμην μὲν ἔτι καὶ τοῦτο ἐρέσθαι, ποῦ αἱ Μοῖραι διατρίβουσιν ἢ πῶς ἐφικνοῦνται τῇ
ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν τοσούτων ἐς τὸ λεπτότατον, καὶ ταῦτα τρεῖς οὖσαι. ἐπίπονον γάρ τινα καὶ οὐκ εὔμοιρόν μοι δοκοῦσι βιοῦν τὸν βίον τοσαῦτα ἔχουσαι πράγματα, καὶ ὡς ἔοικεν οὐ πάνυ οὐδὲ αὗται ὑπὸ χρηστῇ Εἱμαρμένῃ ἐγεννήθησαν. ἐγὼ γοῦν, εἴ μοι αἵρεσις δοθείη, οὐκ ἂν ἀλλαξαίμην πρὸς
αὐτὰς τὸν ἐμαυτοῦ βίον, ἀλλ᾽ ἑλοίμην ἂν ἔτι πενέστερος διαβιῶναι ἢπερ καθῆσθαι κλώθων
ἄτρακτον τοσούτων πραγμάτων μεστόν, ἐπιτηρῶν
ἕκαστα. εἰ δὲ μὴ ῥᾴδιόν σοι ἀποκρίνασθαι πρὸς ταῦτα, ὦ Ζεῦ, καὶ τούτοις ἀγαπήσομεν οἷς ἀπεκρίνω: ἱκανὰ γὰρ ἐμφανίσαι τὸν περὶ τῆς Εἱμαρμένης καὶ Προνοίας λόγον τὰ λοιπὰ δ᾽ ἴσως
οὐχ εἵμαρτο ἀκοῦσαί μοι.
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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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