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ἄρξαι δ᾽ οὖν ποτε.
Ζεύς
ἀντὶ πολλῶν ἄν, ὦ ἄνδρες θεοί, χρημάτων ὑμᾶς ἑλέσθαι νομίζω, εἰ φανερὸν γένοιτο ὑμῖν ὅ τι
δή ποτε ἄρα τοῦτό ἐστιν ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ νῦν συνελέγητε. ὅτε τοίνυν τοῦτο οὕτως ἔχει, προσήκει προθύμως
ἀκροᾶσθαί μου λέγοντος. ὁ μὲν οὖν παρὼν καιρός,
ὦ θεοί, μονονουχὶ λέγει φωνὴν ἀφιεὶς ὅτι τῶν παρόντων ἐρρωμένως ἀντιληπτέον ἡμῖν ἐστιν, ἡμεῖς δὲ πάνυ ὀλιγώρως ἔχειν δοκοῦμεν πρὸς αὐτά. βούλομαι δὲ ἤδη — καὶ γὰρ ἐπιλείπει ὁ Δημοσθένης — αὐτὰ ὑμῖν δηλῶσαι σαφῶς, ἐφ᾽ οἷς διαταραχθεὶς συνήγαγον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. χθὲς γάρ, ὡς ἴστε, Μνησιθέου τοῦ ναυκλήρου θύσαντος τὰ σωτήρια ἐπὶ τῇ νηῒ ὀλίγου δεῖν ἀπολομένῃ περὶ τὸν Καφηρέα, εἱστιώμεθα ἐν Πειραιεῖ, ὁπόσους ἡμῶν ὁ Μνησίθεος ἐπὶ τὴν θυσίαν ἐκάλεσεν εἶτα μετὰ τὰς σπονδὰς ὑμεῖς μὲν ἄλλος ἄλλην ἐτράπεσθε, ὡς ἑκάστῳ ἔδοξεν, ἐγὼ δὲ — οὐδέπω γὰρ πάνυ ὀψὲ ἦν — ἀνῆλθον ἐς τὸ
[p. 114] ἄστυ ὡς περιπατήσαιμι τὸ δειλινὸν ἐν Κεραμεικῷ, ἐννοῶν ἅμα τοῦ Μνησιθέου τὴν μικρολογίαν, ὃς ἑκκαίδεκα θεοὺς ἑστιῶν ἀλεκτρυόνα μόνον
κατέθυσε, γέροντα κἀκεῖνον ἤδη καὶ κορυξῶντα, καὶ
λιβανωτοῦ χόνδρους τέτταρας εὖ μάλα
εὐρωτιῶντας, ὡς αὐτίκα ἐπισβεσθῆναι τῷ ἄνθρακι, μηδὲ
ὅσον ἄκρᾳ τῇ ῥινὶ ὀσφραίνεσθαι τοῦ καπνοῦ παρασχόντας, καὶ ταῦτα ἑκατόμβας ὅλας ὑποσχόμενος ὁπότε ἡ ναῦς ἤδη προσεφέρετο τῷ σκοπέλῳ καὶ ἐντὸς ἦν τῶν ἑρμάτων.
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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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