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κέκλυτε μαντιπόλου τόδε θέσφατον
Ἀπόλλωνος ἀμφ᾽ ἔριδος κρυερῆς, τὴν ἀνέρες ἐστήσαντο
ὀξυβόαι, μύθοισι κορυσσόμενοι πυκινοῖσι. πολλὰ γὰρ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα μόθου ἑτεραλκέϊ κλωγμῷ
ταρφέος ἄκρα κόρυμβα καταπλήσσουσιν ἐχέτλης. ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν αἰγυπιὸς γαμψώνυχος ἀκρίδα μάρψῃ,
δὴ τότε λοίσθιον ὀμβροφόροι κλάγξουσι κορῶναι. νίκη δ᾽ ἡμιόνων, ὁ δ᾽ ὄνος θοὰ τέκνα κορύψει.
Ζεύς
τί τοῦτο ἀνεκάγχασας, ὦ Μῶμε; καὶ μὴν οὐ γελοῖα τὰ ἐν ποσί: παῦσαι κακόδαιμον, ἀποπνιγήσῃ ὑπὸ τοῦ γέλωτος.
Μῶμος
καὶ πῶς δυνατόν, ὦ Ζεῦ, ἐφ᾽ οὕτω σαφεῖ καὶ
προδήλῳ τῷ χρησμῷ;
Ζεύς
οὐκοῦν καὶ ἡμῖν ἤδη ἑρμηνεύοις ἂν αὐτὸν ὅ τι
καὶ λέγει.
Μῶμος
πάνυ πρόδηλα, ὥστε οὐδὲν ἡμῖν Θεμιστοκλέους
δεήσει: φησὶ γὰρ τὸ λόγιον οὑτωσὶ διαρρήδην
[p. 136] γόητα μὲν εἶναι τοῦτον, ὑμᾶς δὲ ὄνους κανθηλίους
νὴ Δία καὶ ἡμιόνους, τοὺς πιστεύοντας αὐτῷ, οὐδ᾽ ὅσον αἱ ἀκρίδες τὸν νοῦν ἔχοντας.
Ἡρακλῆς
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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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