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οὐκοῦν ἐπεὶ τῆς νεὼς τὸ παράδειγμα, οὐ πάνυ σοι ἰσχυρὸν ἔδοξεν εἶναι, ἄκουσον ἤδη τὴν ἱεράν, φασίν, ἄγκυραν καὶ ἣν οὐδεμιᾷ μηχανῇ ἀπορρήξεις.
Ζεύς
τί ποτε ἄρα καὶ ἐρεῖ;
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Τιμοκλῆς
ἴδοις γὰρ εἰ ἀκόλουθα ταῦτα συλλογίζομαι, καὶ
εἴ πη αὐτὰ δυνατόν σοι περιτρέψαι. εἰ γὰρ εἰσὶ
βωμοί, εἰσὶ καὶ θεοί: ἀλλὰ μὴν εἰσὶ βωμοί, εἰσὶν ἄρα καὶ θεοί:. τί πρὸς ταῦτα φής;
Δάμις
ἢν πρότερον γελάσω ἐς κόρον, ἀποκρινοῦμαί σοι.
Τιμοκλῆς
ἀλλὰ ἔοικας οὐδὲ παύσεσθαι γελῶν εἰπὲ δὲ ὅμως ὅπη σοι γελοῖον ἔδοξε τὸ εἰρημένον εἶναι.
Δάμις
ὅτι οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ ἀπὸ λεπτῆς κρόκης
ἐξαψάμενός σου τὴν ἄγκυραν, καὶ ταῦτα ἱερὰν οὖσαν:
τὸ γὰρ εἶναι θεοὺς τῷ βωμοὺς εἶναι συνδήσας ἰσχυρὸν οἴει ποιήσασθαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν τὸν ὅρμον.
ὥστε ἐπεὶ μηδὲν ἄλλο τούτου φὴς ἔχειν εἰπεῖν ἱερώτερον, ἀπίωμεν ἤδη.
Τιμοκλῆς
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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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