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ταῦτα μὲν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίσταμαι: οὔπω γε μὴν δοκῶ μοι γιγνώσκειν, πῶς δὴ τὼ ἄνδρε τῷ Ἀγαμέμνονι παράσιτοι ἦσαν.
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. ἀναμνήσθητι, ὦ γενναῖε, τῶν ἐπῶν ἐκείνων
ὧνπερ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων πρὸς τὸν Ἰδομενέα λέγει.
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ποίων; ^
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σὸν δὲ πλεῖον δέπας αἰεὶ
ἕστηχ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐμοὶ πιέειν ὅτε θυμὸς ἀνώγοι. ἐνταῦθα γὰρ τὸ αἰεὶ πλεῖον δέπας εἴρηκεν οὐχ ὅτι τὸ ποτήριον διὰ παντὸς πλῆρες ἑστήκει τῷ Ἰδομενεῖ καὶ μαχομένῳ καὶ καθεύδοντι, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι
αὐτῷ δι᾽ ὅλου τοῦ βίου μόνῳ συνδειπνεῖν ὑπῆρχεν
τῷ βασιλεῖ, οὐχ ὥσπερ τοῖς λοιποῖς στρατιώταις πρὸς ἡμέρας τινὰς καλουμένοις. τὸν μὲν γὰρ Αἴαντα, ἐπεὶ καλῶς ἐμονομάχησεν
τῷ Ἕκτορι, ‘ εἰς Ἀγαμέμνονα δῖον ἄγον,’ φησίν, κατὰ τιμὴν ἀξιωθέντα ὀψὲ τοῦ παρὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ δείπνου. ὁ δὲ Ἰδομενεὺς καὶ ὁ Νέστωρ ὁσημέραι συνεδείπνουν τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὡς αὐτός φησιν. Νέστωρ δὲ παράσιτός μοι δοκεῖ τῶν βασιλέων μάλιστα τεχνίτης καὶ ἀγαθὸς γενέσθαι: οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος ἄρξασθαι τῆς τέχνης, ἀλλὰ ἄνωθεν
ἐπὶ Καινέως καὶ Ἐξαδίου: δοκεῖ δὲ οὐδὲ ἂν
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παύσασθαι παρασιτῶν, εἰ μὴ ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων
ἀπέθανεν.
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οὑτοσὶ μὲν γενναῖος ὁ παράσιτος. εἰ δὲ καὶ ἄλλους τινὰς οἶσθα, πειρῶ λέγειν.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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