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ἔπεμψεν ἡμᾶς, ὦ Δελφοί, ὁ ἡμέτερος δυνάστης Φάλαρις ἄξοντας τῷ θεῷ τὸν ταῦρον τοῦτον καὶ ὑμῖν διαλεξομένους τὰ εἰκότα ὑπέρ τε αὐτοῦ ἐκείνου καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀναθήματος. ὧν μὲν οὖν ἕνεκα
ἥκομεν, ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ δέ γε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐπέστειλεν τάδε:
ἐγώ, φησίν, ὦ Δελφοί, καὶ παρὰ πᾶσι μὲν τοῖς Ἕλλησι τοιοῦτος ὑπολαμβάνεσθαι ὁποῖός εἰμι, ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁποῖον ἡ παρὰ τῶν μισούντων καὶ φθονούντων φήμη ταῖς τῶν ἀγνοούντων ἀκοαῖς παραδέδωκεν, ἀντὶ τῶν πάντων ἀλλαξαίμην ἄν, μάλιστα
δὲ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν, ὅσῳ ἱεροί τέ ἐστε καὶ πάρεδροι τοῦ
Πυθίου καὶ μόνον οὐ σύνοικοι καὶ ὁμωρόφιοι τοῦ θεοῦ. ἡγοῦμαι γάρ, εἰ ὑμῖν ἀπολογησαίμην καὶ πείσαιμι μάτην ὠμὸς ὑπειλῆφθαι, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις
ἅπασι δι᾽ ὑμῶν ἀπολελογημένος ἔσεσθαι. καλῶ
δὲ ὧν ἐρῶ τὸν θεὸν αὐτὸν μάρτυρα, ὃν οὐκ ἔνι
δή που παραλογίσασθαι καὶ ψευδεῖ λόγῳ
[p. 4] παραγαγεῖν ἀνθρώπους μὲν γὰρ ἴσως ἐξαπατῆσαι
ῥᾴδιον, θεὸν δέ, καὶ μάλιστα τοῦτον, διαλαθεῖν ἀδύνατον.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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