ἐγὼ δέ, ω Ζεῦ, τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτα οὑκ ἐνοχλήσω
σε πλοῦτον ἢ χρυσὸν ἢ βασιλείαν αἰτῶν, ἅπερ
εὐκταιότατα τοῖς πολλοῖς, σοὶ δ᾽ οὐ πάνυ ῥᾴδια παρασχεῖν ὁρῶ γοῦν σε τὰ πολλὰ παρακούοντα
εὐχομένων αὐτῶν. ἓν δέ, καὶ τοῦτο ῥᾷστον, ἐβουλόμην παρὰ σοῦ μοι γενέσθαι.
Ζεύς
τί τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὦ Κυνίσκε; οὐ γὰρ ἀτυχήσεις, καὶ μάλιστα μετρίων, ὡς φής, δεόμενος.
Κυνίσκος
ἀπόκριναί μοι πρός τινα οὐ χαλεπὴν ἐρώτησιν.
Ζεύς
μικρά γε ὡς ἀληθῶς ἡ εὐχὴ καὶ πρόχειρος:
ὥστε ἐρώτα ὁπόσα ἂν ἐθέλῃς.
Κυνίσκος
ἰδοὺ ταῦτα, ὦ Ζεῦ: ἀνέγνως γὰρ δῆλον ὅτι καὶ
σὺ τὰ Ὁμήρου καὶ Ἡσιόδου ποιήματα: εἰπὲ οὖν μοι εἰ ἀληθῆ ἐστιν ἃ περὶ τῆς Εἱμαρμένης καὶ τῶν Μοιρῶν ἐκεῖνοι ἐρραψῳδήκασιν, ἄφυκτα
εἶναι ὁπόσα ἂν αὗται ἐπινήσωσιν γεινομένῳ ἑκάστῳ;
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Ζεύς
καὶ πάνυ ἀληθῆ ταῦτα: οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστιν ὅ τι
μὴ αἱ Μοῖραι διατάττουσιν, ἀλλὰ πάντα ὁπόσα γίνεται, ὑπὸ τῷ τούτων ἀτράκτῳ στρεφόμενα
εὐθὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἕκαστον ἐπικεκλωσμένην ἔχει τὴν ἀπόβασιν, καὶ οὐ θέμις ἄλλως γενέσθαι.
Κυνίσκος
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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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