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τὸν δὲ Εὐθύδικον, ὡς ἤκουσε — τυχεῖν δὲ γυμνὸν
ἐν τῇ εὐνῇ ὄντα — ῥῖψαι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ καταλαβόντα τὸν Δάμωνα ἤδη ἀπαγορεύοντα — φαίνεσθαι γὰρ ἐπὶ πολὺ ταῦτα τῆς σελήνης καταλαμπούσης — συμπαρανήχεσθαι καὶ συγκουφίζειν. σφᾶς δ᾽ ἐπιθυμεῖν μὲν αὐτοῖς βοηθεῖν καὶ ἐλεεῖν
τὴν συμφορὰν τῶν ἀνδρῶν, μὴ δύνασθαι δέ, μεγάλῳ τῷ πνεύματι ἐλαυνομένους. πλὴν ἐκεῖνά γε ποιῆσαι, φελλούς τε γὰρ πολλοὺς ἀφεῖναι αὐτοῖς καὶ τῶν κοντῶν τινας, ὡς ἐπὶ τούτων ἀπονήξαιντο, εἴ τινι αὐτῶν περιτύχοιεν, καί τέλος καὶ
τὴν ἀποβάθραν αὐτὴν οὐ μικρὰν οὖσαν.
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Ἐννόησον τοίνυν πρὸς θεῶν ἥντινα ἄν τις ἄλλην ἐπίδειξιν ἐπιδείξαιτο εὐνοίας βεβαιοτέραν πρὸς ἄνδρα φίλον ἐν νυκτὶ ἐκπεσόντα ἐς πέλαγος
οὕτως ἠγριωμένον ἢ κοινωνήσας τοῦ θανάτου ;
καί μοι ἐπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν λαβὲ τὴν ἐπανάστασιν τῶν κυμάτων, τὸν ἦχον τοῦ ὕδατος ἐπικλωμένου,
τὸν ἀφρὸν περιζέοντα, τὴν νύκτα καὶ τὴν ἀπόγνωσιν εἶτα ἀποπνιγόμενον ἐκεῖνον καὶ μόγις ἀνακύπτοντα καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ὀρέγοντα τῷ ἑταίρῳ, τὸν δὲ ἐπιπηδῶντα εὐθὺς καὶ συννέοντα καὶ δεδιότα μὴ προαπόληται αὐτοῦ ὁ Δάμων. οὕτω γάρ ἂν μάθοις
ὡς οὐκ ἀγεννῆ σοι καὶ τοῦτον φίλον τὸν Εὐθύδικον διηγησάμην.
Τόξαρις
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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