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ὡς δὲ ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν Ζηνόθεμιν ἀπωδύρετο,
' ‘ θάρρει,'’ ἔφη, ' ‘ὦ Μενέκρατες, οὔτε γὰρ ἀπορήσεις τῶν ἀναγκαίων καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου ἄξιον τοῦ γένους τινὰ εὑρήσει νυμφίον.'’ καὶ ταῦτα ἅμα
διεξιὼν λαβόμενος αὐτὸν τῆς δεξιᾶς ἦγεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ τήν τε οὐσίαν πολλὴν οὖσαν ἐνείματο πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ δεῖπνον παρασκευασθῆναι κελεύσας εἱστία τοὺς φίλους καὶ τὸν Μενεκράτη, ὡς δή τινα τῶν ἑταίρων πεπεικὼς ὑποστῆναι τῆς κόρης τὸν γάμον. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐδεδείπνητο αὐτοῖς καὶ
[p. 146] ἔσπεισαν τοῖς θεοῖς, ἐνταῦθα δὴ μεστὴν αὐτῷ τὴν φιάλην προτείνας, ' ‘ δέδεξο,'’ εἶπεν, ' ‘ὦ Μενέκρατες, παρὰ τοῦ γαμβροῦ φιλοτησίαν ἄξομαι γὰρ ἐγὼ τήμερον τὴν σὴν θυγατέρα Κυδιμάχην τὴν προῖκα δὲ πάλαι εἴληφα, τάλαντα πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι.'’ τοῦ δέ, ' ‘ἄπαγε,'’ λέγοντος, ' ‘μὴ σύ γε,
ὦ Ζηνόθεμι: μὴ οὕτω μανείην ὡς περιιδεῖν σε νέον καὶ καλὸν ὄντα κόρῃ αἰσχρᾷ καὶ λελωβημένῃ συγκαταζευγνύμενον,'’ ὁ δέ, ταῦτα διεξιόντος, ἀράμενος τὴν νύμφην ἀπῄει εἰς τὸν θάλαμον καὶ μετ᾽ ὀλίγον προῆλθεν διακορήσας αὐτήν. καὶ τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου σύνεστιν ὑπεραγαπῶν καὶ
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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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