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παρὰ τὴν Μαιῶτιν ἐς τοὺς Μάχλυας ὁ δὲ Ἀρσακόμας ἐπανελθὼν οἴκαδε μηνύει τοῖς φίλοις
ὡς ἀτιμασθείη ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ γελασθείη
ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ, πένης εἶναι δόξας. ‘ καίτοι,’ ἔφη, ‘ ἐγὼ διηγησάμην αὐτῷ τὸν πλοῦτον ὁπόσος
ἐστίν μοι, ὑμᾶς, ὦ Λογχάτα καὶ Μακέντα, καὶ
τὴν εὔνοιαν τὴν ὑμετέραν, πολὺ ἀμείνω καὶ βεβαιοτέραν τῆς Βοσπορανῶν δυνάμεως. ἀλλ᾽ ἐμοῦ ταῦτα διεξιόντος ἡμᾶς μὲν ἐχλεύαζεν καὶ κατεφρόνει, Ἀδυρμάχῳ δὲ τῷ Μάχλυϊ παρέδωκεν ἀπάγειν τὴν νύμφην, ὅτι χρυσᾶς τε ^ φιάλας ἐλέγετο ἔχειν δέκα καὶ ἁμάξας τετρακλίνους
ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ πρόβατα καὶ βοῦς πολλούς.
οὕτως ἄρα προετίμησεν ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν βοσκήματα πολλὰ καὶ ἐκπώματα περίεργα καὶ ἁμάξας βαρείας. ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ φίλοι, δι᾽ ἀμφότερα ἀνιῶμαι:
καὶ γὰρ ἐρῶ τῆς Μαζαίας, καὶ ἡ ὕβρις ἐν τοσούτοις ἀνθρώποις οὐ μετρίως μου καθίκετο. οἶμαι δὲ καὶ ὑμᾶς ἐπ᾽ ἴσης ἠδικῆσθαι: τὸ γὰρ τρίτον μετῆν ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ^ τῆς ἀτιμίας, εἴ γε οὕτω βιοῦμεν ὡς ἀφ᾽ οὗ συνεληλύθαμεν εἷς ἄνθρωπος
ὄντες καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ἀνιώμενοι καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ χαίροντες.’
‘οὐ μόνον,’ ἐπεῖπεν ὁ Λογχάτης, ‘ ἀλλὰ ἕκαστος
ἡμῶν ὅλος ὕβρισται, ὁπότε σὺ τοιαῦτα ἔπαθες.’
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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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