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πῶς γὰρ οὔ;
Λυκῖνος
πῶς οὖν οἷόν τέ σοι ἦν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου γεύματος
εἰδέναι τὰ πάντα; οὐ γὰρ τὰ αὐτά γε, ἀλλ᾽ ἀεὶ
ἔτερα καινὰ ἐπὶ καινοῖς ἐλέγετο, οὐχ ὥσπερ ὁ οἶνος ἀεὶ ὁ
αὐτὸς ἦν. ὥστε, ὦ ἑταῖρε, ἢν μὴ ὅλον ἐκπίῃς τὸν πίθον,
καὶ ἄλλως μεθύων περιῄεις: ἀτεχνῶς γὰρ ἐν τῷ πυθμένι
δοκεῖ μοι ὁ θεὸς κατακρύψαι τὸ φιλοσοφίας ἀγαθὸν ὑπὸ
τὴν τρύγα αὐτήν. δεήσει οὖν ὅλον ἐξαντλῆσαι ἐς τέλος,
ἢ οὔποτ᾽ ἂν εὕροις τὸ νεκτάρεον ἐκεῖνο πόμα, οὗ πάλαι
διψῆν μοι δοκεῖς. σὺ δὲ οἴει τὸ τοιοῦτον αὐτὸ εἶναι, ὡς
εἰ μόνον γεύσαιο αὐτοῦ καὶ σπάσαις μικρὸν ὅσον, αὐτίκα
σε πάνσοφον γενησόμενον, ὥσπερ φασὶν ἐν Δελφοῖς τὴν
πρόμαντιν, ἐπειδὰν πίῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ νάματος, ἔνθεον εὐθὺς
γίγνεσθαι καὶ χρᾶν τοῖς προσιοῦσιν. ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ οὕτως
ἔχειν ἔοικε: σύ γ᾽ οὖν ὑπὲρ ἥμισυ τοῦ πίθου ἐκπεπωκὼς
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ἐνάρχεσθαι ἔτι ἔλεγες.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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