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ἢν πρότερόν μοι, ὦ Ζεῦ, κἀκεῖνο εἴπῃς, εἰ καὶ ὑμῶν αὗται ἄρχουσι καὶ ἀνάγκη ὑμῖν ἠρτῆσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ λίνου αὐτῶν.
Ζεύς
ἀνάγκη, ὦ Κυνίσκε. τί δ᾽ οὖν ἐμειδίασας;
Κυνίσκος
ἀνεμνήσθην ἐκείνων τῶν Ὁμήρου ἐπῶν, ἐν οἷς πεποίησαι αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τῶν θεῶν
δημηγορῶν, ὁπότε ἠπείλεις αὐτοῖς ὡς ἀπὸ σειρᾶς τινος χρυσῆς ἀναρτησόμενος τὰ πάντα: ἔφησθα γὰρ αὐτὸς μὲν τὴν σειρὰν καθήσειν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, τοὺς θεοὺς δὲ ἅμα πάντας, εἰ βούλοιντο,
ἐκκρεμαμένους κατασπᾶν βιάσεσθαι οὐ μὴν κατασπάσειν γε, σὺ ^ δέ, ὁπόταν ἐθελήσῃς, ῥᾳδίως ἅπαντας
αὐτῇ κεν γαίῃ ἐρύσαι αὐτῇ τε θαλάσσῃ. τότε μὲν οὖν θαυμάσιος ἐδόκεις μοι τὴν βίαν καὶ
ὑπέφριττον μεταξὺ ἀκούων τῶν ἐπῶν νῦν δὲ
αὐτόν σε ἤδη ὁρῶ μετὰ τῆς σειρᾶς καὶ τῶν ἀπειλῶν ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ νήματος, ὡς φής,
[p. 66] κρεμάμενον. δοκεῖ γοῦν μοι δικαιότερον ἂν ἡ Κλωθὼ
μεγαλαυχήσασθαι, ὡς καὶ σὲ αὐτὸν ἀνάσπαστον
αἰωροῦσα ἐκ τοῦ ἀτράκτου καθάπερ οἱ ἁλιεῖς ἐκ τοῦ καλάμου τὰ ἰχθύδια.
Ζεύς
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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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