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ὀλίγα γοῦν διαφυλάττειν. εἰπὲ γάρ μοι:
τίς τ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὅδ᾽ ἐστὶ πάχιστος ἀνὴρ ἠΰς τε μέγας
τε, ἔξοχος ἀνθρώπων κεφαλὴν καὶ εὐρέας ὤμους;
Ἑρμῆς
Μίλων οὗτος ὁ ἐκ Κρότωνος ἀθλητής. ἐπικροτοῦσι δ᾽ αὐτῷ οἱ Ἕλληνες, ὅτι τὸν ταῦρον ἀράμενος φέρει διὰ τοῦ σταδίου μέσου.
Χάρων
καὶ πόσῳ δικαιότερον ἂν ἐμέ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ,
ἐπαινοῖεν, ὃς αὐτόν σοι τὸν Μίλωνα μετ᾽ ὀλίγον συλλαβὼν ἐνθήσομαι ἐς τὸ σκαφίδιον, ὁπόταν
ἥκῃ πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀμαχωτάτου τῶν ἀνταγωνιστῶν καταπαλαισθεὶς τοῦ Θανάτου, μηδὲ συνεὶς ὅπως αὐτὸν ὑποσκελίζει; κᾆτα οἰμώξεται ἡμῖν δηλαδὴ μεμνημένος τῶν στεφάνων τούτων καὶ τοῦ κρότου: νῦν δὲ μέγα φρονεῖ θαυμαζόμενος ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ ταύρου φορᾷ. τί δ᾽ οὖν; οἰηθῶμεν ἄρα ἐλπίζειν αὐτὸν καὶ τεθνήξεσθαί ποτε;
Ἑρμῆς
πόθεν ἐκεῖνος θανάτου νῦν μνημονεύσειεν ἂν
ἐν ἀκμῇ τοσαύτῃ;
Χάρων
ἔα τοῦτον οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν γέλωτα ἡμῖν
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παρέξοντα ὁπόταν πλέῃ, μηδ᾽ ἐμπίδα οὐχ ὅπως ταῦρον
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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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