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καὶ ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἦν, οὗπερ ἕνεκα τὰ πάντα ἐμεμηχάνητο, καὶ χρᾶν τοῖς δεομένοις καὶ θεσπίζειν, παρ᾽ Ἀμφιλόχου τοῦ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ τὸ ἐνδόσιμον λαβών — καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος, μετὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς τελευτὴν τοῦ Ἀμφιάρεω καὶ τὸν ἐν Θήβαις ἀφανισμὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκπεσὼν τῆς οἰκείας εἰς τὴν Κιλικίαν ἀφικόμενος, οὐ πονήρως ἀπήλλαξεν, προθεσπίζων καὶ αὐτὸς τοῖς Κίλιξι τὰ μέλλοντα καὶ δύ᾽ ὀβολοὺς ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστῳ χρησμῷ λαμβάνων — ἐκεῖθεν οὖν τὸ ἐνδόσιμον λαβὼν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος προλέγει πᾶσι τοῖς ἀφικομένοις ὡς μαντεύσεται
ὁ θεός, ῥητήν τινα ἡμέραν προειπών. ἐκέλευσεν
δὲ ἕκαστον, οὗ δέοιτο ἂν καὶ ὃ μάλιστα μαθεῖν ἐθέλοι, εἰς βιβλίον ἐγγράψαντα καταρράψαι τε καὶ κατασημήνασθαι κηρῷ ἢ πηλῷ ἢ ἄλλῳ τοιούτῳ. αὐτὸς δὲ λαβὼν τὰ βιβλία καὶ εἰς τὸ ἄδυτον κατελθὼν — ἤδη γὰρ ὁ νεὼς ἐγήγερτο καὶ
ἡ σκηνὴ παρεσκεύαστο — καλέσειν ἔμελλε κατὰ τάξιν τοὺς δεδωκότας ὑπὸ κήρυκι καὶ θεολόγῳ, καὶ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούων ἕκαστα τὸ μὲν βιβλίον ἀποδώσειν σεσημασμένον ὡς εἶχε, τὴν δὲ πρὸς
αὐτὸ ἀπόκρισιν ὑπογεγραμμένην, πρὸς ἔπος
ἀμειβομένου τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ ὅτου τις ἔροιτο.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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