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τί δ᾽ εἰ ἐκείνῳ πρώτῳ ἢ δευτέρῳ ἐντύχοις. τί ποιήσεις;
Λυκῖνος
οὐ μὲν οὖν, ἀλλὰ σὺ ὁ Ἑλλανοδίκης ἐθέλω
εἰδέναι ὅ τι καὶ πράξεις, πότερον αὐτίκα ἐρεῖς ὅτι οὗτός
ἐστιν ὁ ἔφεδρος, ἢ δεήσει ἐπὶ πάντας ἐν κύκλῳ ἐλθόντα
ἰδεῖν εἴ που αὐτῷ γράμμα ὅμοιόν ἐστιν; ὡς εἴ γε μὴ
τοὺς πάντων κλήρους ἴδοις, οὐκ ἂν μάθοις τὸν ἔφεδρον.
Ἑρμότιμος
καὶ μήν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ῥᾳδίως ἂν μάθοιμι: ἐπὶ
γοῦν τῶν ἐννέα ἢν τὸ Ε εὕρω πρῶτον ἢ δεύτερον, οἶδα
ὅτι ἔφεδρος ὁ τοῦτο ἔχων ἐστί.
Λυκῖνος
πῶς, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε;
Ἑρμότιμος
οὕτως: τὸ Α δύο αὐτῶν ἔχουσι καὶ τὸ Β
ὁμοίως δύο, τῶν λοιπῶν δὲ τεττάρων ὄντων οἱ μὲν τὸ Γ,
οἱ δὲ τὸ Δ πάντως ἀνεσπάκασι καὶ ἀνήλωται ἤδη ἐς τοὺς
ἀθλητὰς ὀκτὼ ὄντας τὰ τέτταρα γράμματα. δῆλον οὖν
ὅτι μόνον ἂν οὕτω περιττὸν εἴη τὸ ἑξῆς γράμμα τὸ Ε,
καὶ ὁ τοῦτο ἀνεσπακὼς ἔφεδρός ἐστι.
Λυκῖνος
πότερον, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, ἐπαινέσω σε τῆς συνέσεως,
ἢ θέλεις ἀντείπω τά γ᾽ ἐμοὶ δοκοῦντα, ὁποῖα ἂν ᾖ;
Ἑρμότιμος
νὴ Δία: διαπορῶ μέντοι ὅ τι ἂν εὔλογον
ἀντειπεῖν ἔχοις πρὸς τὸ τοιοῦτον.
Λυκῖνος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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