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καὶ ταῦτα λέγων ἐζήτει τὸ ξίφος: αὐτὸς γὰρ ἄνοπλος ἦν διὰ τὸ πάντα τῷ παιδὶ θαρρεῖν. ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἐνεδέησεν, πάλαι δὲ ἦν ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦτο προπαρεσκευασμένον καὶ πρὸς τὸ μέλλον
τόλμημα καταλελειμμένον. ἀποσπάσας δὴ τῆς σφαγῆς καὶ τοῦ τραύματος ἐξελὼν τὸ ξίφος φησί, ‘ πρὸ μικροῦ μέν με ἀπέκτεινας, νῦν δὲ ἀνάπαυσον, ξίφος. πατρὶ πενθοῦντι παραμύθιον ἐλθὲ καὶ πρεσβυτικῇ χειρὶ δυστυχούσῃ συναγώνισαι. ἀπόσφαξον, τυραννοκτόνησον καὶ τοῦ πενθεῖν ἀπάλλαξον. εἴθε πρῶτός σοι ἐνέτυχον, εἴθε τὴν τάξιν προὔλαβον τοῦ φόνου. ἀπέθανον
ἄν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ^ τύραννος μόνον, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι νομίζων
ἕξειν ἔκδικον: νῦν δὲ ὡς ἄτεκνος, νῦν δὲ ὡς οὐδὲ φονέως εὐπορῶν.’ Καὶ ταῦτα ἅμα λέγων ἐπῆγε τὴν σφαγὴν τρέμων, οὐ δυνάμενος, ἐπιθυμῶν μέν, ἀσθενῶν δὲ πρὸς τὴν ὑπηρεσίαν τοῦ
τολμήματος.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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