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ταῦτα μέν, ὦ Δελφοί, τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Φαλάριδος, ἀληθῆ πάντα καὶ οἷα ἐπράχθη ἕκαστα, καὶ δίκαιοι ἂν εἴημεν πιστεύεσθαι ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν
μαρτυροῦντες, ὡς ἂν καὶ εἰδότες καὶ μηδεμίαν τοῦ ψεύδεσθαι νῦν αἰτίαν ἔχοντες. εἰ δὲ δεῖ καὶ δεηθῆναι ὑπὲρ ἀνδρὸς μάτην πονηροῦ δοκοῦντος καὶ ἄκοντος κολάζειν ἠναγκασμένου, ἱκετεύομεν ὑμᾶς ἡμεῖς οἱ Ἀκραγαντῖνοι Ἕλληνές τε ὄντες καὶ
τὸ ἀρχαῖον Δωριεῖς, προσέσθαι τὸν ἄνδρα φίλον
εἶναι ἐθέλοντα καὶ πολλὰ καὶ δημοσίᾳ καὶ ἰδίᾳ
ἕκαστον ὑμῶν εὖ ποιῆσαι ὡρμημένον. λάβετε οὖν
αὐτοὶ τὸν ταῦρον καὶ ἀνάθετε καὶ εὔξασθε ὑπέρ τε τῆς Ἀκράγαντος καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ Φαλάριδος, καὶ μήτε ἡμᾶς ἀπράκτους ἀποπέμψητε μήτε ἐκεῖνον ὑβρίσητε μήτε τὸν θεὸν ἀποστερήσητε καλλίστου
τε ἅμα καὶ δικαιοτάτου ἀναθήματος.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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