Μένιππος
τί κλάεις, ὦ Τάνταλε; ἢ τί σεαυτὸν ὀδύρῃ
ἐπὶ τῇ λίμνῃ ἑστώς;
Τάνταλος
ὅτι, ὦ Μένιππε, ἀπόλωλα ὑπὸ τοῦ δίψους
Μένιππος
οὕτως ἀργὸς εἶ, ὡς μὴ ἐπικύψας πιεῖν ἢ καὶ
νη Δί᾽ αρυσάμενος κοίλῃ τῇ χειρί;
Τάνταλος
οὐδὲν ὄφελος, εἰ ἐπικύψαιμι: φεύγει γὰρ τὸ
ὕδωρ, ἐπειδὰν προσιόντα αἴσθηταί με: ἢν δέ ποτε καὶ
ἀρύσωμαι καὶ προσενέγκω τῷ στόματι, οὐ φθάνω βρέξας
ἄκρον τὸ χεῖλος, καὶ διὰ τῶν δακτύλων διαρρυὲν οὐκ
οἶδ᾽ ὅπως αὖθις ἀπολείπει ξηρὰν τὴν χεῖρά μοι.
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Μένιππος
τεράστιόν τι πάσχεις, ὦ Τάνταλε. ἀτὰρ εἰπέ
μοι, τί δαὶ καὶ δέῃ τοῦ πιεῖν; οὐ γὰρ σῶμα ἔχεις, ἀλλ᾽
ἐκεῖνο μὲν ἐν Λυδίᾳ που τέθαπται, ὅπερ καὶ πεινῆν καὶ
διψῆν ἐδύνατο, σὺ δὲ ἡ ψυχὴ πῶς ἂν ἔτι ἢ διψῴης ἢ πίνοις;
Τάνταλος
τοῦτ᾽ αὐτὸ ἡ κόλασίς ἐστι, τὸ διψῆν τὴν ψυχὴν
ὡς σῶμα οὖσαν.
Μένιππος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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