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σὺ οὖν οὐδὲ τὰ ἄλλα πιστεύεις οὕτω γενέσθαι,
ὁπόταν ἀκούσῃς ὅτι ὄρνεα ἐκ γυναικῶν ἐγένοντό
τινες ἢ δένδρα ἢ θηρία, τὴν Ἀηδόνα ἢ τὴν Δάφνην ἢ
τὴν τοῦ Λυκάονος θυγατέρα;
Μένιππος
ἤν που κἀκείναις ἐντύχω, εἴσομαι ὅ τι καὶ
λέγουσι. σὺ δέ, ὦ βέλτιστε, ὁπότε γυνὴ ἦσθα, καὶ ἐμαντεύου
τότε ὥσπερ καὶ ὕστερον, ἢ ἅμα ἀνὴρ καὶ μάντις ἔμαθες εἶναι;
Τειρεσίας
ὁρᾷς; ἀγνοεῖς τὰ περὶ ἐμοῦ ἅπαντα, ὡς καὶ
διέλυσά τινα ἔριν τῶν θεῶν, καὶ ἡ μὲν Ἥρα ἐπήρωσέ με,
ὁ δὲ Ζεὺς παρεμυθήσατο τῇ μαντικῇ τὴν συμφοράν.
Μένιππος
ἔτι ἔχῃ, ὦ Τειρεσία, τῶν ψευσμάτων; ἀλλὰ
κατὰ τοὺς μάντεις τοῦτο ποιεῖς: ἔθος γὰρ ὑμῖν μηδὲν ὑγιὲς λέγειν.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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