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Ὄνειρος ἢ Ἀλεκτρυών. ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Lucian, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1915. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg019.local001","excerpt":"Μίκυλλος ἀλλὰ σέ, κάκιστε ἀλεκτρυών, ὁ Ζεὺς αὐτὸς ἐπιτρίψειε φθονερὸν οὕτω καὶ ὀξύφωνον ὄντα, ὅς με πλουτοῦντα καὶ ἡδίστῳ ὀνείρῳ συνόντα καὶ θαυμαστὴν εὐδαιμονίαν εὐδαιμονοῦντα διάτορόν τι καὶ γεγωνὸς ἀναβοήσας ἐπήγειρας, ὡς μηδὲ νύκτωρ γοῦν τὴν πολὺ σοῦ μιαρωτέραν πενίαν διαφύγοιμι. καίτοι εἴ γε χρὴ τεκμαίρεσθαι τῇ τε ἡσυχίᾳ πολλῇ ἔτι οὔσῃ καὶ τῷ κρύει μηδέπω με τὸ ὄρθριον ὥσπερ εἴωθεν ἀποπηγνύντι — γνώμων γὰρ οὗτος ἀψευδέστατός μοι προσελαυνούσης ἡμέρας — οὐδέπω μέσαι νύκτες εἰσίν, ὁ δὲ ἄϋπνος οὗτος ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσοῦν ἐκεῖνο κώδιον φυλάττων ἀφʼ ἑσπέρας εὐθὺς ἤδη κέκραγεν, ἀλλʼ οὔτι χαίρων γε· ἀμυνοῦμαι γὰρ ἀμέλει σε, ἢν μόνον ἡμέρα γένηται, συντρίβων τῇ βακτηρίᾳ· νῦν δέ μοι πράγματα παρέξεις μεταπηδῶν ἐν τῷ σκότῳ. Ἀλεκτρυών Μίκυλλε δέσποτα, ᾤμην τι χαριεῖσθαί σοι φθάνων τῆς νυκτὸς ὁπόσον δυναίμην, ὡς ἔχοις ὀρθρευόμενος προανύειν τὰ πολλὰ τῶν ἔργων· εἰεἰ Harmon: ἢ (or ἠ) γ; ἢν (and…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-7"},{"label":"§ 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-8"},{"label":"§ 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-9"},{"label":"§ 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-10"},{"label":"§ 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-11"},{"label":"§ 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-12"},{"label":"§ 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-13"},{"label":"§ 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-14"},{"label":"§ 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-15"},{"label":"§ 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-16"},{"label":"§ 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-17"},{"label":"§ 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-18"},{"label":"§ 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-19"},{"label":"§ 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-20"},{"label":"§ 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-21"},{"label":"§ 22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-22"},{"label":"§ 23","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-23"},{"label":"§ 24","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-24"},{"label":"§ 25","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-25"},{"label":"§ 26","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-26"},{"label":"§ 27","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-27"},{"label":"§ 28","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-28"},{"label":"§ 29","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-29"},{"label":"§ 30","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-30"},{"label":"§ 31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-31"},{"label":"§ 32","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-32"},{"label":"§ 33","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/#tlg0062-tlg019-local001-33"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0062.tlg019.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062/tlg019/local001.json.gz"}}