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Προμηθεύς. ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Lucian, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1915. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg020.local001","excerpt":"Ἑρμῆς ὁ μὲν Καύκασος, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, οὗτος, ᾧ τὸν ἄθλιον τουτονὶ Τιτᾶνα προσηλῶσθαι δεήσει· περισκοπῶμεν δὲ ἤδη κρημνόν τινα ἐπιτήδειον, εἴ που τῆς χιόνος τι γυμνόν ἐστιν, ὡς βεβαιότερον καταπαγείη τὰ δεσμὰ καὶ οὗτος ἅπασι περιφανὴς εἴη κρεμάμενος. Ἥφαιστος περισκοπῶμεν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ· οὔτε γὰρ ταπεινὸν καὶ πρόσγειον ἐσταυρῶσθαι χρή, ὡς μὴ ἐπαμύνοιεν αὐτῷ τὰ πλάσματα αὐτοῦ οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὔτε μὴν κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον, — ἀφανὴς γὰρ ἂν εἴη τοῖς κάτω — ἀλλʼ εἰ δοκεῖ κατὰ μέσον ἐνταῦθά που ὑπὲρ τῆς φάραγγος ἀνεσταυρώσθω ἐκπετασθεὶς τὼ χεῖρε ἀπὸ τουτουὶ τοῦ κρημνοῦ πρὸς τὸν ἐναντίον. Ἑρμῆς εὖ λέγεις· ἀπόξυροί τε γὰρ αἱ πέτραι καὶ ἀπρόσβατοι πανταχόθεν, ἠρέμα ἐπινενευκυῖαι, καὶ τῷ ποδὶ στενὴν ταύτην ὁ κρημνὸς ἔχει τὴν ἐπίβασιν, ὡς ἀκροποδητὶ μόλις ἑστάναι, καὶ ὅλως ἐπικαιρότατος ἂν ὁ σταυρὸς γένοιτο. μὴ μέλλε οὖν, ὦ Προμηθεῦ, ἀλλʼ ἀνάβαινε καὶ πάρεχε σεαυτὸν καταπαγησόμενον πρὸς τὸ ὄρος.","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-7"},{"label":"§ 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-8"},{"label":"§ 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-9"},{"label":"§ 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-10"},{"label":"§ 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-11"},{"label":"§ 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-12"},{"label":"§ 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-13"},{"label":"§ 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-14"},{"label":"§ 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-15"},{"label":"§ 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-16"},{"label":"§ 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-17"},{"label":"§ 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-18"},{"label":"§ 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-19"},{"label":"§ 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-20"},{"label":"§ 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/#tlg0062-tlg020-local001-21"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0062.tlg020.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062/tlg020/local001.json.gz"}}