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Δραπέται. ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Lucian, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1936. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg043.local001","excerpt":"Ἀπόλλων ἀληθῆ ταῦτά φασιν, πάτερ, ὡς ἐμβάλοι τις φέρων αὑτὸν εἰς τὸ πῦρ κατέναντι Ὀλυμπίων, ἤδη πρεσβύτης ἄνθρωπος, οὐκ ἀγεννὴς θαυματοποιὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα; ἡ Σελήνη γὰρ ἡμῖν διηγεῖτο, αὐτὴ ἑωρακέναι καιόμενον λέγουσα. Ζεύς καὶ πάνυ ἀληθῆ, ὦ Ἄπολλον· ὡς μή ποτε γενέσθαι ὤφελεν. Ἀπόλλων οὕτω χρηστὸς ὁ γέρων ἦν καὶ ἀνάξιος ἐν πυρὶ ἀπολωλέναι; Ζεύς καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἴσως· ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ πολλὴν τὴν ἀηδίαν μέμνημαι ἀνασχόμενος τότε ὑπὸ κνίσης πονηρᾶς, οἵαν εἰκὸς ἀποφέρεσθαι ὀπτωμένων ἀνθρωπείων σωμάτων. εἰ γοῦν μὴ εἰς τὴν Ἀραβίαν ὡς εἶχον εὐθὺς ἀπιὼν ᾠχόμην, ἀπολώλειν ἄν, εὖ ἴσθι, ἀτοπίᾳ τοῦ καπνοῦ· καὶ ὅμως ἐν τοσαύτῃ εὐωδίᾳ καὶ ἀφθονίᾳ τῶν ἀρωμάτων καὶ ἐν λιβανωτῷ παμπόλλῳ μόλις αἱ ῥῖνες ἐπιλαθέσθαι μοι καὶ ἀπομαθεῖν ἤθελον τὴν κηλῖδα ἐκείνην τῆς ὀσμῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν ὀλίγου δέω ναυτιᾶν ὑπομνησθεὶς αὐτῆς.","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-7"},{"label":"§ 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-8"},{"label":"§ 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-9"},{"label":"§ 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-10"},{"label":"§ 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-11"},{"label":"§ 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-12"},{"label":"§ 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-13"},{"label":"§ 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-14"},{"label":"§ 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-15"},{"label":"§ 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-16"},{"label":"§ 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-17"},{"label":"§ 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-18"},{"label":"§ 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-19"},{"label":"§ 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-20"},{"label":"§ 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-21"},{"label":"§ 22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-22"},{"label":"§ 23","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-23"},{"label":"§ 24","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-24"},{"label":"§ 25","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-25"},{"label":"§ 26","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-26"},{"label":"§ 27","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-27"},{"label":"§ 28","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-28"},{"label":"§ 29","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-29"},{"label":"§ 30","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-30"},{"label":"§ 31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-31"},{"label":"§ 32","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-32"},{"label":"§ 33","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/#tlg0062-tlg043-local001-33"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0062.tlg043.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062/tlg043/local001.json.gz"}}