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Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον. ed. Kenneth Kilburn. Lucian with an English Translation, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1959. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg055.local002","excerpt":"ΙΕΡΕΥΣ Ὦ Κρόνε, σὺ γὰρ ἔοικας ἄρχειν τό γε νῦν εἶναι καὶ σοὶ τέθυται καὶ κεκαλλιέρηται παρ’ ἡμῶν, τί ἂν μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν αἰτήσας λάβοιμι παρὰ σοῦ; ΚΡΟΝΟΣ Τοῦτο μὲν αὐτόν σε καλῶς ἔχει ἐσκέφθαι ὅ τι σοι εὐκτέον, εὐκτέον Γ: εὐκταῖον other MSS. εἰ μὴ καὶ μάντιν ἅμα ἐθέλεις εἶναι τὸν ἄρχοντα, εἰδέναι τί σοι ἥδιον αἰτεῖν. ἐγὼ δὲ τά γε δυνατὰ οὐκ ἀνανεύσω πρὸς τὴν εὐχήν. εὐκτέον Γ: εὐκταῖον other MSS. ΙΕΡΕΥΣ Ἀλλὰ πάλαι ἔσκεμμαι. ἐρῶ γὰρ τὰ κοινὰ ταυτὶ καὶ πρόχειρα—πλοῦτον καὶ χρυσὸν πολὺν καὶ ἀγρῶν ἀγρῶν Courier: ἀνδρῶν MSS. δεσπότην εἶναι καὶ ἀνδράποδα πολλὰ κεκτῆσθαι καὶ ἐσθῆτας εὐανθεῖς καὶ μαλακὰς καὶ ἄργυρον καὶ ἐλέφαντα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὁπόσα τίμια. τούτων οὖν, ὦ ἄριστε Κρόνε, δίδου μοι, ὥς τι καὶ αὐτὸν ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς σῆς ἀρχῆς μηδὲ ἄμοιρον εἶναι μόνον αὐτὸν διὰ παντὸς τοῦ βίου. ἀγρῶν Courier: ἀνδρῶν MSS.","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg055.local002/#tlg0062-tlg055-local002-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg055.local002/#tlg0062-tlg055-local002-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg055.local002/#tlg0062-tlg055-local002-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg055.local002/#tlg0062-tlg055-local002-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg055.local002/#tlg0062-tlg055-local002-5"},{"label":"§ 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