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Θεῶν Διάλογοι. ed. Karl Jacobitz. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Leipzig, Teubner, 1909. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068.local001","excerpt":"Προμηθεύς λῦσόν με, ὦ Ζεῦ· δεινὰ γὰρ ἤδη πέπονθα. Ζεύς λύσω σε, φής, ὃν ἐχρῆν βαρυτέρας πέδας ἔχοντα καὶ τὸν Καύκασον ὅλον ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς ἐπικείμενον ὑπὸ ἑκκαίδεκα γυπῶν μὴ μόνον κείρεσθαι τὸ ἧπαρ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐξορύττεσθαι, ἀνθʼ ὧν τοιαῦθʼ ἡμῖν ζῷα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἔπλασας καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἔκλεψας καὶ γυναῖκας ἐδημιούργησας; ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἐμὲ ἐξηπάτησας ἐν τῇ νομῇ τῶν κρεῶν ὀστᾶ πιμελῇ κεκαλυμμένα παραθεὶς καὶ τὴν ἀμείνω τῶν μοιρῶν σεαυτῷ φυλάττων, τί χρὴ λέγειν; Προμηθεύς οὔκουν ἱκανὴν ἤδη τὴν δίκην ἐκτέτικα τοσοῦτον χρόνον τῷ Καυκάσῳ προσηλωμένος τὸν κάκιστα ὀρνέων ἀπολούμενον αἰετὸν τρέφων τῷ ἥπατι; Ζεύς οὐδὲ πολλοστημόριον τοῦτο ὧν σε δεῖ παθεῖν. Προμηθεύς καὶ μὴν οὐκ ἀμισθί με λύσεις, ἀλλά σοι μηνύσω τι, ὦ Ζεῦ, πάνυ ἀναγκαῖον. Ζεύς Κατασοφίζῃ με, ὦ Προμηθεῦ. Προμηθεύς καὶ τί πλέον ἕξω; οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοήσεις αὖθις ἔνθα ὁ Καύκασός ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἀπορήσεις δεσμῶν, ἤν τι τεχνάζων ἁλίσκωμαι.…","divisions":[{"label":"Προμηθέως καὶ Διός","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-1"},{"label":"Ἔρωτος καὶ Διός","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-2"},{"label":"Διός καὶ Ἑρμοῦ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-3"},{"label":"Διός καὶ Γανυμήδους","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-4"},{"label":"Ἥρας καὶ Διός","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-5"},{"label":"Ἥρας καὶ Διός","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-6"},{"label":"Ἡφαίστου καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-7"},{"label":"Ἡφαίστου καὶ Διός","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-8"},{"label":"Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Ἑρμοῦ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-9"},{"label":"Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἡλίου","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-10"},{"label":"Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Σελήνης","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-11"},{"label":"Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Ἔρωτος","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-12"},{"label":"Διὸς καὶ Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ Ἡρακλέους","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-13"},{"label":"Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-14"},{"label":"Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-15"},{"label":"Ἥρας καὶ Λητοῦς","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-16"},{"label":"Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Ἑρμοῦ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-17"},{"label":"Ἥρας καὶ Διὸς","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-18"},{"label":"Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Ἔρωτος","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-19"},{"label":"Θεῶν κρίσις This is listed as a separate work, The Council of the Gods","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-20"},{"label":"Ἄρεος καὶ Ἑρμοῦ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-21"},{"label":"Πανὸς καὶ Ἑρμοῦ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-22"},{"label":"Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Διονύσου","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-23"},{"label":"Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Μαίας","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-24"},{"label":"Διὸς καὶ Ἡλίου","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-25"},{"label":"Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Ἑρμοῦ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/#tlg0062-tlg068-local001-26"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062/tlg068/local001.json.gz"}}