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Θεῶν διάλογοι. ed. Matthew Donald Macleod. Lucian with an English Translation, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068.local002","excerpt":"ΑΡΗΣ Ἤκουσας, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, οἷα ἠπείλησεν ἡμῖν ὁ Ζεύς, ὡς ὑπεροπτικὰ καὶ ὡς ἀπίθανα; Ἢν ἐθελήσω, φησίν, ἐγὼ μὲν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ σειρὰν καθήσω, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἀποκρεμασθέντες κατασπᾶν βιάσεσθέ με, ἀλλὰ μάτην πονήσετε· οὐ γὰρ δὴ καθελκύσετε· εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ θελήσαιμι ἀνελκύσαι, οὐ μόνον ὑμᾶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν γῆν ἅμα καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν συνανασπάσας συναρτήσας β. μετεωριῶ· καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα καὶ σὺ ἀκήκοας. ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι μὲν καθ' ἕνα πάντων ἀμείνων καὶ ἰσχυρότερός ἐστιν οὐκ ἂν ἀρνηθείην, ὁμοῦ δὲ τῶν τοσούτων ὑπερφέρειν, ὡς μὴ καταβαρήσειν καταπονήσειν β. αὐτόν, ἢν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν προσλάβωμεν, οὐκ ἂν πεισθείην. συναρτήσας β. καταπονήσειν β. ΕΡΜΗΣ Εὐφήμει. ὦ Ἄρες· οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλὲς λέγειν τὰ τοιαῦτα, μὴ καί τι κακὸν ἀπολαύσωμεν τῆς φλυαρίας. ΑΠΗΣ Οἴει γάρ με πρὸς πάντας ἂν ταῦτα εἰπεῖν, οὐχὶ δὲ πρὸς μόνον σέ, ὃν ἐχεμυθήσειν ἠπιστάμην; ὃ γοῦν μάλιστα γελοῖον ἔδοξέ μοι ἀκούοντι μεταξὺ τῆς ἀπειλῆς, οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην…","divisions":[{"label":"ΑΡΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΜΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-1"},{"label":"ΠΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΜΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-2"},{"label":"Book 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-3"},{"label":"ΕΡΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΙΑΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-4"},{"label":"ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-5"},{"label":"ΕΡΩΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-6"},{"label":"ΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΜΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-7"},{"label":"ΗΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-8"},{"label":"ΗΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-9"},{"label":"ΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΝΥΜΗΔΟΥΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-10"},{"label":"ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-11"},{"label":"ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΜΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-12"},{"label":"ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-13"},{"label":"ΕΡΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΗΛΙΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-14"},{"label":"ΔΙΟΣ, ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-15"},{"label":"ΕΡΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-16"},{"label":"ΕΡΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-17"},{"label":"ΗΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΛΗΤΟΥΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-18"},{"label":"ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΕΛΗΝΗΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-19"},{"label":"ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΩΤΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-20"},{"label":"ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΜΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-21"},{"label":"ΗΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-22"},{"label":"ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΩΤΟΣ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-23"},{"label":"ΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΗΛΙΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-24"},{"label":"ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΜΟΥ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/#tlg0062-tlg068-local002-25"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0062.tlg068.local002.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062/tlg068/local002.json.gz"}}