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πρότερος οὖν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, λέγε, καὶ ὅπως μου ὡς δεινότατα κατηγορήσῃς μηδὲ καθυφῇς τι τῶν δικαίων τοῦ πατρός. σὲ δέ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, δικαστὴν ποιοῦμαι ἔγωγε.
Ἥφαιστος
μὰ Δί᾽, ἀλλὰ κατήγορον ἀντὶ δικαστοῦ ἴσθι
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με ἕξων, ὃς τὸ πῦρ ὑφελόμενος ψυχράν μοι τὴν κάμινον ἀπολέλοιπας.
Προμηθεύς
οὐκοῦν διελόμενοι τὴν κατηγορίαν, σὺ μὲν περὶ τῆς κλοπῆς ἤδη σύνειρε, ὁ Ἑρμῆς δὲ τὴν
κρεανομίαν καὶ τὴν ἀνθρωποποιίαν αἰτιάσεται: ἄμφω δὲ τεχνῖται καὶ εἰπεῖν δεινοὶ ἐοίκατε εἶναι.
Ἥφαιστος
ὁ Ἑρμῆς καὶ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἐρεῖ: ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐ πρὸς λόγοις τοῖς δικανικοῖς εἰμι, ἀλλ᾽ ἀμφὶ τὴν κάμινον ἔχω τὰ πολλά: ὁ δὲ ῥήτωρ τέ ἐστι καὶ τῶν τοιούτων οὐ παρέργως μεμέληκεν αὐτῷ.
Προμηθεύς
ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἄν ποτε ᾤμην καὶ περὶ τῆς κλοπῆς
τὸν Ἑρμῆν ἐθελῆσαι ἂν εἰπεῖν οὐδὲ ὀνειδιεῖν μοι τὸ
τοιοῦτον ὁμοτέχνῳ ὄντι. πλὴν ἀλλ᾽ εἰ καὶ τοῦτο,
ὦ Μαίας παῖ, ὑφίστασαι, καιρὸς ἤδη περαίνειν τὴν κατηγορίαν,
,
Ἑρμῆς
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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