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σε καταλιπαρῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ ἅτε μηδὲν ἔχων ἐνέχυρον ἐν τῷ βίῳ, οὐκ ἀγρόν, οὐ συνοικίαν, οὐ χρυσόν,
οὐ σκεῦος, οὐ δόξαν, οὐκ εἰκόνας, εἰκότως εὔζωνος
ἦν, κἀπειδὴ μόνον ἡ Ἄτροπος ἔνευσέ μοι, ἄσμενος ἀπορρίψας τὴν σμίλην καὶ τὸ κάττυμα — κρηπῖδα γάρ τινα ἐν ταῖν χεροῖν εἶχον — ἀναπηδήσας εὐθὺς ἀνυπόδητος οὐδὲ τὴν μελαντηρίαν ἀπονιψάμενος εἱπόμην, μᾶλλον δὲ ἡγούμην, ἐς τὸ πρόσω ὁρῶν
οὐδὲν γάρ με τῶν κατόπιν ἐπέστρεφε καὶ μετεκάλει. καὶ νὴ Δί᾽ ἤδη καλὰ τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν πάντα ὁρῶ: τό τε γὰρ ἰσοτιμίαν ἅπασιν εἶναι καὶ μηδένα τοῦ πλησίον διαφέρειν, ὑπερήδιστον ἐμοὶ γοῦν δοκεῖ. τεκμαίρομαι δὲ μηδ᾽ ἀπαιτεῖσθαι τὰ χρέα τοὺς ὀφείλοντας ἐνταῦθα μηδὲ φόρους ὑποτελεῖν, τὸ δέ μέγιστον, μηδὲ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ χειμῶνος μηδὲ νοσεῖν μηδ᾽ ὑπὸ τῶν δυνατωτέρων ῥαπίζεσθαι. εἰρήνη δὲ πᾶσι καὶ πράγματα ἐς τὸ ἔμπαλιν ἀνεστραμμένα: ἡμεῖς μὲν
οἱ πένητες γελῶμεν, ἀνιῶνται δὲ καὶ οἰμώζουσιν
οἱ πλούσιοι.
Κλωθώ
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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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