# Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας 24

Lucian, Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας, Section 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-11/24

οὕτω δὲ αὐτοῖσι χρῆμα ἱρότατον ἡ μαντοσύνη ἐδόκεεν, ὥστε δὴ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἐπειδὴ ἔκαμεν πλανεόμενος, ἐθελήσας ἀτρεκὲς ἀκοῦσαι περὶ τῶν ἑωυτοῦ πρηγμάτων, ἐς τὸν Ἀΐδην ἀπίκετο, οὐκ ὄφρα ἴδῃ νέκυας καὶ ἀτερπέα χῶρον ἀλλʼ ἐς λόγους ἐλθεῖν Τειρεσίῃ ἐπιθυμέων. καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐς τὸν χῶρον ἦλθεν ἔνθα οἱ Κίρκη ἐσήμηνεν καὶ ἔσκαψεν τὸν βόθρον καὶ τὰ μῆλα ἔσφαξεν, πολλῶν νεκρῶν παρεόντων, ἐν τοῖσι καὶ τῆς μητρὸς τῆς ἑωυτοῦ, τοῦ αἵματος πιεῖν ἐθελόντων οὐ πρότερον ἐπῆκεν οὐδενί, οὐδὲ αὐτῇ μητρί, πρὶν Τειρεσίην γεύσασθαι καὶ ἐξαναγκάσαι εἰπεῖν οἱ τὸ μαντήιον· καὶ ἀνέσχετο διψῶσαν ὁρέων τῆς μητρὸς τὴν σκιήν.

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Lucian, Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0062.tlg048.local001/.