# Περὶ Πένθους 5

Lucian, Περὶ Πένθους, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-13/5

περαιωθέντας δὲ τὴν λίμνην εἰς τὸ εἴσω λειμὼν ὑποδέχεται μέγας τῷ ἀσφοδέλῳ κατάφυτος καὶ ποτὸν μνήμης πολέμιον· Λήθης γοῦν διὰ τοῦτο ὠνόμασται. ταῦτα γὰρ ἀμέλει διηγήσαντο τοῖς πάλαι ἐκεῖθεν ἀφιγμένοι Ἄλκηστίς τε καὶ Πρωτεσίλαος οἱ Θετταλοὶ καὶ Θησεὺς ὁ τοῦ Αἰγέως καὶ ὁ τοῦ Ὁμήρου Ὀδυσσεύς, μάλα σεμνοὶ καὶ ἀξιόπιστοι μάρτυρες, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν οὐ πιόντες τῆς πηγῆς· οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐμέμνηντο αὐτῶν.

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Lucian, Περὶ Πένθους, 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.tlg036.local001/.