Χάρων καὶ Ἑρμῆς καὶ Μένιππος καὶ Κράτων.

εὖ λέγεις, καὶ οὕτω ποιήσωμεν. —οὑτοσὶ τίς ὁ πρῶτός ἐστι; Μένιππος ἔγωγε. ἀλλʼ ἰδοὺ ἡ πήρα μοι, ὦ Ερμῆ, καὶ τὸ βάκτρον ἐς τὴν λίμνην ἀπερρίφθων, τὸν τρίβωνα δὲ οὐδὲ ἐκόμισα εὖ ποιῶν.