# Νεκρικοὶ Διάλογοι 6-2

Lucian, Νεκρικοὶ Διάλογοι, Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀννίβας, Μίνως καὶ Σκηπίων.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-26/6-2

τὸ δʼ οὖν τελευταῖον ἐγὼ μὲν βασιλεύων ἀπέθανον, οὗτος δὲ ἐν φυγῇ ὢν παρὰ Προυσίᾳ τῷ Βιθυνῷ, καθάπερ ἄξιον ἦν πανουργότατον καὶ ὠμότατον ὄντα· ὡς γὰρ δὴ ἐκράτησε τῶν Ἰταλῶν, ἐῶ λέγειν ὅτι οὐκ ἰσχύι, ἀλλὰ πονηρίᾳ καὶ ἀπιστίᾳ καὶ δόλοις, νόμιμον δὲ ἢ προφανὲς οὐδέν. ἐπεὶ δέ μοι ὠνείδισε τὴν τρυφήν, ἐκλελῆσθαί μοι δοκεῖ οἷα ἐποίει ἐν Καπύῃ ἑταίραις συνὼν καὶ τοὺς τοῦ ποκέμου καιροὺς ὁ θαυμάσιος καθηδυπαθῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ εἰ μὴ μικρὰ τὰ ἑσπέρια δόξας ἐπὶ τὴν ἕω μᾶλλον ὥρμησα, τί ἂν μέγα ἔπραξα Ἰταλίαν ἀναιμωτὶ λαβὼν καὶ Λιβύην καὶ τὰ μέχρι Γαδείρων ὑπαγόμενος; ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀξιόμαχα ἔδοξέ μοι ἐκεῖνα ὑποπτήσσοντα ἤδη καὶ δεσπότην ὁμολογοῦντα. εἴρηκα· σὺ δέ, ὦ Μίνως, δίκαζε· ἱκανὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ πολλῶν καὶ ταῦτα.

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Lucian, Νεκρικοὶ Διάλογοι, ed. Karl Jacobitz. 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.tlg066.local001/.