# Περὶ τοῦ Ἡλέκτρου ἢ Κύκνων 4

Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Ἡλέκτρου ἢ Κύκνων, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-28/4

ἐκεῖνο δὲ καὶ πάνυ ἀληθὲς ᾤμην εὑρήσειν παρʼ αὐτοῖς, κύκνους πολλοὺς ᾄδοντας ἐπὶ ταῖς ὄχθαις τοῦ ποταμοῦ. καὶ αὖθις ἠρώτων τοὺς ναύτας — ἀνεπλέομεν γὰρ ἔτι — ἀλλʼ οἵ γε κύκνοι πηνίκα ὑμῖν τὸ λιγυρὸν ἐκεῖνο ᾄδουσιν ἐφεστῶτες τῷ ποταμῷ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν; φασὶ γοῦν Ἀπόλλωνος παρέδρους αὐτοὺς ὄντας, ᾠδικοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐνταῦθά που ἐς τὰ ὄρνεα μεταπεσεῖν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ᾄδειν ἔτι οὐκ ἐκλαθομένους τῆς μουσικῆς.

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Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Ἡλέκτρου ἢ Κύκνων, 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.tlg005.local001/.