# Δραπέται 17

Lucian, Δραπέται, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-30/17

ὄψει τοίνυν μετὰ μικρὸν οἷα ἔσται. οἱ γὰρ ἐκ τῶν ἐργαστηρίων ἅπαντες ἀναπηδήσαντες ἐρήμους τὰς τέχνας ἐάσουσιν ὅταν ὁρῶσι σφᾶς μέν, πονοῦντας καὶ κάμνοντας ἕωθεν ἐς ἑσπέραν ἐπικεκυφότας τοῖς ἔργοις, μόγις ἀποζῶντας ἐκ τῆς τοιαύτης μισθαρνίας, ἀργοὺς δὲ καὶ γόητας ἀνθρώπους ἐν ἅπασιν ἀφθόνοις βιοῦντας, αἰτοῦντας μὲν τυραννικῶς, λαμβάνοντας δὲ προχείρως, ἀγανακτοῦντας δέ, εἰ μὴ λάβοιεν, οὐκ ἐπαινοῦντας δέ, οὐδʼ εἰ λάβοιεν. ταῦτα ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος δοκεῖ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀτεχνῶς τὸ μέλι αὐτὸ ἐς τὰ στόματα ἐσρεῖν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

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Lucian, Δραπέται, 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.tlg043.local001/.