# Δραπέται 8

Lucian, Δραπέται, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-30/8

μετὰ δʼ οὖν τοὺς Βραχμᾶνας εἰς Αἰθιοπίαν εὐθύς, εἶτα εἰς Αἴγυπτον κατέβην, καὶ ξυγγενομένη τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν καὶ προφήταις αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ θεῖα παιδεύσασα ἐς Βαβυλῶνα ἀπῆρα Χαλδαίους καὶ μάγους μυήσουσα, εἶτα εἰς Σκυθίαν ἐκεῖθεν, εἶτα εἰς Θρᾴκην, ἔνθα μοι Εὔμολπός τε καὶ Ὀρφεὺς συνεγενέσθην, οὓς καὶ προαποστείλασα ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, τὸν μὲν ὡς τελέσειεν αὐτούς, τὸν Εὔμολπον — ἐμεμαθήκει γὰρ τὰ θεῖα παρʼ ἡμῶν ἅπαντα — τὸν δὲ ὡς ἐπᾴδων προσβιβάζοι τῇ μουσικῇ, κατὰ πόδας εὐθὺς εἱπόμην.

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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/.