# Ζεὺς Τραγῳδός 44

Lucian, Ζεὺς Τραγῳδός, Section 44. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-41/44

ὅρα οἷα ποιεῖς, ὦ ἀλιτήριε Δᾶμι, μονονουχὶ τὰ ἕδη αὐτὰ τῶν θεῶν ἀνατρέπεις τῷ λόγῳ καὶ βωμοὺς αὐτῶν. οὐ πάντας ἔγωγε τοὺς βωμούς, ὦ Τιμόκλεις. τί γὰρ καὶ δεινὸν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν γίγνεται, εἰ θυμιαμάτων καὶ εὐωδίας μεστοί εἰσι; τοὺς δὲ ἐν Ταύροις τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἡδέως ἂν ἐπεῖδον ἐκ βάθρων ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ἀνατρεπομένους, ἐφʼ ὧν τοιαῦτα ἡ παρθένος εὐωχουμένη ἔχαιρεν. τουτὶ πόθεν ἡμῖν τὸ ἄμαχον κακὸν ἐπιχεῖ; ὡς δαιμόνων οὐδενὸς ἁνὴρ φείδεται, ἀλλʼ ἐξ ἁμάξης παρρησιάζεται καὶ μάρπτει ἑξείης, ὅς τʼ αἴτιος ὅς τε καὶ οὐκί. μάρπτει ἑξείης, ὅς τʼ αἴτιος ὅς τε καὶ οὐκί. καὶ μὴν ὀλίγους ἄν, ὦ Ζεῦ, τοὺς ἀναιτίους εὕροις ἐν ἡμῖν· καί που τάχα προϊὼν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἅψεται καὶ τῶν κορυφαίων τινός.

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Lucian, Ζεὺς Τραγῳδός, 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.tlg018.local001/.