# Πλοῖον ἢ Εὐχαί 27

Lucian, Πλοῖον ἢ Εὐχαί, Section 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-47/27

ἵνα δέ σοι καὶ τούτους ἀφῶ, τό γε ὑγιαίνειν ἐχέγγυον οἴει σοι γενήσεσθαι καὶ βέβαιον; ἢ οὐχ ὁρᾷς πολλοὺς τῶν πλουσίων κακοδαιμόνως διάγοντας ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλγηδόνων, τοὺς μὲν οὐδὲ βαδίζειν δυναμένους, ἐνίους δὲ τυφλοὺς ἢ τῶν ἐντοσθιδίων τι ἀλγοῦντας; ὅτι μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἂν ἕλοιο πλουτῶν δὶς τοσοῦτον πλοῦτον ὅμοια πάσχειν Φανομάχῳ τῷ πλουσίῳ καὶ θηλύνεσθαι ὡς ἐκεῖνος εὖ οἶδα, κἂν μὴ εἴπῃς. ἐῶ λέγειν ὅσας ἐπιβουλὰς μετὰ τοῦ πλούτου καὶ λῃστὰς καὶ φθόνον καὶ μῖσος παρὰ τῶν πολλῶν ὁρᾷς οἵων σοι πραγμάτων αἴτιος ὁ θησαυρὸς γίνεται; ἀεὶ σύ μοι, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ὑπεναντίος· ὥστε οὐδὲ τὴν χοίνικα ἔτι λήψῃ ἐς τέλος μου τῆς εὐχῆς ἐπηρεάζων. τοῦτο μὲν ἤδη κατὰ τοὺς πολλοὺς τῶν πλουσίων ἀναδύῃ καὶ ἀνακαλεῖς τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν. ἀλλὰ σὺ ἤδη ὁ Σάμιππος εὔχου.

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Lucian, Πλοῖον ἢ Εὐχαί, 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.tlg065.local001/.