# Προμηθεύς 11

Lucian, Προμηθεύς, Section 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-55/11

περὶ δὲ τῆς πλαστικῆς καὶ ὅτι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐποίησα, καιρὸς ἤδη λέγειν. τοῦτο δέ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, διττὴν ἔχον τὴν κατηγορίαν, οὐκ οἶδα καθʼ ὁπότερον αἰτιᾶσθέ μου, πότερα ὡς οὐδὲ ὅλως ἐχρῆν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους γεγονέναι, ἀλλʼ ἄμεινον ἦν ἀτρεμεῖν αὐτοὺς γῆν ἄλλως ὄντας, ἢ ὡς πεπλάσθαι μὲν ἐχρῆν, ἄλλον δέ τινα καὶ μὴ τοῦτον διεσχηματίσθαι τὸν τρόπον; ἐγὼ δὲ ὅμως ὑπὲρ ἀμφοῖν ἐρῶ· καὶ πρῶτόν γε, ὡς οὐδεμία τοῖς θεοῖς ἀπὸ τούτου βλάβη γεγένηται, τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐς τὸν βίον παραχθέντων, πειράσομαι δεικνύειν· ἔπειτα δέ, ὡς καὶ συμφέροντα καὶ ἀμείνω ταῦτα αὐτοῖς παρὰ πολὺ ἢ εἰ ἐρήμην καὶ ἀπάνθρωπον συνέβαινε τὴν γῆν μένειν.

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Lucian, Προμηθεύς, 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.tlg020.local001/.