# Προμηθεύς 14

Lucian, Προμηθεύς, Section 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-55/14

ὅτι δὲ καὶ χρήσιμα ταῦτα γεγένηται τοῖς θεοῖς, οὕτως ἂν μάθοις, εἰ ἐπιβλέψειας ἅπασαν τὴν γῆν οὐκέτʼ αὐχμηρὰν καὶ ἀκαλλῆ οὖσαν, ἀλλὰ πόλεσι καὶ γεωργίαις καὶ φυτοῖς ἡμέροις διακεκοσμημένην καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλεομένην καὶ τὰς νήσους κατοικουμένας, ἁπανταχοῦ δὲ βωμοὺς καὶ θυσίας καὶ ναοὺς καὶ πανηγύρεις· μεσταὶ δὲ Διὸς πᾶσαι μὲν ἀγυιαί, πᾶσαι δʼ ἀνθρώπων ἀγοραί. καὶ γὰρ εἰ μὲν ἐμαυτῷ μόνῳ κτῆμα τοῦτο ἐπλασάμην, ἐπλεονέκτουν ἂν ἴσως, νυνὶ δὲ εἰς τὸ κοινὸν φέρων κατέθηκα ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς· μᾶλλον δὲ Διὸς μὲν καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Ἥρας καὶ σοῦ δέ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, νεὼς ἰδεῖν ἁπανταχοῦ ἐστι, Προμηθέως δὲ οὐδαμοῦ. ὁρᾷς ὅπως τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ μόνα σκοπῶ, τὰ κοινὰ δὲ καταπροδίδωμι καὶ ἐλάττω ποιῶ;

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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/.