# Προμηθεύς 9

Lucian, Προμηθεύς, Section 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-55/9

τίθει δʼ ὅμως, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, τὸ χαλεπώτερον, μὴ τὴν ἐλάττω μοῖραν ἀπονενεμηκέναι τῷ Διί, τὴν δʼ ὅλην ὑφῃρῆσθαι· τί οὖν; διὰ τοῦτο ἐχρῆν, τὸ τοῦ λόγου, τῇ γῇ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναμεμῖχθαι καὶ δεσμὰ καὶ σταυροὺς καὶ Καύκασον ὅλον ἐπινοεῖν καὶ ἀετοὺς καταπέμπειν καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ ἐκκολάπτειν; ὅρα γὰρ μὴ πολλήν τινα ταῦτα κατηγορῇ τοῦ ἀγανακτοῦντος αὐτοῦ μικροψυχίαν καὶ ἀγένειαν τῆς γνώμης καὶ πρὸς ὀργὴν εὐχέρειαν. ἢ τί γὰρ ἂν ἐποίησεν οὗτος ὅλον βοῦν ἀπολέσας, εἰ κρεῶν ὀλίγων ἕνεκα τηλικαῦτα ἐργάζεται;

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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/.