# Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι 14

Lucian, Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι, Section 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-65/14

καὶ μέντοι καὶ σιτούμενος ἐνεργὸς ἦν ἀρετῆς πέρι καὶ κακίας μεταξὺ διεξιὼν καὶ ἐς τὸν χρυσὸν καὶ τὸν ἄργυρον ἀποσκώπτων· ἠρώτα γοῦν τὸν Ἀρισταίνετον, τί βούλονται αὐτῷ αἱ τοσαῦται καὶ τηλικαῦται κύλικες τῶν κεραμεῶν ἴσον δυναμένων. ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνον μὲν ἤδη διενοχλοῦντα ἔπαυσεν ἐς τὸ παρὸν Ἀρισταίνετος τῷ παιδὶ διανεύσας εὐμεγέθη σκύφον ἀναδοῦναι αὐτῷ ζωρότερον ἐγχέαντα· καὶ ἐδόκει ἄριστα ἐπινενοηκέναι οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅσων κακῶν ἀρχὴν ὁ σκύφος ἐκεῖνος ἐνεδεδώκει. λαβὼν δὲ ἅμα ὁ Ἀλκιδάμας ἐσίγησε μικρὸν καὶ ἐς τοὔδαφος καταβαλὼν ἑαυτὸν ἔκειτο ἡμίγυμνος, ὥσπερ ἠπειλήκει, πήξας τὸν ἀγκῶνα ὀρθόν, ἔχων ἅμα τὸν σκύφον ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ, οἷος ὁ παρὰ τῷ Φόλῳ Ἡρακλῆς ὑπὸ τῶν γραφέων δείκνυται.

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Lucian, Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι, 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.tlg015.local001/.