# Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι 2

Lucian, Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι, Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-65/2

τοιγαροῦν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, καὶ ὁ Χαρῖνος αὐτός, εἰ βουλοίμεθα τἀληθῆ ἀκοῦσαι καὶ ὅπως ἐπράχθη ἕκαστα, παρὰ σὲ ἡμᾶς ἥκειν ἐκέλευσε. καὶ τὸν Διόνικον γὰρ αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν ὡς αὐτὸς μὲν οὐ παραγένοιτο ἅπασι, σὲ δὲ ἀκριβῶς εἰδέναι τὰ γεγενημένα καὶ τοὺς λόγους αὐτοὺς ἂν ἀπομνημονεῦσαι ἅτε μὴ παρέργως τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ἐν σπουδῇ ἀκροώμενον. ὥστε οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις ἑστιῶν ἡμᾶς ἡδίστην ταύτην ἑστίασιν, ἧς οὐκ οἶδα τίς ἡδίων ἔμοιγε, καὶ μάλιστα ὅσῳ νήφοντες ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἀναιμωτὶ ἔξω βέλους ἑστιασόμεθα, εἴτε γέροντες ἐπαρῴνησάν τι παρὰ τὸ δεῖπνον εἴτε νέοι, εἰπεῖν τε ὅσα ἥκιστα ἐχρῆν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀκράτου προαχθέντες καὶ πρᾶξαι.

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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/.