# Τίμων 29

Lucian, Τίμων, Section 29. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-66/29

ὡς δὲ λεῖος εἶ καὶ ὀλισθηρός, ὦ Πλοῦτε, καὶ δυσκάτοχος καὶ διαφευκτικός, οὐδεμίαν ἀντιλαβὴν παρεχόμενος βεβαίαν ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ αἱ ἐγχέλεις ἢ οἱ ὄφεις διὰ τῶν δακτύλων δραπετεύεις οὐκ οἶδα ὅπως· ἡ Πενία δʼ ἔμπαλιν ἰξώδης τε καὶ εὐλαβὴς καὶ μυρία τὰ ἄγκιστρα ἐκπεφυκότα ἐξ ἅπαντος τοῦ σώματος ἔχουσα, ὡς πλησιάσαντας εὐθὺς ἔχεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἔχειν ῥᾳδίως ἀπολυθῆναι. ἀλλὰ μεταξὺ φλυαροῦντας ἡμᾶς πρᾶγμα ἤδη οὐ μικρὸν διέλαθε. τὸ ποῖον; ὅτι τὸν Θησαυρὸν οὐκ ἐπηγαγόμεθα, οὗπερ ἔδει μάλιστα.

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Lucian, Τίμων, 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.
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