# Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία 49

Lucian, Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία, Section 49. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-67/49

ὁ δὲ Λογχάτης ἀγνοούμενος παρελθὼν ἐς τὸν Βόσπορον προσέρχεται τῷ βασιλεῖ διοικουμένῳ τι τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ φησὶν ἥκειν μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν Σκυθῶν, ἰδίᾳ δὲ αὐτῷ μεγάλα πράγματα κομίζων. τοῦ δὲ λέγειν κελεύσαντος, οἱ μὲν Σκύθαι, φησίν, τὰ κοινὰ ταῦτα καὶ τὰ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἀξιοῦσιν, μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν τοὺς νομέας ὑμῶν ἐς τὸ πεδίον ἀλλὰ μέχρι τοῦ τράχωνος νέμειν· τοὺς δὲ λῃστὰς οὓς αἰτιᾶσθε ὡς κατατρέχοντας ὑμῶν τὴν χώραν οὐ φασὶν ἀπὸ κοινῆς γνώμης ἐκπέμπεσθαι, ἀλλὰ ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τῷ κέρδει κλωπεύειν· εἰ δέ τις ἁλίσκοιτο αὐτῶν, σὲ κύριον εἶναι κολάζειν. ταῦτα μὲν ἐκεῖνοι ἐπεστάλκασιν,

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Lucian, Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία, 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.tlg044.local001/.