# Λούκιος ἢ Ὄνος 21

Pseudo-Lucian, Λούκιος ἢ Ὄνος, Section 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/text-2/21

εἶτα ὀλίγῳ ὕστερον ἧκον νεανίσκοι πολλοὶ κομίζοντες πλεῖστα ὅσα χρυσᾶ καὶ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ ἱμάτια καὶ κόσμον γυναικεῖον καὶ ἀνδρεῖον πολύν. ἐκοινώνουν δὲ οὗτοι ἀλλήλοις· καὶ ἐπειδὴ ταῦτα ἔνδον κατέθεντο, ὁμοίως ἐλούσαντο καὶ οὗτοι. λοιπὸν μετὰ τοῦτο ἦν ἄριστον δαψιλὲς καὶ λόγος πολὺς ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ τῶν ἀνδροφόνων. ἡ δὲ γραῦς ἐμοὶ καὶ τῷ ἵππῳ κριθὰς παρέθηκεν· ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνος μὲν σπουδῇ τὰς κριθὰς κατέπινε δεδιώς, οἷα εἰκός, ἐμὲ τὸν συνάριστον. ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπειδὰν ἴδοιμι τὴν γραῦν ἐξιοῦσαν τῶν ἔνδον ἄρτον ἤσθιον. τῇ δὲ ὑστεραίᾳ καταλιπόντες τῇ γραίᾳ νεανίσκον ἕνα οἱ λοιποὶ πάντες ἔξω ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον ἀπῄεσαν. ἐγὼ δὲ ἔστενον ἐμαυτὸν καὶ τὴν ἀκριβῆ φρουράν· τῆς μὲν γὰρ γραὸς καταφρονῆσαι. ἦν μοι καὶ φυγεῖν ἐκ τῶν ἐκείνης ὀμμάτων δυνατόν, ὁ δὲ νεανίσκος μέγας τε ἦν καὶ φοβερὸν ἔβλεπε, καὶ τὸ ξίφος ἀεὶ ἔφερε καὶ τὴν θύραν ἀεὶ ἐπῆγε.

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Pseudo-Lucian, Λούκιος ἢ Ὄνος, ed. Karl Jacobitz. 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/tlg0061.tlg001.local001/.