# Λούκιος ἢ Ὄνος 34

Pseudo-Lucian, Λούκιος ἢ Ὄνος, Section 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/text-2/34

ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦν νὺξ βαθεῖα, ἄγγελός τις ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης ἧκεν εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ τὴν ἔπαυλιν, ταύτην λέγων τὴν νεόνυμφον κόρην τὴν ὑπὸ τοῖς λῃσταῖς γενομένην καὶ τὸν ταύτης νυμφίον, περὶ δείλην ὀψίαν ἀμφοτέρους αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ αἰγιαλῷ περιπατοῦντας, ἐπιπολάσασαν ἄφνω τὴν θάλασσαν ἁρπάξαι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀφανεῖς ποιῆσαι, καὶ τέλος αὐτοῖς τοῦτο τῆς συμφορᾶς καὶ θανάτου γενέσθαι. οἱ δὲ οἷα δὴ κεκενωμένης τῆς οἰκίας νέων δεσποτῶν ἔγνωσαν μηκέτι μένειν ἐν τῇ δουλείᾳ, ἀλλὰ πάντα διαρπάσαντες τὰ ἔνδον φυγῇ ἐσώζοντο. ὁ δὲ νομεὺς τῶν ἵππων κἀμὲ παραλαβὼν καὶ πάνθ’ ὅσα δυνατὸς συλλαβὼν ἐπικατέδησέ μοι καὶ ταῖς ἵπποις * * * *, ἐγὼ δὲ ἠχθόμην μὲν φέρων φορτίον ὄνου ἀληθινοῦ, ἀλλ’ οὖν ἄσμενος τὸ ἐμπόδιον τοῦτο τῆς ἐμῆς ἐδεξάμην ἐχτομῆς. καὶ τὴν νύκτα ὅλην ἐλθόντες ὁδὸν ἀργαλέαν καὶ τριῶν ἄλλων ἡμερῶν τὴν ὁδὸν ἀνύσαντες ἐρχόμεθα ἐς πόλιν τῆς Μακεδονίας Βέροιαν μεγάλην καὶ πολυάνθρωπον.

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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/.