# Ἀλκυών 8

Pseudo-Lucian, Ἀλκυών, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/text-6/8

τὰς οὖν ἀθανάτων δυνάμεις μεγάλας οὔσας θνητοὶ καὶ σμικροὶ παντελῶς ὄντες καὶ οὔτε τὰ μεγάλα δυνάμενοι καθορᾶν οὔτ’ αὖ τὰ σμικρά, τὰ πλείω δ’ ἀποροῦντες καὶ τῶν περὶ ἡμᾶς συμβαινόντων παθῶν, οὐκ ἂν ἔχοιμεν εἰπεῖν βεβαίως οὔτ’ ἀλκυόνων πέρι οὔτ’ ἀηδόνων· κλέος δὲ μύθων, οἷον παρέδοσαν πατέρες, τοιοῦτον καὶ παισὶν ἐμοῖς, ὦ ὄρνι θρήνων μελῳδέ, παραδώσω τῶν σῶν ὕμνων πέρι, καί σου τὸν εὐσεβῆ καὶ φίλανδρον ἔρωτα πολλάκις ὑμνήσω γυναιξὶ ταῖς ἐμαῖς Ξανθίππῃ τε καὶ Μυρτοῖ λέγων τά τε ἄλλα, πρὸς δὲ καὶ τιμῆς οἵας ἔτυχες παρὰ θεῶν. ἆρά γε καὶ σὺ ποιήσεις τι τοιοῦτον, ὦ Χαιρεφῶν; Πρέπει γοῦν, ὦ Σώκρατες, καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ σοῦ ῥηθέντα διπλασίαν ἔχειν τὴν παράκλησιν πρὸς γυναικῶν τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν ὁμιλίαν. Οὐκοῦν ἀσπασαμένοις τὴν Ἀλκυόνα προάγειν ἤδη πρὸς ἄστυ καιρὸς ἐκ τοῦ Φαληρικοῦ. Πάνυ μὲν οὖν· ποιῶμεν οὕτως.

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Pseudo-Lucian, Ἀλκυών, 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.tlg004.local001/.