Lucian, Fugitivi, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 8

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μετὰ δʼ οὖν¹ τοὺς Βραχμᾶνας εἰς Αἰθιοπίαν εὐθύς, εἶτα εἰς Αἴγυπτον κατέβην, καὶ ξυγγενομένη τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν καὶ προφήταις αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ θεῖα παιδεύσασα ἐς Βαβυλῶνα ἀπῆρα Χαλδαίους καὶ μάγους μυήσουσα, εἶτα εἰς Σκυθίαν ἐκεῖθεν, εἶτα εἰς Θρᾴκην, ἔνθα μοι Εὔμολπός τε καὶ Ὀρφεὺς συνεγενέσθην, οὓς καὶ προαποστείλασα ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, τὸν μὲν ὡς τελέσειεν αὐτούς, τὸν Εὔμολπον — ἐμεμαθήκει γὰρ τὰ θεῖα παρʼ ἡμῶν ἅπαντα — τὸν δὲ ὡς ἐπᾴδων προσβιβάζοι τῇ μουσικῇ, κατὰ πόδας εὐθὺς εἱπόμην.

Fugitivi. Lucian. ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Medford, MA. Perseus 4.0.

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Δραπέται (Greek) (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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The Runaways Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 8 focus

[8] But to resume—after the Brahmans I went direct to Ethiopia, and then down to Egypt; and after associating with their priests and prophets and instructing them in religion, I departed for Babylon, to initiate Chaldeans and Magi; then from there to Scythia, and then to Thrace, where I conversed with Eumolpus and Orpheus, whom I sent in advance to Greece, one of them, Eumolpus, to give them the mysteries, as he had learned all about religion from me, and the other to win them over by the witchery of his music. Then I followed at once on their heels.

The Runaways Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 8 focus

[8] But to continue: after I had left the Brahmins, I went straight to Ethiopia, and thence to Egypt, where I associated with the priests and prophets, and taught them of the Gods. Then to Babylon, to instruct the Chaldaeans and Mages. Next came Scythia, and after Scythia, Thrace; here Eumolpus and Orpheus were my companions. I sent them on into Greece before me; Eumolpus, whom I had thoroughly instructed in theology, was to institute the sacred mysteries, Orpheus to win men by the power of music.

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Δραπέται

1. δ’ οὖν Jacobitz: γοῦν MSS.

Lucian Fugitivi 8

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