Lucian of Samosata, Demonax, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 35

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[35] An. orator whose delivery was wretched was advised by him to practise and exercise; on his replying: “I am always reciting to myself,” Demonax answered: “Then no wonder you recite that way, with a fool for a hearer!”

Demonax. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.

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Demonax (English) (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.)

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Δημώνακτος Βίος Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.) — 35 focus

[35] ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε πλεῖν μέλλοντι αὐτῷ διὰ χειμῶνος ἔφη τις τῶν φίλων, Οὐ δέδοικας μὴ ἀνατραπέντος τοῦ σκάφους ὑπὸ ἰχθύων καταβρωθῇς; ἀγνώμων ἂν εἴην, ἔφη, ὀκνῶν ὑπὸ ἰχθύων κατεδεσθῆναι τοσούτους αὐτὸς ἰχθῦς καταφαγών.

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Life of Demonax Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 35 focus

[35] When he once had a winter voyage to make, a friend asked how he liked the thought of being capsized and becoming food for fishes. ‘I should be very unreasonable to mind giving them a meal, considering how many they have given me.’

Lucian of Samosata Demonax 35

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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