Lucian, Symposium, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 42

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Lycinus

By the time the laughter that not unnaturally followed had subsided, it was time to pack up our ‘repasts’; Aristaenetus and Eucritus took each his intended portion; Chaereas and I, Ion and Cleodemus, did likewise. But as Zeno was not there, Diphilus expected to come in for his share too. He said everything on that table was his, and disputed possession with the servants. There was a tug of war between them just like that over the body of Patroclus; at last he was worsted and had to let go, to the huge amusement of all, which he heightened by taking the thing as a most serious wrong.

Symposium. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.

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A Feast of Lapithae (English) (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.)

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Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.) — 42 focus

Λυκῖνος

γέλωτος οὖν ἐπὶ τούτοις, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, γενομένου ἀνελέσθαι ἤδη τὰ παρακείμενα ἔδει, καὶ ἀνείλοντο οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀρισταίνετον καὶ Εὔκριτον τὴν πρὸ αὑτοῦ ἑκάτερος κἀγὼ τἀμὰ καὶ ὁ Χαιρέας ὅσα ἐκείνῳ ἔκειτο καὶ Ἴων ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ Κλεόδημος. ὁ δὲ Δίφιλος ἠξίου καὶ τὰ τῷ Ζήνωνι δὴ ἀπόντι¹ παραδοθέντα φέρεσθαι καὶ ἔλεγε μόνῳ παρατεθῆναί οἱ αὐτὰ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς διακόνους ἐμάχετο, καὶ ἀντέσπων τῆς ὄρνιθος ἐπειλημμένοι ὥσπερ τὸν Πατρόκλου νεκρὸν ἀνθέλκοντες, καὶ τέλος ἐνικήθη καὶ ἀφῆκε πολὺν γέλωτα παρασχὼν τοῖς συμπόταις, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπεὶ ἠγανάκτει μετὰ τοῦτο ὡς ἂν τὰ μέγιστα ἠδικημένος.

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The Carousal, or the Lapiths Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.) — 42 focus

LYCINUS

That caused a laugh, as you can imagine; and then it was time to take what was set before us. Aristaenetus and Eucritus each took the portion in front of him: I took what was mine and Chaereas what was set before him, and Ion and Cleodemus did likewise. But Diphilus wanted to carry off not only his own but all that had been served for Zeno, who was away; he said that it had been served to him alone, and fought with the servants. They caught hold of the bird and tried to pull it away from each other as if they were tugging at the body of Patroclus, and at last he was beaten and let go. He made the company laugh heartily, especially because he was indignant afterwards, just as if he had been done the greatest possible wrong.

Lucian Symposium 42

Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator)

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