Lucian of Samosata, Cataplus, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 29

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RHADAMANTHUS

Why, pray?

CYNISCUS

He will pay a bitter penalty in that way, by remembering what he was and how much power he had in the upper world, and reviewing his life of luxury.

RHADAMANTHUS

Good! Let sentence stand in that form, and let the fellow be taken off and put in fetters near Tantalus, to remember what he did in life.

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

Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant (English) (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.)

Editions (1)

Κατάπλους ἢ Τύραννος Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 29 focus

Ῥαδάμανθυς

διὰ τί δή;

Κυνίσκος

χαλεπὴν οὕτως ὑφέξει τὴν δίκην μεμνημένος οἷος ἦν καὶ ὅσον ἠδύνατο ἐν τοῖς ἄνω, καὶ ἀναπεμπαζόμενος τὴν τρυφήν.

Ῥαδάμανθυς

εὖ λέγεις· καὶ καταδεδικάσθω καὶ παρὰ τὸν Τάνταλον ἀπαχθεὶς οὑτοσὶ δεδέσθω, μεμνημένος ὧν ἔπραξε παρὰ τὸν βίον.

Translations (2)

Voyage To the Lower World Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 29 focus

Rhadamanthus

What is the idea in that?

Cynic

His earthly pomp and power for ever in his mind; his fingers ever busy on the tale of blissful items;—’tis a heavy sentence!

Rhadamanthus

True. Be this the tyrant’s doom. Place him in fetters at Tantalus’s side,—never to forget the things of earth.

The Ferry Perseus (Selections from Lucian. Smith, Emily James, translator. New York; Harper Brothers, 1892.) — 29 focus

Rhadamanthos

Why?

Kyniskos

In this way he will undergo the worst punishment, remembering what he was and what power he had on earth, and pondering on his lost splendors.

Lucian of Samosata Cataplus 29

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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RHADAMANTHUS

Why, pray?

CYNISCUS

He will pay a bitter penalty in that way, by remembering what he was and how much power he had in the upper world, and reviewing his life of luxury.

RHADAMANTHUS

Good! Let sentence stand in that form, and let the fellow be taken off and put in fetters near Tantalus, to remember what he did in life.

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Ῥαδάμανθυς

διὰ τί δή;

Κυνίσκος

χαλεπὴν οὕτως ὑφέξει τὴν δίκην μεμνημένος οἷος ἦν καὶ ὅσον ἠδύνατο ἐν τοῖς ἄνω, καὶ ἀναπεμπαζόμενος τὴν τρυφήν.

Ῥαδάμανθυς

εὖ λέγεις· καὶ καταδεδικάσθω καὶ παρὰ τὸν Τάνταλον ἀπαχθεὶς οὑτοσὶ δεδέσθω, μεμνημένος ὧν ἔπραξε παρὰ τὸν βίον.

Rhadamanthus

What is the idea in that?

Cynic

His earthly pomp and power for ever in his mind; his fingers ever busy on the tale of blissful items;—’tis a heavy sentence!

Rhadamanthus

True. Be this the tyrant’s doom. Place him in fetters at Tantalus’s side,—never to forget the things of earth.

Rhadamanthos

Why?

Kyniskos

In this way he will undergo the worst punishment, remembering what he was and what power he had on earth, and pondering on his lost splendors.

Rhadamanthos

You are right. Let him be sentenced and carried off and bound along with Tantalos, remembering the deeds he did while he was alive.

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RHADAMANTHUS Why, pray?

CYNISCUS He will pay a bitter penalty in that way, by remembering what he was and how much power he had in the upper world, and reviewing his life of luxury.

RHADAMANTHUS Good! Let sentence stand in that form, and let the fellow be taken off and put in fetters near Tantalus, to remember what he did in life.

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Ῥαδάμανθυς διὰ τί δή;

Κυνίσκος χαλεπὴν οὕτως ὑφέξει τὴν δίκην μεμνημένος οἷος ἦν καὶ ὅσον ἠδύνατο ἐν τοῖς ἄνω, καὶ ἀναπεμπαζόμενος τὴν τρυφήν.

Ῥαδάμανθυς εὖ λέγεις· καὶ καταδεδικάσθω καὶ παρὰ τὸν Τάνταλον ἀπαχθεὶς οὑτοσὶ δεδέσθω, μεμνημένος ὧν ἔπραξε παρὰ τὸν βίον.

Rhadamanthus What is the idea in that?

Cynic His earthly pomp and power for ever in his mind; his fingers ever busy on the tale of blissful items;—’tis a heavy sentence!

Rhadamanthus True. Be this the tyrant’s doom. Place him in fetters at Tantalus’s side,—never to forget the things of earth.

Rhadamanthos Why?

Kyniskos In this way he will undergo the worst punishment, remembering what he was and what power he had on earth, and pondering on his lost splendors.

Rhadamanthos You are right. Let him be sentenced and carried off and bound along with Tantalos, remembering the deeds he did while he was alive.

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RHADAMANTHUS

Why, pray?

CYNISCUS

He will pay a bitter penalty in that way, by remembering what he was and how much power he had in the upper world, and reviewing his life of luxury.

RHADAMANTHUS

Good! Let sentence stand in that form, and let the fellow be taken off and put in fetters near Tantalus, to remember what he did in life.

Ῥαδάμανθυς

διὰ τί δή;

Κυνίσκος

χαλεπὴν οὕτως ὑφέξει τὴν δίκην μεμνημένος οἷος ἦν καὶ ὅσον ἠδύνατο ἐν τοῖς ἄνω, καὶ ἀναπεμπαζόμενος τὴν τρυφήν.

Ῥαδάμανθυς

εὖ λέγεις· καὶ καταδεδικάσθω καὶ παρὰ τὸν Τάνταλον ἀπαχθεὶς οὑτοσὶ δεδέσθω, μεμνημένος ὧν ἔπραξε παρὰ τὸν βίον.

Rhadamanthus

What is the idea in that?

Cynic

His earthly pomp and power for ever in his mind; his fingers ever busy on the tale of blissful items;—’tis a heavy sentence!

Rhadamanthus

True. Be this the tyrant’s doom. Place him in fetters at Tantalus’s side,—never to forget the things of earth.

Rhadamanthos

Why?

Kyniskos

In this way he will undergo the worst punishment, remembering what he was and what power he had on earth, and pondering on his lost splendors.

Rhadamanthos

You are right. Let him be sentenced and carried off and bound along with Tantalos, remembering the deeds he did while he was alive.