Lucian, Cataplus, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 17

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Μίκυλλος

οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν δανειστὴν Γνίφωνα ἰδὼν στένοντα καὶ μεταγινώσκοντα ὅτι μὴ ἀπέλαυσε τῶν χρημάτων, ἀλλʼ ἄγευστος αὐτῶν ἀπέθανε τῷ ἀσώτῳ Ῥοδοχάρει τὴν οὐσίαν ἀπολιπών, — οὗτος γὰρ ἄγχιστα ἦν αὐτῷ γένους καὶ πρῶτος ἐπὶ τὸν κλῆρον ἐκαλεῖτο κατὰ τὸν νόμον — οὐκ εἶχον ὅπως καταπαύσω τὸν γέλωτα, καὶ μάλιστα μεμνημένος ὡς ὠχρὸς ἀεὶ καὶ αὐχμηρὸς ἦν, φροντίδος τὸ μέτωπον ἀνάπλεως καὶ μόνοις τοῖς δακτύλοις πλουτῶν, οἷς τάλαντα καὶ μυριάδας ἐλογίζετο, κατὰ μικρὸν συλλέγων τὰ μετʼ ὀλίγον ἐκχυθησόμενα πρὸς τοῦ μακαρίου Ῥοδοχάρους. ἀλλὰ τί οὐκ ἀπερχόμεθα ἤδη; καὶ μεταξὺ γὰρ πλέοντες τὰ λοιπὰ γελασόμεθα οἰμώζοντας αὐτοὺς ὁρῶντες.

Κλωθώ

ἔμβαινε, ἵνα καὶ ἀνιμήσηται ὁ πορθμεὺς τὸ ἀγκύριον.

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

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

Translations (3)

The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 17 focus

MICYLLUS

And he was not the only one that I laughed at. When I saw the usurer Gnipho groaning and regretting that he had not enjoyed his money but had died without sampling it, abandoning his property to that wastrel Rhodochares, who was nextof kin to him and had the first claim on the estate according to law, I could not control my laughter,: especially when I called to mind how pale and unkempt he always was, with a forehead full of worries, feeling his riches only with the fingers with which he reckoned up thousands and tens of thousands ashe gathered in, little by little, what was soon to be poured out by that lucky dog Rhodochares. But why not gonow? We can finish our laughing during: the sail as we see them crying.

CLOTHO

Get aboard, so that the ferryman can haul the anchor up.

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.) — 17 focus

Micyllus

There was Gniphon the usurer, too, bitterly reproaching himself for having died without ever knowing the taste of wealth, leaving all his money to his nearest relation and heir-at-law, the spendthrift Rhodochares, when he might have had the enjoyment of it himself. When I saw him, I laughed as if I should never stop: to think of him as he used to be, pale, wizened, with a face full of care, his fingers the only rich part of him, for they had the talents to count,—scraping the money together bit by bit, and all to be squandered in no time by that favourite of Fortune, Rhodochares!—But what are we waiting for now? There will be time enough on the voyage to enjoy their woebegone faces, and have our laugh out.

Clotho

Come on board, and then the ferryman can haul up the anchor.

The Ferry Perseus (Selections from Lucian. Smith, Emily James, translator. New York; Harper Brothers, 1892.) — 17 focus

Mikyllos

And he was not the only one. When I saw the money-lender Griphon groaning with remorse because he had not had the good of his money, but was dying without a taste of it, leaving his property to the spendthrift Rodochares-for he was next of kin and chief legatee by law-I could not help laughing; most of all when I remembered how yellow and dirty he always was, his brow full of care and rich only with the fingers that counted his millions, gathering little by little what lucky Rodochares will send spinning presently. But why do we not proceed now? We will have the rest of our fun on the voyage watching the others bemoan themselves.

Lucian Cataplus 17

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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Κλωθώ

ἔμβαινε, ἵνα καὶ ἀνιμήσηται ὁ πορθμεὺς τὸ ἀγκύριον.

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CLOTHO

Get aboard, so that the ferryman can haul the anchor up.

Clotho

Come on board, and then the ferryman can haul up the anchor.

Klotho

Get in and let the ferryman draw up the anchor.

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Κλωθώ ἔμβαινε, ἵνα καὶ ἀνιμήσηται ὁ πορθμεὺς τὸ ἀγκύριον.

Current edition Perseus

CLOTHO Get aboard, so that the ferryman can haul the anchor up.

Clotho Come on board, and then the ferryman can haul up the anchor.

Klotho Get in and let the ferryman draw up the anchor.

Stable identifiers

Κλωθώ

ἔμβαινε, ἵνα καὶ ἀνιμήσηται ὁ πορθμεὺς τὸ ἀγκύριον.

CLOTHO

Get aboard, so that the ferryman can haul the anchor up.

Clotho

Come on board, and then the ferryman can haul up the anchor.

Klotho

Get in and let the ferryman draw up the anchor.