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Zeus

Take care, Cyniscus: you are going too far. You will repent of this one day.

Cyniscus

Spare your threats: you know that nothing can happen to me, except what Fate has settled first. I notice, for instance, that even temple-robbers do not always get punished; most of them, indeed, slip through your hands. Not destined to be caught, I suppose.

Zeus

I knew it! you are one of those who would abolish Providence.

Cyniscus

You seem to be very much afraid of these gentlemen, for some reason.

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

Current edition Perseus

Zeus Cross-examined (English) (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.)

Editions (1)

Ζεὺς ἐλεγχόμενος Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 9 focus

Ζεύς

ὁρᾷς; ταῦτʼ ἤδη ὑβριστικά, ὦ Κυνίσκε, φής· καί σοι τάχα μεταμελήσει ποτὲ αὐτῶν.

Κυνίσκος

φείδου, ὦ Ζεῦ, τῶν ἀπειλῶν, εἰδὼς οὐδέν με πεισόμενον ὅ τι μὴ καὶ τῇ Μοίρᾳ πρὸ σοῦ ἔδοξεν· ἐπεὶ οὐδʼ αὐτοὺς ἐκείνους ὁρῶ τοὺς ἱεροσύλους κολαζομένους, ἀλλʼ οἵ γε πλεῖστοι διαφεύγουσιν ὑμᾶς· οὐ γὰρ εἵμαρτο, οἶμαι, ἁλῶναι αὐτούς.

Ζεύς

οὐκ ἔλεγον ὡς ἄρʼ ἐκείνων τις εἶ τῶν ἀναιρούντων τὴν πρόνοιαν τῷ λόγῳ;

Κυνίσκος

πάνυ, ὦ Ζεῦ, δέδιας αὐτούς, οὐκ οἶδα ὅτου ἕνεκα· πάντα γοῦν ὁπόσα ἂν εἴπω, ὑποπτεύεις ἐκείνων παιδεύματα εἶναι.

Translations (1)

Zeus Catechized Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 9 focus

ZEUS

See here, your talk is getting insulting, Cyniscus, and you will perhaps regret it some day.

CYNISCUS

Be chary of your threats, Zeus, for you know that nothing can happen to me which Fate has not decreed before you. I see that even the templerobbers I mentioned are not punished, but most of them escape you; it was not fated, I suppose, that they should be caught!

Lucian Juppiter Confutatus 9

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

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Zeus

Take care, Cyniscus: you are going too far. You will repent of this one day.

Cyniscus

Spare your threats: you know that nothing can happen to me, except what Fate has settled first. I notice, for instance, that even temple-robbers do not always get punished; most of them, indeed, slip through your hands. Not destined to be caught, I suppose.

Zeus

I knew it! you are one of those who would abolish Providence.

Cyniscus

You seem to be very much afraid of these gentlemen, for some reason.

Current edition Perseus

Ζεύς

ὁρᾷς; ταῦτʼ ἤδη ὑβριστικά, ὦ Κυνίσκε, φής· καί σοι τάχα μεταμελήσει ποτὲ αὐτῶν.

Ζεύς

οὐκ ἔλεγον ὡς ἄρʼ ἐκείνων τις εἶ τῶν ἀναιρούντων τὴν πρόνοιαν τῷ λόγῳ;

Κυνίσκος

πάνυ, ὦ Ζεῦ, δέδιας αὐτούς, οὐκ οἶδα ὅτου ἕνεκα· πάντα γοῦν ὁπόσα ἂν εἴπω, ὑποπτεύεις ἐκείνων παιδεύματα εἶναι.

ZEUS

See here, your talk is getting insulting, Cyniscus, and you will perhaps regret it some day.

CYNISCUS

Be chary of your threats, Zeus, for you know that nothing can happen to me which Fate has not decreed before you. I see that even the templerobbers I mentioned are not punished, but most of them escape you; it was not fated, I suppose, that they should be caught!

ZEUS

Didn’t I say you were one of those fellows that abolish Providence in debate?

CYNISCUS

You are very much afraid of them, Zeus, I don’t know why. At any rate, you think that everything I say is one of their tricks.

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Zeus Take care, Cyniscus: you are going too far. You will repent of this one day.

Cyniscus Spare your threats: you know that nothing can happen to me, except what Fate has settled first. I notice, for instance, that even temple-robbers do not always get punished; most of them, indeed, slip through your hands. Not destined to be caught, I suppose.

Zeus I knew it! you are one of those who would abolish Providence.

Cyniscus You seem to be very much afraid of these gentlemen, for some reason.

Current edition Perseus

Ζεύς ὁρᾷς; ταῦτʼ ἤδη ὑβριστικά, ὦ Κυνίσκε, φής· καί σοι τάχα μεταμελήσει ποτὲ αὐτῶν.

Ζεύς οὐκ ἔλεγον ὡς ἄρʼ ἐκείνων τις εἶ τῶν ἀναιρούντων τὴν πρόνοιαν τῷ λόγῳ;

Κυνίσκος πάνυ, ὦ Ζεῦ, δέδιας αὐτούς, οὐκ οἶδα ὅτου ἕνεκα· πάντα γοῦν ὁπόσα ἂν εἴπω, ὑποπτεύεις ἐκείνων παιδεύματα εἶναι.

ZEUS See here, your talk is getting insulting, Cyniscus, and you will perhaps regret it some day.

CYNISCUS Be chary of your threats, Zeus, for you know that nothing can happen to me which Fate has not decreed before you. I see that even the templerobbers I mentioned are not punished, but most of them escape you; it was not fated, I suppose, that they should be caught!

ZEUS Didn’t I say you were one of those fellows that abolish Providence in debate?

CYNISCUS You are very much afraid of them, Zeus, I don’t know why. At any rate, you think that everything I say is one of their tricks.

Stable identifiers

Zeus

Take care, Cyniscus: you are going too far. You will repent of this one day.

Cyniscus

Spare your threats: you know that nothing can happen to me, except what Fate has settled first. I notice, for instance, that even temple-robbers do not always get punished; most of them, indeed, slip through your hands. Not destined to be caught, I suppose.

Zeus

I knew it! you are one of those who would abolish Providence.

Cyniscus

You seem to be very much afraid of these gentlemen, for some reason.

Ζεύς

ὁρᾷς; ταῦτʼ ἤδη ὑβριστικά, ὦ Κυνίσκε, φής· καί σοι τάχα μεταμελήσει ποτὲ αὐτῶν.

Ζεύς

οὐκ ἔλεγον ὡς ἄρʼ ἐκείνων τις εἶ τῶν ἀναιρούντων τὴν πρόνοιαν τῷ λόγῳ;

Κυνίσκος

πάνυ, ὦ Ζεῦ, δέδιας αὐτούς, οὐκ οἶδα ὅτου ἕνεκα· πάντα γοῦν ὁπόσα ἂν εἴπω, ὑποπτεύεις ἐκείνων παιδεύματα εἶναι.

ZEUS

See here, your talk is getting insulting, Cyniscus, and you will perhaps regret it some day.

CYNISCUS

Be chary of your threats, Zeus, for you know that nothing can happen to me which Fate has not decreed before you. I see that even the templerobbers I mentioned are not punished, but most of them escape you; it was not fated, I suppose, that they should be caught!

ZEUS

Didn’t I say you were one of those fellows that abolish Providence in debate?

CYNISCUS

You are very much afraid of them, Zeus, I don’t know why. At any rate, you think that everything I say is one of their tricks.