Lucian of Samosata, Icaromenippus, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 34

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MENIPPUS

“As to Menippus here," he said, “this is my decision: after his wings have been taken away from him so that he may never come again, let him be carried down to earth to-day by Hermes.” With this he dismissed the meeting, whereupon Cyllenius (Hermes) picked me up by the right ear and took me down to the Potters’ Quarter yesterday evening. You have heard it all, my friend, all the news from Heaven. Now I am going off to carry the glad tidings to the philosophers who pace about in the Porch.

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

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Icaromenippus, or the Sky-man (English) (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.)

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Ἰκαρομένιππος ἢ Ὑπερνέφελος Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 34 focus

Μένιππος

περὶ δὲ τουτουὶ Μενίππου ταῦτα, ἔφη, μοι δοκεῖ· περιαιρεθέντα αὐτὸν τὰ πτερά, ἵνα μὴ καὶ αὖθις ἔλθῃ ποτέ, ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἐς τὴν γῆν κατενεχθῆναι τήμερον καὶ ὁ μὲν ταῦτα εἰπὼν διέλυσε τὸν σύλλογον, ἐμὲ δὲ ὁ Κυλλήνιος τοῦ δεξιοῦ ὠτὸς ἀποκρεμάσας περὶ ἑσπέραν χθὲς κατέθηκε φέρων ἐς τὸν Κεραμεικόν.

Ἅπαντα ἀκήκοας, ἅπαντα, ὦ ἑταῖρε, τἀξ οὐρανοῦ· ἄπειμι τοίνυν καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῇ Ποικίλῃ περιπατοῦσι τῶν φιλοσόφων αὐτὰ ταῦτα εὐαγγελιούμενος.

Translations (1)

Icaromenippus, an Aerial Expedition Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 34 focus

Menippus

‘As to Menippus,’ he added, ‘my pleasure is this. He shall be deprived of his wings, and so incapacitated for repeating his visit, but shall to-day be conveyed back to Earth by Hermes.’ So saying, he dismissed the assembly. The Cyllenian accordingly lifted me up by the right ear, and yesterday evening deposited me in the Ceramicus. And now, friend, you have all the latest from Heaven. I must be off to the Poecile, to let the philosophers loitering there know the luck they are in.

Lucian of Samosata Icaromenippus 34

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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