Lucian, Icaromenippus, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 1

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Friend

In the name of goodness, Menippus, what are these astronomical sums you are doing under your breath? I have been dogging you for some time, listening to your suns and moons, queerly mixed up with common earthly stages and leagues.

Menippus

Ah, you must not be surprised if my talk is rather exalted and ethereal; I was making out the mileage of my journey.

Friend

Oh, I see; using stars to steer by, like the Phoenicians?

Menippus

Oh no, travelling among them.

Friend

Well, to be sure, it must have been a longish dream, if you lost yourself in it for whole leagues.

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

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

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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.) — 1 focus

Μένιππος

οὐκοῦν τρισχίλιοι μὲν ἦσαν ἀπὸ γῆς στάδιοι μέχρι πρὸς τὴν σελήνην, ὁ πρῶτος ἡμῖν σταθμός· τοὐντεῦθεν δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἄνω παρασάγγαι που πεντακόσιοι· τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου ἐς αὐτὸν ἤδη τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὴν τοῦ Διὸς ἄνοδος καὶ ταῦτα γένοιτʼ ἂν¹ εὐζώνῳ ἀετῷ μιᾶς ἡμέρας.

Ἕταιρος

τί ταῦτα πρὸς Χαρίτων, ὦ Μένιππε, ἀστρονομεῖς καὶ ἡσυχῇ πως ἀναμετρεῖς; πάλαι γὰρ ἐπακροῶμαί σου παρακολουθῶν ἡλίους καὶ σελήνας, ἔτι δὲ τὰ φορτικὰ ταῦτα σταθμούς τινας καὶ παρασάγγας ὑποξενίζοντος.

Μένιππος

μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ὦ ἑταῖρε, εἰ μετέωρα καὶ διαέρια δοκῶ σοι λαλεῖν· τὸ κεφάλαιον γὰρ δὴ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἀναλογίζομαι τῆς ἔναγχος ἀποδημίας.

Ἕταιρος

εἶτα, ὦγαθε, καθάπερ οἱ Φοίνικες ἄστροις ἐτεκμαίρου τὴν ὁδόν;

Μένιππος

οὐ μὰ Δία, ἀλλʼ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἄστροις ἐποιούμην τὴν ἀποδημίαν.

Ἕταιρος

Ἡράκλεις, μακρόν τινα τὸν ὄνειρον λέγεις, εἴ γε σαυτὸν ἔλαθες κατακοιμηθεὶς παρασάγγας ὅλους.

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Icaromenippus, or the Sky-man Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 1 focus

MENIPPUS

It was three thousand furlongs, then, from the earth to the moon, my first stage; and from there up to the sun perhaps five hundred leagues; and from the sun to Heaven itself and the citadel of Zeus would be also a day’s ascent for an eagle travelling light.

FRIEND

In the name of the Liberal Arts, Menippus, why are you playing astronomer and surveyor on the quiet like that? For a long time I have been following you about and listening to your outlandish talk about suns and moons and even those outworn topics, stages and leagues.

MENIPPUS

Don’t be surprised, my friend, if my talk seems to you to be.up in the air and flighty; I am just figuring up the total length of my recent journey.

Lucian Icaromenippus 1

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

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Menippus

Let me see, now. First stage, Earth to Moon, 350 miles. Second stage, up to the Sun, 500 leagues. Then the third, to the actual Heaven and Zeus’s citadel, might be put at a day’s journey for an eagle in light marching order.

Friend

In the name of goodness, Menippus, what are these astronomical sums you are doing under your breath? I have been dogging you for some time, listening to your suns and moons, queerly mixed up with common earthly stages and leagues.

Menippus

Ah, you must not be surprised if my talk is rather exalted and ethereal; I was making out the mileage of my journey.

Friend

Oh, I see; using stars to steer by, like the Phoenicians?

Menippus

Oh no, travelling among them.

Friend

Well, to be sure, it must have been a longish dream, if you lost yourself in it for whole leagues.

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Μένιππος

μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ὦ ἑταῖρε, εἰ μετέωρα καὶ διαέρια δοκῶ σοι λαλεῖν· τὸ κεφάλαιον γὰρ δὴ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἀναλογίζομαι τῆς ἔναγχος ἀποδημίας.

Ἕταιρος

εἶτα, ὦγαθε, καθάπερ οἱ Φοίνικες ἄστροις ἐτεκμαίρου τὴν ὁδόν;

Μένιππος

οὐ μὰ Δία, ἀλλʼ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἄστροις ἐποιούμην τὴν ἀποδημίαν.

Ἕταιρος

Ἡράκλεις, μακρόν τινα τὸν ὄνειρον λέγεις, εἴ γε σαυτὸν ἔλαθες κατακοιμηθεὶς παρασάγγας ὅλους.

MENIPPUS

It was three thousand furlongs, then, from the earth to the moon, my first stage; and from there up to the sun perhaps five hundred leagues; and from the sun to Heaven itself and the citadel of Zeus would be also a day’s ascent for an eagle travelling light.

FRIEND

In the name of the Liberal Arts, Menippus, why are you playing astronomer and surveyor on the quiet like that? For a long time I have been following you about and listening to your outlandish talk about suns and moons and even those outworn topics, stages and leagues.

MENIPPUS

Don’t be surprised, my friend, if my talk seems to you to be.up in the air and flighty; I am just figuring up the total length of my recent journey.

FRIEND

So you did like the Phoenicians, old chap, and guessed your way by the stars ¢

MENIPPUS

No indeed, I made my journey right among the stars,

FRIEND

Great Heracles! That's a long dream you are talking of, if you actually lost yourself and slept for leagues and leagues!

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Menippus Let me see, now. First stage, Earth to Moon, 350 miles. Second stage, up to the Sun, 500 leagues. Then the third, to the actual Heaven and Zeus’s citadel, might be put at a day’s journey for an eagle in light marching order.

Friend In the name of goodness, Menippus, what are these astronomical sums you are doing under your breath? I have been dogging you for some time, listening to your suns and moons, queerly mixed up with common earthly stages and leagues.

Menippus Ah, you must not be surprised if my talk is rather exalted and ethereal; I was making out the mileage of my journey.

Friend Oh, I see; using stars to steer by, like the Phoenicians?

Menippus Oh no, travelling among them.

Friend Well, to be sure, it must have been a longish dream, if you lost yourself in it for whole leagues.

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Μένιππος μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ὦ ἑταῖρε, εἰ μετέωρα καὶ διαέρια δοκῶ σοι λαλεῖν· τὸ κεφάλαιον γὰρ δὴ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἀναλογίζομαι τῆς ἔναγχος ἀποδημίας.

Ἕταιρος εἶτα, ὦγαθε, καθάπερ οἱ Φοίνικες ἄστροις ἐτεκμαίρου τὴν ὁδόν;

Μένιππος οὐ μὰ Δία, ἀλλʼ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἄστροις ἐποιούμην τὴν ἀποδημίαν.

Ἕταιρος Ἡράκλεις, μακρόν τινα τὸν ὄνειρον λέγεις, εἴ γε σαυτὸν ἔλαθες κατακοιμηθεὶς παρασάγγας ὅλους.

MENIPPUS It was three thousand furlongs, then, from the earth to the moon, my first stage; and from there up to the sun perhaps five hundred leagues; and from the sun to Heaven itself and the citadel of Zeus would be also a day’s ascent for an eagle travelling light.

FRIEND In the name of the Liberal Arts, Menippus, why are you playing astronomer and surveyor on the quiet like that? For a long time I have been following you about and listening to your outlandish talk about suns and moons and even those outworn topics, stages and leagues.

MENIPPUS Don’t be surprised, my friend, if my talk seems to you to be.up in the air and flighty; I am just figuring up the total length of my recent journey.

FRIEND So you did like the Phoenicians, old chap, and guessed your way by the stars ¢

MENIPPUS No indeed, I made my journey right among the stars,

FRIEND Great Heracles! That's a long dream you are talking of, if you actually lost yourself and slept for leagues and leagues!

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Menippus

Let me see, now. First stage, Earth to Moon, 350 miles. Second stage, up to the Sun, 500 leagues. Then the third, to the actual Heaven and Zeus’s citadel, might be put at a day’s journey for an eagle in light marching order.

Friend

In the name of goodness, Menippus, what are these astronomical sums you are doing under your breath? I have been dogging you for some time, listening to your suns and moons, queerly mixed up with common earthly stages and leagues.

Menippus

Ah, you must not be surprised if my talk is rather exalted and ethereal; I was making out the mileage of my journey.

Friend

Oh, I see; using stars to steer by, like the Phoenicians?

Menippus

Oh no, travelling among them.

Friend

Well, to be sure, it must have been a longish dream, if you lost yourself in it for whole leagues.

Μένιππος

μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ὦ ἑταῖρε, εἰ μετέωρα καὶ διαέρια δοκῶ σοι λαλεῖν· τὸ κεφάλαιον γὰρ δὴ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἀναλογίζομαι τῆς ἔναγχος ἀποδημίας.

Ἕταιρος

εἶτα, ὦγαθε, καθάπερ οἱ Φοίνικες ἄστροις ἐτεκμαίρου τὴν ὁδόν;

Μένιππος

οὐ μὰ Δία, ἀλλʼ ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἄστροις ἐποιούμην τὴν ἀποδημίαν.

Ἕταιρος

Ἡράκλεις, μακρόν τινα τὸν ὄνειρον λέγεις, εἴ γε σαυτὸν ἔλαθες κατακοιμηθεὶς παρασάγγας ὅλους.

MENIPPUS

It was three thousand furlongs, then, from the earth to the moon, my first stage; and from there up to the sun perhaps five hundred leagues; and from the sun to Heaven itself and the citadel of Zeus would be also a day’s ascent for an eagle travelling light.

FRIEND

In the name of the Liberal Arts, Menippus, why are you playing astronomer and surveyor on the quiet like that? For a long time I have been following you about and listening to your outlandish talk about suns and moons and even those outworn topics, stages and leagues.

MENIPPUS

Don’t be surprised, my friend, if my talk seems to you to be.up in the air and flighty; I am just figuring up the total length of my recent journey.

FRIEND

So you did like the Phoenicians, old chap, and guessed your way by the stars ¢

MENIPPUS

No indeed, I made my journey right among the stars,

FRIEND

Great Heracles! That's a long dream you are talking of, if you actually lost yourself and slept for leagues and leagues!