Lucian of Samosata, Timon, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 11

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HERMES

What an advantageous thing it is to shout loudly and to be annoying and impudent! It is useful not only to pleaders in court but to petitioners to Heaven. Lo and behold, Timon, who is now wretchedly poor, will become rich in an instant because he prayed vociferously and outspokenly and drew the attention of Zeus; but if he had bent his back and dug in silence he would still be digging neglected.

RICHES

But I really can’t go to him, Zeus.

ZEUS

Why not, my good Riches, when I have bidden you to do so?

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

Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)

Τίμων Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 11 focus

Ἑρμῆς

οἷον ἦν τὸ μέγα κεκραγέναι καὶ ὀχληρὸν εἶναι καὶ θρασύν. οὐ τοῖς δικαιολογοῦσι μόνοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς εὐχομένοις τοῦτο χρήσιμον· ἰδού γέ τοι αὐτίκα μάλα πλούσιος ἐκ πενεστάτου καταστήσεται ὁ Τίμων βοήσας καὶ παρρησιασάμενος ἐν τῇ εὐχῇ καὶ ἐπιστρέψας τὸν Δία· εἰ δὲ σιωπῇ ἔσκαπτεν ἐπικεκυφώς, ἔτι ἂν ἔσκαπτεν ἀμελούμενος.

Πλοῦτος

ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἂν ἀπέλθοιμι, ὦ Ζεῦ, παρʼ αὐτόν.

Ζεύς

διὰ τί, ὦ ἄριστε Πλοῦτε, καὶ ταῦτα ἐμοῦ κελεύσαντος;

Translations (1)

Timon the Misanthrope Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 11 focus

Hermes

Nothing like lifting wp your voice, making yourself a nuisance, and showing a bold front; it is equally effective whether you are pleading with juries or deities. Here is Timon developing from pauper to millionaire, just because his prayer was loud and free enough to startle Zeus; if he had dug quietly with his face to his work, he might have dug to all eternity, for any notice he would have got.

Lucian of Samosata Timon 11

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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ZEUS

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Πλοῦτος

ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἂν ἀπέλθοιμι, ὦ Ζεῦ, παρʼ αὐτόν.

Ζεύς

διὰ τί, ὦ ἄριστε Πλοῦτε, καὶ ταῦτα ἐμοῦ κελεύσαντος;

Plutus

Well, Zeus, I am not going to him.

Zeus

Your reason, good Plutus; have I not told you to go?

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Πλοῦτος ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἂν ἀπέλθοιμι, ὦ Ζεῦ, παρʼ αὐτόν.

Ζεύς διὰ τί, ὦ ἄριστε Πλοῦτε, καὶ ταῦτα ἐμοῦ κελεύσαντος;

Plutus Well, Zeus, I am not going to him.

Zeus Your reason, good Plutus; have I not told you to go?

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Πλοῦτος

ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἂν ἀπέλθοιμι, ὦ Ζεῦ, παρʼ αὐτόν.

Ζεύς

διὰ τί, ὦ ἄριστε Πλοῦτε, καὶ ταῦτα ἐμοῦ κελεύσαντος;

Plutus

Well, Zeus, I am not going to him.

Zeus

Your reason, good Plutus; have I not told you to go?