Lucian of Samosata, Timon, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 15

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Really, if you look into the truth, you will think that I do both with good reason, for Timon’s extreme laxity may fairly be deemed inconsiderate and unfriendly toward me; and on the other hand, when men kept me locked up in dark coffers, taking pains to get me fat and plump and overgrown, and neither laid a finger on me themselves nor brought me out into the light of day for fear that I might be seen by someone else, I used to consider them senseless and arrogant because they let me grow soft in such durance when I had done no wrong, and were unaware that after a little they would go away and leave me to some other favourite of fortune.

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

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

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Τίμων Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 15 focus

Πλοῦτος

καὶ μὴν εἴ γε τἀληθὲς ἐξετάζοις, ἄμφω σοι εὔλογα δόξω ποιεῖν· τοῦ τε γὰρ Τίμωνος τὸ πάνυ τοῦτο ἀνειμένον ἀμελὲς καὶ οὐκ εὐνοϊκὸν ὡς πρὸς ἐμὲ εἰκότως ἂν δοκοίη· τούς τε αὖ κατάκλειστον ἐν θύραις¹ καὶ σκότῳ φυλάττοντας, ὅπως αὐτοῖς παχύτερος γενοίμην καὶ πιμελὴς καὶ ὑπέρογκος ἐπιμελουμένους, οὔτε προσαπτομένους αὐτοὺς οὔτε ἐς τὸ φῶς προάγοντας, ὡς μηδὲ ὀφθείην πρός τινος, ἀνοήτους ἐνόμιζον εἶναι καὶ ὑβριστάς, οὐδὲν ἀδικοῦντά με ὑπὸ τοσούτοις δεσμοῖς κατασήποντας, οὐκ εἰδότας ὡς μετὰ μικρὸν ἀπίασιν ἄλλῳ τινὶ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων με καταλιπόντες.

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Timon the Misanthrope Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 15 focus

Plutus

Oh, if you consider the thing candidly; you will find both attitudes reasonable. It is clear enough that Timon’s utter negligence comes from slackness, and not from any consideration for me. As for the other sort, who keep me shut up in the obscurity of strong-boxes, intent on making me heavy and fat and unwieldy, never touching me themselves, and never letting me see the light, lest some one else should catch sight of me, I always thought of them as fools and tyrants; what harm had I done that they should let me rot in close confinement? and did not they know that in a little while they would pass away and have to resign me to some other lucky man?

Lucian of Samosata Timon 15

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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