Lucian of Samosata, Timon, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 25

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HERMES

Then you have cheated Zeus, who thinks that you observe his decrees and enrich those who in his opinion deserve riches?

RICHES

Yes, and very properly, my friend, for although he knew that I was blind, he kept sending me to search for a thing so hard to find, which long ago became eclipsed in the world; even a Lynceus could not find it easily, so dim and tiny is its light. So, as the good men are few and wicked men in great numbers fill the cities, it is easier for me to fall in with then in my wanderings and to get into their nets.

HERMES

Then how is it that when you leave them you escape easily, since you do not know the way?

RICHES

For some reason I become sharp of eye and swift of foot then, but only for the time of ny escape.

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

Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.

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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.) — 25 focus

Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν ἐξηπάτηται ὁ Ζεὺς οἰόμενός σε κατὰ τὰ αὐτῷ δοκοῦντα πλουτίζειν ὅσους ἂν οἴηται τοῦ πλουτεῖν ἀξίους;

Πλοῦτος

καὶ μάλα δικαίως, ὦγαθέ, ὅς γε τυφλὸν ὄντα εἰδὼς ἔπεμπεν ἀναζητήσοντα δυσεύρετον οὕτω χρῆμα καὶ πρὸ πολλοῦ ἐκλελοιπὸς ἐκ τοῦ βίου, ὅπερ οὐδʼ ὁ Λυγκεὺς ἂν ἐξεύροι ῥᾳδίως, ἀμαυρὸν οὕτω καὶ μικρὸν ὄν. τοιγαροῦν ἅτε τῶν μὲν ἀγαθῶν ὀλίγων ὄντων, πονηρῶν δὲ πλείστων ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι τὸ πᾶν ἐπεχόντων, ῥᾷον ἐς τοὺς τοιούτους ἐμπίπτω περιιὼν καὶ σαγηνεύομαι πρὸς αὐτῶν.

Ἑρμῆς

εἶτα πῶς ἐπειδὰν καταλίπῃς αὐτοὺς ῥᾳδίως φεύγεις, οὐκ εἰδὼς τὴν ὁδόν;

Πλοῦτος

Ὀξυδερκὴς τότε πως καὶ ἀρτίπους γίνομαι πρὸς μόνον τὸν καιρὸν τῆς φυγῆς.

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.) — 25 focus

Hermes

So Zeus is in error, and you do not enrich deserving pevsais according to his pleasure?

Plutus

My dear fellow, how can he expect it? He knows I am blind, and he sends me groping about for a thing so hard to detect, and so nearly extinct this long time, that a Lynceus would have his work cut out spying for its dubious remains: So you see, as the good are few, and cities are crowded with multitudes of the bad, I am much more likely to come upon me latter in my rambles, and they keep me in their nets.

Lucian of Samosata Timon 25

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν ἐξηπάτηται ὁ Ζεὺς οἰόμενός σε κατὰ τὰ αὐτῷ δοκοῦντα πλουτίζειν ὅσους ἂν οἴηται τοῦ πλουτεῖν ἀξίους;

Ἑρμῆς

εἶτα πῶς ἐπειδὰν καταλίπῃς αὐτοὺς ῥᾳδίως φεύγεις, οὐκ εἰδὼς τὴν ὁδόν;

Πλοῦτος

Ὀξυδερκὴς τότε πως καὶ ἀρτίπους γίνομαι πρὸς μόνον τὸν καιρὸν τῆς φυγῆς.

Hermes

So Zeus is in error, and you do not enrich deserving pevsais according to his pleasure?

Hermes

But when you are leaving them, how do you find escape so easy? you do not know the way.

Plutus

Ah, there is just one occasion which brings me quickass of eye and foot; and that is flight.

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Ἑρμῆς οὐκοῦν ἐξηπάτηται ὁ Ζεὺς οἰόμενός σε κατὰ τὰ αὐτῷ δοκοῦντα πλουτίζειν ὅσους ἂν οἴηται τοῦ πλουτεῖν ἀξίους;

Ἑρμῆς εἶτα πῶς ἐπειδὰν καταλίπῃς αὐτοὺς ῥᾳδίως φεύγεις, οὐκ εἰδὼς τὴν ὁδόν;

Πλοῦτος Ὀξυδερκὴς τότε πως καὶ ἀρτίπους γίνομαι πρὸς μόνον τὸν καιρὸν τῆς φυγῆς.

Hermes So Zeus is in error, and you do not enrich deserving pevsais according to his pleasure?

Hermes But when you are leaving them, how do you find escape so easy? you do not know the way.

Plutus Ah, there is just one occasion which brings me quickass of eye and foot; and that is flight.

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Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν ἐξηπάτηται ὁ Ζεὺς οἰόμενός σε κατὰ τὰ αὐτῷ δοκοῦντα πλουτίζειν ὅσους ἂν οἴηται τοῦ πλουτεῖν ἀξίους;

Ἑρμῆς

εἶτα πῶς ἐπειδὰν καταλίπῃς αὐτοὺς ῥᾳδίως φεύγεις, οὐκ εἰδὼς τὴν ὁδόν;

Πλοῦτος

Ὀξυδερκὴς τότε πως καὶ ἀρτίπους γίνομαι πρὸς μόνον τὸν καιρὸν τῆς φυγῆς.

Hermes

So Zeus is in error, and you do not enrich deserving pevsais according to his pleasure?

Hermes

But when you are leaving them, how do you find escape so easy? you do not know the way.

Plutus

Ah, there is just one occasion which brings me quickass of eye and foot; and that is flight.