Lucian of Samosata, Timon, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 46

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[46]

GNATHONIDES

Didn’t I say that the gods would not neglect an upright man like Timon? Good day to you, Timon, first in good looks, first in good manners and first in good fellowship.

TIMON

The same to you, Gnathonides, first of all vultures in voracity and first of all mankind in rascality.

GNATHONIDES

You are always fond of your joke. But where are we to dine? I have brought you a new song from one of the plays¹ that have just been put on.

TIMON

I assure you, it will be a very mournful dirge that you will sing, with this pick of mine to prompt you.

GNATHONIDES

What’s this? A blow, Timon? I appeal to the witnesses. O Heracles! Oh! Oh! I summon you before the Areopagus for assault and battery.

TIMON

If you will only linger one moment more, the summons will be for murder.

GNATHONIDES

No, no! Do heal my wound, at least, by putting alittle gold on it. That is a wonderful specific for staunching blood.

TIMON

What, are you still bent on staying?

GNATHONIDES

I am going; but you shall be sorry that you left off being a gentleman and became such a boor.

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.) — 46 focus

Γναθωνίδης

οὐκ ἐγὼ ἔλεγον ὡς οὐκ ἀμελήσουσι Τίμωνος ἀγαθοῦ ἀνδρὸς οἱ θεοί; χαῖρε Τίμων εὐμορφότατε καὶ ἥδιστε καὶ συμποτικώτατε.

Τίμων

νὴ καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Γναθωνίδη, γυπῶν ἁπάντων βορώτατε καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἐπιτριπτότατε.

Γναθωνίδης

ἀεὶ φιλοσκώμμων σύ γε. ἀλλὰ ποῦ τὸ συμπόσιον; ὡς καινόν τί σοι ᾆσμα τῶν νεοδιδάκτων διθυράμβων ἥκω κομίζων.

Τίμων

καὶ μὴν ἐλεγεῖά γε ᾄσῃ μάλα περιπαθῶς ὑπὸ ταύτῃ τῇ δικέλλῃ.

Γναθωνίδης

τί τοῦτο; παίεις, ὦ Τίμων; μαρτύρομαι· ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ἰοὺ ἰού, προκαλοῦμαί σε τραύματος εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον.

Τίμων

καὶ μὴν ἄν γε μικρὸν ἐπιβραδύνῃς, φόνου τάχα προκεκλήσομαι.

Γναθωνίδης

μηδαμῶς· ἀλλὰ σύ γε πάντως τὸ τραῦμα ἴασαι μικρὸν ἐπιπάσας τοῦ χρυσίου· δεινῶς γὰρ ἴσχαιμόν ἐστι τὸ φάρμακον.

Τίμων

ἔτι γὰρ μένεις;

Γναθωνίδης

ἄπειμι· σὺ δὲ οὐ χαιρήσεις οὕτω σκαιὸς ἐκ χρηστοῦ γενόμενος.

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.) — 46 focus

Gnathonides

What did I tell them?—Timon was too good a man to be abandoned by Providence. How are you, Timon? as good-looking and good-tempered, as good a fellow, as ever?

Timon

And you, Gnathonides, still teaching vultures rapacity, and men cunning?

Gnathonides

Ah, he always liked his little joke. But where do you dine? I have brought a new song with me, a march out of the last musical thing on.

Timon

It will be a funeral march, then, and a very touching one, with spade obbligato.

Gnathonides

What means this? This is assault, Timon; just let me find a witness! ... Oh, my God, my God!... I'll have you before the Areopagus for assault and battery.

Timon

You’d better not wait much longer, or you'll have to make it murder.

Gnathonides

Mercy, mercy! ..- Now, a little gold ointment to heal the wound; it is a first-rate styptic.

Timon

What! you won’t go, won’t you?

Gnathonides

Oh, I am going. But you shall repent this. Alas, so genial once, and now so rude!

Timon

Now who is this with the bald crown?

Notes on the current edition

Timon, or the Misanthrope

1. Literally: “From one of the dithyrambs.” The allusion is anachronistic, for in Timon’s day the dithyramb was not dramatic in character. Cf. Bywater, Aristotle on the Art of Poetry, p. 99.

Lucian of Samosata Timon 46

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

Current edition Perseus

Γναθωνίδης

οὐκ ἐγὼ ἔλεγον ὡς οὐκ ἀμελήσουσι Τίμωνος ἀγαθοῦ ἀνδρὸς οἱ θεοί; χαῖρε Τίμων εὐμορφότατε καὶ ἥδιστε καὶ συμποτικώτατε.

Τίμων

νὴ καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Γναθωνίδη, γυπῶν ἁπάντων βορώτατε καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἐπιτριπτότατε.

Γναθωνίδης

ἀεὶ φιλοσκώμμων σύ γε. ἀλλὰ ποῦ τὸ συμπόσιον; ὡς καινόν τί σοι ᾆσμα τῶν νεοδιδάκτων διθυράμβων ἥκω κομίζων.

Τίμων

καὶ μὴν ἐλεγεῖά γε ᾄσῃ μάλα περιπαθῶς ὑπὸ ταύτῃ τῇ δικέλλῃ.

Γναθωνίδης

τί τοῦτο; παίεις, ὦ Τίμων; μαρτύρομαι· ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ἰοὺ ἰού, προκαλοῦμαί σε τραύματος εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον.

Τίμων

καὶ μὴν ἄν γε μικρὸν ἐπιβραδύνῃς, φόνου τάχα προκεκλήσομαι.

Γναθωνίδης

μηδαμῶς· ἀλλὰ σύ γε πάντως τὸ τραῦμα ἴασαι μικρὸν ἐπιπάσας τοῦ χρυσίου· δεινῶς γὰρ ἴσχαιμόν ἐστι τὸ φάρμακον.

Τίμων

ἔτι γὰρ μένεις;

Γναθωνίδης

ἄπειμι· σὺ δὲ οὐ χαιρήσεις οὕτω σκαιὸς ἐκ χρηστοῦ γενόμενος.

Gnathonides

What did I tell them?—Timon was too good a man to be abandoned by Providence. How are you, Timon? as good-looking and good-tempered, as good a fellow, as ever?

Timon

And you, Gnathonides, still teaching vultures rapacity, and men cunning?

Gnathonides

Ah, he always liked his little joke. But where do you dine? I have brought a new song with me, a march out of the last musical thing on.

Timon

It will be a funeral march, then, and a very touching one, with spade obbligato.

Gnathonides

What means this? This is assault, Timon; just let me find a witness! ... Oh, my God, my God!... I'll have you before the Areopagus for assault and battery.

Timon

You’d better not wait much longer, or you'll have to make it murder.

Gnathonides

Mercy, mercy! ..- Now, a little gold ointment to heal the wound; it is a first-rate styptic.

Timon

What! you won’t go, won’t you?

Gnathonides

Oh, I am going. But you shall repent this. Alas, so genial once, and now so rude!

Timon

Now who is this with the bald crown?

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

TIMON

GNATHONIDES

Current edition Perseus

Γναθωνίδης οὐκ ἐγὼ ἔλεγον ὡς οὐκ ἀμελήσουσι Τίμωνος ἀγαθοῦ ἀνδρὸς οἱ θεοί; χαῖρε Τίμων εὐμορφότατε καὶ ἥδιστε καὶ συμποτικώτατε.

Τίμων νὴ καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Γναθωνίδη, γυπῶν ἁπάντων βορώτατε καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἐπιτριπτότατε.

Γναθωνίδης ἀεὶ φιλοσκώμμων σύ γε. ἀλλὰ ποῦ τὸ συμπόσιον; ὡς καινόν τί σοι ᾆσμα τῶν νεοδιδάκτων διθυράμβων ἥκω κομίζων.

Τίμων καὶ μὴν ἐλεγεῖά γε ᾄσῃ μάλα περιπαθῶς ὑπὸ ταύτῃ τῇ δικέλλῃ.

Γναθωνίδης τί τοῦτο; παίεις, ὦ Τίμων; μαρτύρομαι· ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ἰοὺ ἰού, προκαλοῦμαί σε τραύματος εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον.

Τίμων καὶ μὴν ἄν γε μικρὸν ἐπιβραδύνῃς, φόνου τάχα προκεκλήσομαι.

Γναθωνίδης μηδαμῶς· ἀλλὰ σύ γε πάντως τὸ τραῦμα ἴασαι μικρὸν ἐπιπάσας τοῦ χρυσίου· δεινῶς γὰρ ἴσχαιμόν ἐστι τὸ φάρμακον.

Τίμων ἔτι γὰρ μένεις;

Γναθωνίδης ἄπειμι· σὺ δὲ οὐ χαιρήσεις οὕτω σκαιὸς ἐκ χρηστοῦ γενόμενος.

Gnathonides What did I tell them?—Timon was too good a man to be abandoned by Providence. How are you, Timon? as good-looking and good-tempered, as good a fellow, as ever?

Timon And you, Gnathonides, still teaching vultures rapacity, and men cunning?

Gnathonides Ah, he always liked his little joke. But where do you dine? I have brought a new song with me, a march out of the last musical thing on.

Timon It will be a funeral march, then, and a very touching one, with spade obbligato.

Gnathonides What means this? This is assault, Timon; just let me find a witness! ... Oh, my God, my God!... I'll have you before the Areopagus for assault and battery.

Timon You’d better not wait much longer, or you'll have to make it murder.

Gnathonides Mercy, mercy! ..- Now, a little gold ointment to heal the wound; it is a first-rate styptic.

Timon What! you won’t go, won’t you?

Gnathonides Oh, I am going. But you shall repent this. Alas, so genial once, and now so rude!

Timon Now who is this with the bald crown?

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Γναθωνίδης

οὐκ ἐγὼ ἔλεγον ὡς οὐκ ἀμελήσουσι Τίμωνος ἀγαθοῦ ἀνδρὸς οἱ θεοί; χαῖρε Τίμων εὐμορφότατε καὶ ἥδιστε καὶ συμποτικώτατε.

Τίμων

νὴ καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Γναθωνίδη, γυπῶν ἁπάντων βορώτατε καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἐπιτριπτότατε.

Γναθωνίδης

ἀεὶ φιλοσκώμμων σύ γε. ἀλλὰ ποῦ τὸ συμπόσιον; ὡς καινόν τί σοι ᾆσμα τῶν νεοδιδάκτων διθυράμβων ἥκω κομίζων.

Τίμων

καὶ μὴν ἐλεγεῖά γε ᾄσῃ μάλα περιπαθῶς ὑπὸ ταύτῃ τῇ δικέλλῃ.

Γναθωνίδης

τί τοῦτο; παίεις, ὦ Τίμων; μαρτύρομαι· ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ἰοὺ ἰού, προκαλοῦμαί σε τραύματος εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον.

Τίμων

καὶ μὴν ἄν γε μικρὸν ἐπιβραδύνῃς, φόνου τάχα προκεκλήσομαι.

Γναθωνίδης

μηδαμῶς· ἀλλὰ σύ γε πάντως τὸ τραῦμα ἴασαι μικρὸν ἐπιπάσας τοῦ χρυσίου· δεινῶς γὰρ ἴσχαιμόν ἐστι τὸ φάρμακον.

Τίμων

ἔτι γὰρ μένεις;

Γναθωνίδης

ἄπειμι· σὺ δὲ οὐ χαιρήσεις οὕτω σκαιὸς ἐκ χρηστοῦ γενόμενος.

Gnathonides

What did I tell them?—Timon was too good a man to be abandoned by Providence. How are you, Timon? as good-looking and good-tempered, as good a fellow, as ever?

Timon

And you, Gnathonides, still teaching vultures rapacity, and men cunning?

Gnathonides

Ah, he always liked his little joke. But where do you dine? I have brought a new song with me, a march out of the last musical thing on.

Timon

It will be a funeral march, then, and a very touching one, with spade obbligato.

Gnathonides

What means this? This is assault, Timon; just let me find a witness! ... Oh, my God, my God!... I'll have you before the Areopagus for assault and battery.

Timon

You’d better not wait much longer, or you'll have to make it murder.

Gnathonides

Mercy, mercy! ..- Now, a little gold ointment to heal the wound; it is a first-rate styptic.

Timon

What! you won’t go, won’t you?

Gnathonides

Oh, I am going. But you shall repent this. Alas, so genial once, and now so rude!

Timon

Now who is this with the bald crown?