Lucian, Timon, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 32

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Poverty

Slayer of Argus, whither away, you two hand in hand?

Hermes

Zeus has sent us to Timon here,

Poverty

Now? What has Plutus todo with Timon now? I found him suffering under Luxury’s treatment, put him in the charge of Wisdom and Toil (whom you see here), and made a good worthy man of him. Do you take me for such a contemptible helpless creature that you can rob me of my little all? have I perfected him in virtue, only to see Plutus take him, trust him to Insolence and Arrogance, make him as soft and limp and silly as before, and return him to me a worn-out rag again?

Hermes

It is Zeus’s will.

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

Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)

Τίμων Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 32 focus

Πενία

ποῖ τοῦτον ἀπάγεις, ὦ Ἀργειφόντα, χειραγωγῶν;

Ἑρμῆς

ἐπὶ τουτονὶ τὸν Τίμωνα ἐπέμφθημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός.

Πενία

νῦν ὁ Πλοῦτος ἐπὶ Τίμωνα, ὁπότε αὐτὸν ἐγὼ κακῶς ἔχοντα ὑπὸ τῆς Τρυφῆς παραλαβοῦσα, τουτοισὶ παραδοῦσα, τῇ Σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ Πόνῳ, γενναῖον ἄνδρα καὶ πολλοῦ ἄξιον ἀπέδειξα; οὕτως ἄρα εὐκαταφρόνητος ὑμῖν ἡ Πενία δοκῶ καὶ εὐαδίκητος, ὥσθʼ ὃ μόνον κτῆμα εἶχον ἀφαιρεῖσθαί με, ἀκριβῶς πρὸς ἀρετὴν ἐξειργασμένον, ἵνα αὖθις ὁ Πλοῦτος παραλαβὼν αὐτὸν Ὕβρει καὶ Τύφῳ ἐγχειρίσας ὅμοιον τῷ πάλαι μαλθακὸν καὶ ἀγεννῆ καὶ ἀνόητον ἀποφήνας ἀποδῷ πάλιν ἐμοὶ ῥάκος ἤδη γεγενημένον;

Ἑρμῆς

ἔδοξε ταῦτα, ὦ Πενία, τῷ Διί·

Translations (1)

Timon, or the Misanthrope Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 32 focus

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POVERTY

Where are you going with that person whom you have by the hand, Hermes?

HERMES

Zeus sent us to Timon here.

POVERTY

Is he sending Riches to Timon now, when I have made a noble and a valuable man of him, after taking him over in a wretched plight that was due to Luxury and putting him in charge of Wisdom and Toil? Then am I, Poverty, so easy to slight, think you, and so easy to wrong that I can be robbed of my only possession after I have thoroughly perfected him in virtue, in order that Riches, taking him over again and giving him into the hands of Insolence and Pride, may make him soft, unmanly and base as before, and then return him to me reduced to a clout?

HERMES

It was the will of Zeus, Poverty.

Lucian Timon 32

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

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Poverty

Slayer of Argus, whither away, you two hand in hand?

Hermes

Zeus has sent us to Timon here,

Hermes

It is Zeus’s will.

Current edition Perseus

Πενία

ποῖ τοῦτον ἀπάγεις, ὦ Ἀργειφόντα, χειραγωγῶν;

Ἑρμῆς

ἐπὶ τουτονὶ τὸν Τίμωνα ἐπέμφθημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός.

Ἑρμῆς

ἔδοξε ταῦτα, ὦ Πενία, τῷ Διί·

POVERTY

HERMES

POVERTY

HERMES

Stable identifiers

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Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Poverty Slayer of Argus, whither away, you two hand in hand?

Hermes Zeus has sent us to Timon here,

Hermes It is Zeus’s will.

Current edition Perseus

Πενία ποῖ τοῦτον ἀπάγεις, ὦ Ἀργειφόντα, χειραγωγῶν;

Ἑρμῆς ἐπὶ τουτονὶ τὸν Τίμωνα ἐπέμφθημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός.

Ἑρμῆς ἔδοξε ταῦτα, ὦ Πενία, τῷ Διί·

POVERTY

HERMES

POVERTY

HERMES

Stable identifiers

Poverty

Slayer of Argus, whither away, you two hand in hand?

Hermes

Zeus has sent us to Timon here,

Hermes

It is Zeus’s will.

Πενία

ποῖ τοῦτον ἀπάγεις, ὦ Ἀργειφόντα, χειραγωγῶν;

Ἑρμῆς

ἐπὶ τουτονὶ τὸν Τίμωνα ἐπέμφθημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός.

Ἑρμῆς

ἔδοξε ταῦτα, ὦ Πενία, τῷ Διί·