Lucian, Timon, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 58

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Timon

they shall howl soon. I had better get up on the rock; my poor tired spade wants a little rest; I will collect all the stones I can lay hands on, and pepper them at long range.

Blepsias

Don’t throw, Timon; we are going.

Timon

Whether the retreat will be bloodless, however, is another question,

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

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

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Τίμων Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 58 focus

Τίμων

ἀλλὰ τί τοῦτο; πολλοὶ συνέρχονται· Βλεψίας ἐκεῖνος καὶ Λάχης καὶ Γνίφων καὶ ὅλον¹ τὸ σύνταγμα τῶν οἰμωξομένων. ὥστε τί οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν ταύτην ἀνελθὼν τὴν μὲν δίκελλαν ὀλίγον ἀναπαύω πάλαι πεπονηκυῖαν, αὐτὸς δὲ ὅτι πλείστους λίθους συμφορήσας ἐπιχαλαζῶ πόρρωθεν αὐτούς;

Βλεψίας

μὴ βάλλε, ὦ Τίμων· ἄπιμεν γάρ.

Τίμων

ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀναιμωτί γε ὑμεῖς οὐδὲ ἄνευ τραυμάτων.

Translations (1)

Timon, or the Misanthrope Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 58 focus

[58] But what have we here? They are gathering in swarms; I see Blepsias yonder, Laches, Guipho and the whole crew of my intended victims. Why not climb this rock, give my long-wearied pick a little rest and handle the situation without it, collecting all the stones I can and raining them down on those fellows from a distance?

BLEPSIAS

Don’t throw at us, Timon; we are going away.

TIMON

But not without bloodshed and wounds, I promise you! contemporaries the life that he found in books. was more Interesting and_more réal than. that, in°which he lived and “moved. What his satire Toses in pungency on this account, it gains in universality of appeal.

Lucian Timon 58

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

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Timon

they shall howl soon. I had better get up on the rock; my poor tired spade wants a little rest; I will collect all the stones I can lay hands on, and pepper them at long range.

Blepsias

Don’t throw, Timon; we are going.

Timon

Whether the retreat will be bloodless, however, is another question,

Current edition Perseus

Βλεψίας

μὴ βάλλε, ὦ Τίμων· ἄπιμεν γάρ.

Τίμων

ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀναιμωτί γε ὑμεῖς οὐδὲ ἄνευ τραυμάτων.

BLEPSIAS

TIMON

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Timon they shall howl soon. I had better get up on the rock; my poor tired spade wants a little rest; I will collect all the stones I can lay hands on, and pepper them at long range.

Blepsias Don’t throw, Timon; we are going.

Timon Whether the retreat will be bloodless, however, is another question,

Current edition Perseus

Βλεψίας μὴ βάλλε, ὦ Τίμων· ἄπιμεν γάρ.

Τίμων ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀναιμωτί γε ὑμεῖς οὐδὲ ἄνευ τραυμάτων.

BLEPSIAS

TIMON

Stable identifiers

Timon

they shall howl soon. I had better get up on the rock; my poor tired spade wants a little rest; I will collect all the stones I can lay hands on, and pepper them at long range.

Blepsias

Don’t throw, Timon; we are going.

Timon

Whether the retreat will be bloodless, however, is another question,

Βλεψίας

μὴ βάλλε, ὦ Τίμων· ἄπιμεν γάρ.

Τίμων

ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀναιμωτί γε ὑμεῖς οὐδὲ ἄνευ τραυμάτων.