Lucian of Samosata, Vitarum auctio, Emily James Smith (Translator), 16

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Sokrates

Indeed, I swear it to you by the dog and the plane-tree.

Buyer

Heavens, what strange gods!

Sokrates

What's that you say? Don't you think the dog is a god? Perhaps you have not noticed how great Anoubis is in Egypt, and Seirios in the heavens, and Kerberos among the dead.

Vitarum auctio. Lucian of Samosata. Emily James Smith (Translator). Medford, MA. Perseus 5.0.

Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

The Sale of Lives (English) (Lucian. Selections from Lucian. Smith, Emily James, translator. New York: Harper Brothers, 1892.)

Editions (1)

Βίων Πρᾶσις Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 16 focus

Σωκράτης

καὶ μὴν ὀμνύω γέ σοι τὸν κύνα καὶ τὴν πλάτανον οὕτω ταῦτα ἔχειν.

Ἀγοράστης

Ἡράκλεις τῆς ἀτοπίας τῶν θεῶν.

Σωκράτης

τί σὺ λέγεις; οὐ δοκεῖ σοι ὁ κύων εἶναι θεός; οὐχ ὁρᾷς τὸν Ἄνουβιν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὅσος; καὶ τὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ Σείριον καὶ τὸν παρὰ τοῖς κάτω Κέρβερον;

Translations (2)

Philosophies for Sale Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.) — 16 focus

ACADEMIC

But I swear to you by the dog and the plane-tree that this is so.

BUYER

Heracles! What curious gods!

ACADEMIC

What is that you say? Don’t you think the dog is a god? Don’t you know about Anubis in Egypt, how great he is, and about Sirius in the sky and Cerberus in the world below?

Sale of Creeds Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 16 focus

Lucian of Samosata Vitarum auctio 16

Emily James Smith (Translator)

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Sokrates

Indeed, I swear it to you by the dog and the plane-tree.

Buyer

Heavens, what strange gods!

Sokrates

What's that you say? Don't you think the dog is a god? Perhaps you have not noticed how great Anoubis is in Egypt, and Seirios in the heavens, and Kerberos among the dead.

Current edition Perseus

Σωκράτης

καὶ μὴν ὀμνύω γέ σοι τὸν κύνα καὶ τὴν πλάτανον οὕτω ταῦτα ἔχειν.

Ἀγοράστης

Ἡράκλεις τῆς ἀτοπίας τῶν θεῶν.

Σωκράτης

τί σὺ λέγεις; οὐ δοκεῖ σοι ὁ κύων εἶναι θεός; οὐχ ὁρᾷς τὸν Ἄνουβιν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὅσος; καὶ τὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ Σείριον καὶ τὸν παρὰ τοῖς κάτω Κέρβερον;

ACADEMIC

But I swear to you by the dog and the plane-tree that this is so.

BUYER

Heracles! What curious gods!

ACADEMIC

What is that you say? Don’t you think the dog is a god? Don’t you know about Anubis in Egypt, how great he is, and about Sirius in the sky and Cerberus in the world below?

Socrates

Now by Dog and Plane-tree, it is as I say!

Fifth Dealer

Heracles! What strange Gods are these?

Socrates

Why, the Dog is a God, I suppose? Is not Anubis made much of in Egypt? Is there not a Dog-star in Heaven, and a Cerberus in the lower world?

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Sokrates Indeed, I swear it to you by the dog and the plane-tree.

Buyer Heavens, what strange gods!

Sokrates What's that you say? Don't you think the dog is a god? Perhaps you have not noticed how great Anoubis is in Egypt, and Seirios in the heavens, and Kerberos among the dead.

Current edition Perseus

Σωκράτης καὶ μὴν ὀμνύω γέ σοι τὸν κύνα καὶ τὴν πλάτανον οὕτω ταῦτα ἔχειν.

Ἀγοράστης Ἡράκλεις τῆς ἀτοπίας τῶν θεῶν.

Σωκράτης τί σὺ λέγεις; οὐ δοκεῖ σοι ὁ κύων εἶναι θεός; οὐχ ὁρᾷς τὸν Ἄνουβιν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὅσος; καὶ τὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ Σείριον καὶ τὸν παρὰ τοῖς κάτω Κέρβερον;

ACADEMIC But I swear to you by the dog and the plane-tree that this is so.

BUYER Heracles! What curious gods!

ACADEMIC What is that you say? Don’t you think the dog is a god? Don’t you know about Anubis in Egypt, how great he is, and about Sirius in the sky and Cerberus in the world below?

Socrates Now by Dog and Plane-tree, it is as I say!

Fifth Dealer Heracles! What strange Gods are these?

Socrates Why, the Dog is a God, I suppose? Is not Anubis made much of in Egypt? Is there not a Dog-star in Heaven, and a Cerberus in the lower world?

Stable identifiers

Sokrates

Indeed, I swear it to you by the dog and the plane-tree.

Buyer

Heavens, what strange gods!

Sokrates

What's that you say? Don't you think the dog is a god? Perhaps you have not noticed how great Anoubis is in Egypt, and Seirios in the heavens, and Kerberos among the dead.

Σωκράτης

καὶ μὴν ὀμνύω γέ σοι τὸν κύνα καὶ τὴν πλάτανον οὕτω ταῦτα ἔχειν.

Ἀγοράστης

Ἡράκλεις τῆς ἀτοπίας τῶν θεῶν.

Σωκράτης

τί σὺ λέγεις; οὐ δοκεῖ σοι ὁ κύων εἶναι θεός; οὐχ ὁρᾷς τὸν Ἄνουβιν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὅσος; καὶ τὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ Σείριον καὶ τὸν παρὰ τοῖς κάτω Κέρβερον;

ACADEMIC

But I swear to you by the dog and the plane-tree that this is so.

BUYER

Heracles! What curious gods!

ACADEMIC

What is that you say? Don’t you think the dog is a god? Don’t you know about Anubis in Egypt, how great he is, and about Sirius in the sky and Cerberus in the world below?

Socrates

Now by Dog and Plane-tree, it is as I say!

Fifth Dealer

Heracles! What strange Gods are these?

Socrates

Why, the Dog is a God, I suppose? Is not Anubis made much of in Egypt? Is there not a Dog-star in Heaven, and a Cerberus in the lower world?