Lucian of Samosata, Piscator, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 15

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PHILOSOPHY

Then you intend to put him to death before trial, without even a chance to defend himself? It is certainly clear that he wants to make.a statement.

PLATO

No: we have referred the whole matter to you, and you are to conclude the trial as you think best.

PHILOSOPHY

You, there, what do you say?

FRANKNESS

Precisely what they do, my Lady Philosophy; for. you, even without aid, could discover the truth. In fact, it was only with difficulty, after a deal of entreaty, that I secured the reservation of the case for you.

PLATO

Now, you scoundrel, you call her “My Lady,” do you? Just the other day you made her out to be . utterly contemptible by offering every form of her doctrines for sale at two obols apiece before so large an audience!

PHILOSOPHY

Careful! Perhaps fis abuse was not directed against Philosophy, but against impostors who do much that is vile in oyr name.

FRANKNESS

You shall see at once, if you will only hear my defence.

PHILOSOPHY

Let us go to the Areopagus, or-rather, to the Acropolis itself, so that at the same time we may get a bird’s eye view of everything in the city.

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

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The Dead Come to Life, or the Fisherman (English) (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.)

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Ἀναβιοῦντες ἢ Ἁλιεύς Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 15 focus

Φιλοσοφία

εἶτα πρὸ δίκης οὐδὲ ἀπολογησάμενον ἀποκτενεῖτε; δῆλος γοῦν ἐστιν εἰπεῖν τι θέλων.

Πλάτων

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ σὲ τὸ πᾶν ἀνεβαλόμεθα, καὶ σοὶ ὅτι ἂν δοκῇ, τοῦτο ποιήσῃ τέλος τῆς δίκης.

Φιλοσοφία

τί φὴς σύ;

Παρρησιάδης

τοῦτο αὐτό, ὦ δέσποινα Φιλοσοφία, ἥπερ καὶ μόνη τἀληθὲς ἂν ἐξευρεῖν¹ δύναιο· μόλις γοῦν εὑρόμην πολλὰ ἱκετεύσας τὸ σοὶ φυλαχθῆναι τὴν δίκην.

Πλάτων

νῦν, ὦ κατάρατε, δέσποιναν αὐτὴν καλεῖς; πρῴην δὲ τὸ ἀτιμότατον Φιλοσοφίαν ἀπέφαινες ἐν τοσούτῳ θεάτρῳ ἀποκηρύττων κατὰ μέρη δύʼ ὀβολῶν ἕκαστον εἶδος αὐτῆς τῶν λόγων.

Φιλοσοφία

ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐ Φιλοσοφίαν οὗτός γε ἀλλὰ γόητας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ τῷ ἡμετέρῳ ὀνόματι πολλὰ καὶ μιαρὰ πράττοντας ἠγόρευεν κακῶς.

Παρρησιάδης

εἴσῃ αὐτίκα, ἢν ἐθέλῃς ἀπολογουμένου ἀκούειν μόνον.

Φιλοσοφία

ἀπίωμεν εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον, μᾶλλον δὲ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν αὐτήν, ὡς ἂν ἐκ περιωπῆς ἅμα καταφανείη πάντα ἐν τῇ πόλει.

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The Fisher Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 15 focus

Philosophy

And are you going to kill him without a trial or a hearing? I can see he wishes to say something.

Platonists

No; we decided to refer it all to you. If you will accept the task, the decision shall be yours,

Philosophy

Sir, what is your wish?

Lucian

The same, dear Mistress; for none but you can find the truth. It cost me much entreaty to get the case reserved for you.

Platonists

You call her Mistress now, scoundrel; the other day you were making out Philosophy the meanest of things, when before that great audience you let her several doctrines go for a pitiful threepence apiece.

Lucian of Samosata Piscator 15

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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PHILOSOPHY

Then you intend to put him to death before trial, without even a chance to defend himself? It is certainly clear that he wants to make.a statement.

PLATO

No: we have referred the whole matter to you, and you are to conclude the trial as you think best.

PHILOSOPHY

You, there, what do you say?

FRANKNESS

Precisely what they do, my Lady Philosophy; for. you, even without aid, could discover the truth. In fact, it was only with difficulty, after a deal of entreaty, that I secured the reservation of the case for you.

PLATO

Now, you scoundrel, you call her “My Lady,” do you? Just the other day you made her out to be . utterly contemptible by offering every form of her doctrines for sale at two obols apiece before so large an audience!

PHILOSOPHY

Careful! Perhaps fis abuse was not directed against Philosophy, but against impostors who do much that is vile in oyr name.

FRANKNESS

You shall see at once, if you will only hear my defence.

PHILOSOPHY

Let us go to the Areopagus, or-rather, to the Acropolis itself, so that at the same time we may get a bird’s eye view of everything in the city.

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Φιλοσοφία

εἶτα πρὸ δίκης οὐδὲ ἀπολογησάμενον ἀποκτενεῖτε; δῆλος γοῦν ἐστιν εἰπεῖν τι θέλων.

Πλάτων

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ σὲ τὸ πᾶν ἀνεβαλόμεθα, καὶ σοὶ ὅτι ἂν δοκῇ, τοῦτο ποιήσῃ τέλος τῆς δίκης.

Φιλοσοφία

τί φὴς σύ;

Παρρησιάδης

τοῦτο αὐτό, ὦ δέσποινα Φιλοσοφία, ἥπερ καὶ μόνη τἀληθὲς ἂν ἐξευρεῖν¹ δύναιο· μόλις γοῦν εὑρόμην πολλὰ ἱκετεύσας τὸ σοὶ φυλαχθῆναι τὴν δίκην.

Φιλοσοφία

ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐ Φιλοσοφίαν οὗτός γε ἀλλὰ γόητας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ τῷ ἡμετέρῳ ὀνόματι πολλὰ καὶ μιαρὰ πράττοντας ἠγόρευεν κακῶς.

Παρρησιάδης

εἴσῃ αὐτίκα, ἢν ἐθέλῃς ἀπολογουμένου ἀκούειν μόνον.

Φιλοσοφία

ἀπίωμεν εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον, μᾶλλον δὲ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν αὐτήν, ὡς ἂν ἐκ περιωπῆς ἅμα καταφανείη πάντα ἐν τῇ πόλει.

Philosophy

And are you going to kill him without a trial or a hearing? I can see he wishes to say something.

Platonists

No; we decided to refer it all to you. If you will accept the task, the decision shall be yours,

Philosophy

Sir, what is your wish?

Lucian

The same, dear Mistress; for none but you can find the truth. It cost me much entreaty to get the case reserved for you.

Platonists

You call her Mistress now, scoundrel; the other day you were making out Philosophy the meanest of things, when before that great audience you let her several doctrines go for a pitiful threepence apiece.

Philosophy

It may be that it was not Ourself he then reviled, but some impostors who practised vile arts in our name.

Platonists

The truth will soon come to light, if you will hear his defence.

Philosophy

Come we to the Areopagus—or better, to the Acropolis, where the panorama of Athens will be before us.

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PHILOSOPHY Then you intend to put him to death before trial, without even a chance to defend himself? It is certainly clear that he wants to make.a statement.

PLATO No: we have referred the whole matter to you, and you are to conclude the trial as you think best.

PHILOSOPHY You, there, what do you say?

FRANKNESS Precisely what they do, my Lady Philosophy; for. you, even without aid, could discover the truth. In fact, it was only with difficulty, after a deal of entreaty, that I secured the reservation of the case for you.

PLATO Now, you scoundrel, you call her “My Lady,” do you? Just the other day you made her out to be . utterly contemptible by offering every form of her doctrines for sale at two obols apiece before so large an audience!

PHILOSOPHY Careful! Perhaps fis abuse was not directed against Philosophy, but against impostors who do much that is vile in oyr name.

FRANKNESS You shall see at once, if you will only hear my defence.

PHILOSOPHY Let us go to the Areopagus, or-rather, to the Acropolis itself, so that at the same time we may get a bird’s eye view of everything in the city.

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Φιλοσοφία εἶτα πρὸ δίκης οὐδὲ ἀπολογησάμενον ἀποκτενεῖτε; δῆλος γοῦν ἐστιν εἰπεῖν τι θέλων.

Πλάτων οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ σὲ τὸ πᾶν ἀνεβαλόμεθα, καὶ σοὶ ὅτι ἂν δοκῇ, τοῦτο ποιήσῃ τέλος τῆς δίκης.

Φιλοσοφία τί φὴς σύ;

Παρρησιάδης τοῦτο αὐτό, ὦ δέσποινα Φιλοσοφία, ἥπερ καὶ μόνη τἀληθὲς ἂν ἐξευρεῖν 1 δύναιο· μόλις γοῦν εὑρόμην πολλὰ ἱκετεύσας τὸ σοὶ φυλαχθῆναι τὴν δίκην.

Φιλοσοφία ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐ Φιλοσοφίαν οὗτός γε ἀλλὰ γόητας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ τῷ ἡμετέρῳ ὀνόματι πολλὰ καὶ μιαρὰ πράττοντας ἠγόρευεν κακῶς.

Παρρησιάδης εἴσῃ αὐτίκα, ἢν ἐθέλῃς ἀπολογουμένου ἀκούειν μόνον.

Φιλοσοφία ἀπίωμεν εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον, μᾶλλον δὲ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν αὐτήν, ὡς ἂν ἐκ περιωπῆς ἅμα καταφανείη πάντα ἐν τῇ πόλει.

Philosophy And are you going to kill him without a trial or a hearing? I can see he wishes to say something.

Platonists No; we decided to refer it all to you. If you will accept the task, the decision shall be yours,

Philosophy Sir, what is your wish?

Lucian The same, dear Mistress; for none but you can find the truth. It cost me much entreaty to get the case reserved for you.

Platonists You call her Mistress now, scoundrel; the other day you were making out Philosophy the meanest of things, when before that great audience you let her several doctrines go for a pitiful threepence apiece.

Philosophy It may be that it was not Ourself he then reviled, but some impostors who practised vile arts in our name.

Platonists The truth will soon come to light, if you will hear his defence.

Philosophy Come we to the Areopagus—or better, to the Acropolis, where the panorama of Athens will be before us.

Stable identifiers

PHILOSOPHY

Then you intend to put him to death before trial, without even a chance to defend himself? It is certainly clear that he wants to make.a statement.

PLATO

No: we have referred the whole matter to you, and you are to conclude the trial as you think best.

PHILOSOPHY

You, there, what do you say?

FRANKNESS

Precisely what they do, my Lady Philosophy; for. you, even without aid, could discover the truth. In fact, it was only with difficulty, after a deal of entreaty, that I secured the reservation of the case for you.

PLATO

Now, you scoundrel, you call her “My Lady,” do you? Just the other day you made her out to be . utterly contemptible by offering every form of her doctrines for sale at two obols apiece before so large an audience!

PHILOSOPHY

Careful! Perhaps fis abuse was not directed against Philosophy, but against impostors who do much that is vile in oyr name.

FRANKNESS

You shall see at once, if you will only hear my defence.

PHILOSOPHY

Let us go to the Areopagus, or-rather, to the Acropolis itself, so that at the same time we may get a bird’s eye view of everything in the city.

Φιλοσοφία

εἶτα πρὸ δίκης οὐδὲ ἀπολογησάμενον ἀποκτενεῖτε; δῆλος γοῦν ἐστιν εἰπεῖν τι θέλων.

Πλάτων

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ σὲ τὸ πᾶν ἀνεβαλόμεθα, καὶ σοὶ ὅτι ἂν δοκῇ, τοῦτο ποιήσῃ τέλος τῆς δίκης.

Φιλοσοφία

τί φὴς σύ;

Παρρησιάδης

τοῦτο αὐτό, ὦ δέσποινα Φιλοσοφία, ἥπερ καὶ μόνη τἀληθὲς ἂν ἐξευρεῖν¹ δύναιο· μόλις γοῦν εὑρόμην πολλὰ ἱκετεύσας τὸ σοὶ φυλαχθῆναι τὴν δίκην.

Φιλοσοφία

ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐ Φιλοσοφίαν οὗτός γε ἀλλὰ γόητας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ τῷ ἡμετέρῳ ὀνόματι πολλὰ καὶ μιαρὰ πράττοντας ἠγόρευεν κακῶς.

Παρρησιάδης

εἴσῃ αὐτίκα, ἢν ἐθέλῃς ἀπολογουμένου ἀκούειν μόνον.

Φιλοσοφία

ἀπίωμεν εἰς Ἄρειον πάγον, μᾶλλον δὲ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν αὐτήν, ὡς ἂν ἐκ περιωπῆς ἅμα καταφανείη πάντα ἐν τῇ πόλει.

Philosophy

And are you going to kill him without a trial or a hearing? I can see he wishes to say something.

Platonists

No; we decided to refer it all to you. If you will accept the task, the decision shall be yours,

Philosophy

Sir, what is your wish?

Lucian

The same, dear Mistress; for none but you can find the truth. It cost me much entreaty to get the case reserved for you.

Platonists

You call her Mistress now, scoundrel; the other day you were making out Philosophy the meanest of things, when before that great audience you let her several doctrines go for a pitiful threepence apiece.

Philosophy

It may be that it was not Ourself he then reviled, but some impostors who practised vile arts in our name.

Platonists

The truth will soon come to light, if you will hear his defence.

Philosophy

Come we to the Areopagus—or better, to the Acropolis, where the panorama of Athens will be before us.