Lucian, Piscator, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 38

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Philosophy

Parrhesiades, retire to a further distance. Well, and our verdict? How think you the man has spoken?

Truth

Ah, Philosophy, while he was speaking I was ready to sink through the ground; it was all so true. As I listened, I could identify every offender, and I was fitting caps all the time—this is so-and-so, that is the other man, all over. I tell you they were all as plain as in a picture—speaking likenesses not of their bodies only, but of their very souls.

Temperance

Yes, Truth, I could not help blushing at it.

Philosophy

What say you, gentlemen?

Resurgents

Why, of course, that he is acquitted of the charge, and stands recorded as our friend and benefactor. Our case is just that of the Trojans, who entertained the tragic actor only to find him reciting their own calamities. Well, recite away, our tragedian, with these pests of ours for dramatis personae.

Diogenes

I too, Philosophy, give him my meed of praise; I withdraw my charges, and count him a worthy friend.

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

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

Editions (1)

Ἀναβιοῦντες ἢ Ἁλιεύς Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 38 focus

Φιλοσοφία

μετάστηθι, ὦ Παρρησιάδη· ἔτι πορρωτέρω. τί ποιῶμεν ἡμεῖς; πῶς ὑμῖν εἰρηκέναι ἁνὴρ ἔδοξεν;

Ἀλήθεια

ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ Φιλοσοφία, μεταξὺ λέγοντος αὐτοῦ κατὰ τῆς γῆς δῦναι εὐχόμην· οὕτως ἀληθῆ πάντα εἶπεν. ἐγνώριζον γοῦν ἀκούουσα ἕκαστον τῶν ποιούντων αὐτὰ καὶ ἐφήρμοζον μεταξὺ τοῖς λεγομένοις, τοῦτο μὲν εἰς τόνδε, τοῦτο δὲ ὁ δεῖνα ποιεῖ· καὶ ὅλως ἔδειξε τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐναργῶς καθάπερ ἐπί τινος γραφῆς τὰ πάντα προσεοικότας, οὐ τὰ σώματα μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτὰς εἰς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον ἀπεικάσας.

Ἀρετή

κἀγὼ πάνυ ἠρυθρίασα ἡ Ἀρετή.¹

Φιλοσοφία

ὑμεῖς δὲ τί φατέ;

Πλάτων

τί δὲ ἄλλο ἢ ἀφεῖσθαι αὐτὸν τοῦ ἐγκλήματος καὶ φίλον ἡμῖν καὶ εὐεργέτην ἀναγεγράφθαι; τὸ γοῦν τῶν Ἰλιέων ἀτεχνῶς πεπόνθαμεν· τραγῳδόν τινα τοῦτον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς κεκινήκαμεν ᾀσόμενον τὰς Φρυγῶν συμφοράς. ᾀδέτω δʼ οὖν καὶ τοὺς θεοῖς ἐχθροὺς ἐκτραγῳδείτω.

Διογένης

καὶ αὐτός, ὦ Φιλοσοφία, πάνυ ἐπαινῶ τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ἀνατίθεμαι τὰ κατηγορούμενα καὶ φίλον ποιοῦμαι αὐτὸν γενναῖον ὄντα.

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The Dead Come to Life, or the Fisherman Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 38 focus

PHILOSOPHY

Stand aside, Frankness; still farther ... What are we to do? What did you think of the man’s speech?

TRUTH

For my part, Philosophy, while he was speaking I prayed that I might sink into the earth, so true was everything that he said. In fact, as I listened, I recognized each of the men who act that way and applied his remarks to them: “That refers to this man; so-and-so does that.” In short, he portrayed the gentlemen to the life, as in a painting, accurate likenesses in every respect, depicting not only their persons, but their very souls‘as faithfully as could be.

VIRTUE

I, Virtue, also had to blush for shame.

PHILOSOPHY

And what say you?

PLATO

What else but to acquit him of the charge and set him down as our friend and benefactor? Indeed, just what happened to the Ilians¹ has happened to us— we have brought down upon ourselves an actor of tragedies to hold forth about the woes of the Trojans! Let him hold forth, then, and make tragedies out of these miscreants.

Lucian Piscator 38

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

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Philosophy

Parrhesiades, retire to a further distance. Well, and our verdict? How think you the man has spoken?

Temperance

Yes, Truth, I could not help blushing at it.

Philosophy

What say you, gentlemen?

Diogenes

I too, Philosophy, give him my meed of praise; I withdraw my charges, and count him a worthy friend.

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Φιλοσοφία

μετάστηθι, ὦ Παρρησιάδη· ἔτι πορρωτέρω. τί ποιῶμεν ἡμεῖς; πῶς ὑμῖν εἰρηκέναι ἁνὴρ ἔδοξεν;

Ἀρετή

κἀγὼ πάνυ ἠρυθρίασα ἡ Ἀρετή.¹

Φιλοσοφία

ὑμεῖς δὲ τί φατέ;

Διογένης

καὶ αὐτός, ὦ Φιλοσοφία, πάνυ ἐπαινῶ τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ἀνατίθεμαι τὰ κατηγορούμενα καὶ φίλον ποιοῦμαι αὐτὸν γενναῖον ὄντα.

PHILOSOPHY

Stand aside, Frankness; still farther ... What are we to do? What did you think of the man’s speech?

VIRTUE

I, Virtue, also had to blush for shame.

PHILOSOPHY

And what say you?

DIOGENES

I, too, Philosophy, commend the man highly, take back my complaint and count him a friend, for he is a gallant fellow.

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Philosophy Parrhesiades, retire to a further distance. Well, and our verdict? How think you the man has spoken?

Temperance Yes, Truth, I could not help blushing at it.

Philosophy What say you, gentlemen?

Diogenes I too, Philosophy, give him my meed of praise; I withdraw my charges, and count him a worthy friend.

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Φιλοσοφία μετάστηθι, ὦ Παρρησιάδη· ἔτι πορρωτέρω. τί ποιῶμεν ἡμεῖς; πῶς ὑμῖν εἰρηκέναι ἁνὴρ ἔδοξεν;

Ἀρετή κἀγὼ πάνυ ἠρυθρίασα ἡ Ἀρετή. 1

Φιλοσοφία ὑμεῖς δὲ τί φατέ;

Διογένης καὶ αὐτός, ὦ Φιλοσοφία, πάνυ ἐπαινῶ τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ἀνατίθεμαι τὰ κατηγορούμενα καὶ φίλον ποιοῦμαι αὐτὸν γενναῖον ὄντα.

PHILOSOPHY Stand aside, Frankness; still farther ... What are we to do? What did you think of the man’s speech?

VIRTUE I, Virtue, also had to blush for shame.

PHILOSOPHY And what say you?

DIOGENES I, too, Philosophy, commend the man highly, take back my complaint and count him a friend, for he is a gallant fellow.

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Philosophy

Parrhesiades, retire to a further distance. Well, and our verdict? How think you the man has spoken?

Temperance

Yes, Truth, I could not help blushing at it.

Philosophy

What say you, gentlemen?

Diogenes

I too, Philosophy, give him my meed of praise; I withdraw my charges, and count him a worthy friend.

Φιλοσοφία

μετάστηθι, ὦ Παρρησιάδη· ἔτι πορρωτέρω. τί ποιῶμεν ἡμεῖς; πῶς ὑμῖν εἰρηκέναι ἁνὴρ ἔδοξεν;

Ἀρετή

κἀγὼ πάνυ ἠρυθρίασα ἡ Ἀρετή.¹

Φιλοσοφία

ὑμεῖς δὲ τί φατέ;

Διογένης

καὶ αὐτός, ὦ Φιλοσοφία, πάνυ ἐπαινῶ τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ἀνατίθεμαι τὰ κατηγορούμενα καὶ φίλον ποιοῦμαι αὐτὸν γενναῖον ὄντα.

PHILOSOPHY

Stand aside, Frankness; still farther ... What are we to do? What did you think of the man’s speech?

VIRTUE

I, Virtue, also had to blush for shame.

PHILOSOPHY

And what say you?

DIOGENES

I, too, Philosophy, commend the man highly, take back my complaint and count him a friend, for he is a gallant fellow.