PAN
Good day to you, Hermes and Justice.
Good day to you, Hermes and Justice.
HERMES
The same to you, Pan, most musical and most frolicsome of all satyrs, and at Athens the most bellicose!
The same to you, Pan, most musical and most frolicsome of all satyrs, and at Athens the most bellicose!
PAN
What business brought you two here, Hermes?
What business brought you two here, Hermes?
HERMES
She will tell you the whole story; I am going to the Acropolis, to make my proclamation.
She will tell you the whole story; I am going to the Acropolis, to make my proclamation.
JUSTICE
Zeus sent me down, Pan, to empanel juries for the lawsuits. But how do you find things in Athens?
Zeus sent me down, Pan, to empanel juries for the lawsuits. But how do you find things in Athens?
PAN
On the whole, I do not get on as well as I ought here—much worse than I expected; and yet I dis- pelled the mighty hue and cry of the barbarians. In spite of that, they come up only two or three times a year, pick out and sacrifice in my honour a he-goat with a powerful goatish smell, and then feast on the meat, making me a mere witness of their good cheer and paying their respects to me only with their noise. However, their laughter and fun afford me some amusement.
On the whole, I do not get on as well as I ought here—much worse than I expected; and yet I dis- pelled the mighty hue and cry of the barbarians. In spite of that, they come up only two or three times a year, pick out and sacrifice in my honour a he-goat with a powerful goatish smell, and then feast on the meat, making me a mere witness of their good cheer and paying their respects to me only with their noise. However, their laughter and fun afford me some amusement.
Bis accusatus sive tribunalia. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.
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