Pan
Hail, Justice and Hermes!
Hail, Justice and Hermes!
Justice
Hail, Pan; chief of Satyrs in dance and song, and most gallant of Athens’ soldiers!
Hail, Pan; chief of Satyrs in dance and song, and most gallant of Athens’ soldiers!
Pan
But what brings you here, Hermes?
But what brings you here, Hermes?
Hermes
Justice will explain; I must be off to the Acropolis on my errand.
Justice will explain; I must be off to the Acropolis on my errand.
Justice
Zeus has sent me down, Pan, to preside in the law-court. —And how do you like Athens?
Zeus has sent me down, Pan, to preside in the law-court. —And how do you like Athens?
Pan
Well, the fact is, I am a good deal disappointed: they do not treat me with the consideration to which I am erititled, after repelling that tremendous barbarian invasion. All they do is to come up to my cave two or three times a year with a particularly high-scented goat, and sacrifice him: I am permitted to look on whilst they enjoy the feast, and am complimented with a perfunctory dance. However, there is some joking and merrymaking on the occasion, and that I find rather fun.
Well, the fact is, I am a good deal disappointed: they do not treat me with the consideration to which I am erititled, after repelling that tremendous barbarian invasion. All they do is to come up to my cave two or three times a year with a particularly high-scented goat, and sacrifice him: I am permitted to look on whilst they enjoy the feast, and am complimented with a perfunctory dance. However, there is some joking and merrymaking on the occasion, and that I find rather fun.
Bis accusatus sive tribunalia. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.
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