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Πάν

χαίρετε, ὦ Ἑρμῆ καὶ Δίκη.

Ἑρμῆς

καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Πάν, μουσικώτατε καὶ πηδητικώτατε Σατύρων ἁπάντων, Ἀθήνησι δὲ καὶ πολεμικώτατε.

Πάν

τίς δὲ ὑμᾶς, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, χρεία δεῦρο ἤγαγεν;

Ἑρμῆς

αὕτη σοι διηγήσεται τὰ πάντα· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἄπειμι¹ καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα.

Δίκη

ὁ Ζεύς, ὦ Πάν, κατέπεμψέ με ἀποκληρώσουσαν τὰς δίκας. σοὶ δὲ πῶς τὰ ἐν Ἀθήναις ἔχει;

Πάν

τὸ μὲν ὅλον οὐ κατʼ ἀξίαν πράττω παρʼ αὐτοῖς, ἀλλὰ πολὺ καταδεέστερον τῆς ἐλπίδος, καὶ ταῦτα τηλικοῦτον ἀπωσάμενος κυδοιμὸν τὸν ἐκ τῶν βαρβάρων. ὅμως δὲ δὶς ἢ τρὶς τοῦ ἔτους ἀνιόντες ἐπιλεξάμενοι τράγον ἔνορχην θύουσί μοι πολλῆς τῆς κινάβρας ἀπόζοντα, εἶτʼ εὐωχοῦνται τὰ κρέα, ποιησάμενοί με τῆς εὐφροσύνης μάρτυρα καὶ ψιλῷ τιμήσαντες τῷ κρότῳ. πλὴν ἀλλʼ ἔχει τινά μοι ψυχαγωγίαν ὁ γέλως αὐτῶν καὶ ἡ παιδιά.

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Δὶς κατηγορούμενος (Greek) (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.)

Translations (2)

The Double Indictment Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 10 focus

PAN

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!

PAN

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.

JUSTICE

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.

The Double Indictment Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 10 focus

Pan

Hail, Justice and Hermes!

Justice

Hail, Pan; chief of Satyrs in dance and song, and most gallant of Athens’ soldiers!

Pan

But what brings you here, Hermes?

Hermes

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?

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.

Notes on the current edition

Δὶς κατηγορούμενος

1. ἄπειμι N: not in other MSS. Probably a conjecture, and more than one word may have been lost.

Lucian Bis accusatus sive tribunalia 10

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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Πάν

χαίρετε, ὦ Ἑρμῆ καὶ Δίκη.

Ἑρμῆς

καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Πάν, μουσικώτατε καὶ πηδητικώτατε Σατύρων ἁπάντων, Ἀθήνησι δὲ καὶ πολεμικώτατε.

Πάν

τίς δὲ ὑμᾶς, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, χρεία δεῦρο ἤγαγεν;

Ἑρμῆς

αὕτη σοι διηγήσεται τὰ πάντα· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἄπειμι¹ καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα.

Δίκη

ὁ Ζεύς, ὦ Πάν, κατέπεμψέ με ἀποκληρώσουσαν τὰς δίκας. σοὶ δὲ πῶς τὰ ἐν Ἀθήναις ἔχει;

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PAN

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!

PAN

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.

JUSTICE

Zeus sent me down, Pan, to empanel juries for the lawsuits. But how do you find things in Athens?

Pan

Hail, Justice and Hermes!

Justice

Hail, Pan; chief of Satyrs in dance and song, and most gallant of Athens’ soldiers!

Pan

But what brings you here, Hermes?

Hermes

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?

Notes on the current edition

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Πάν χαίρετε, ὦ Ἑρμῆ καὶ Δίκη.

Ἑρμῆς καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Πάν, μουσικώτατε καὶ πηδητικώτατε Σατύρων ἁπάντων, Ἀθήνησι δὲ καὶ πολεμικώτατε.

Πάν τίς δὲ ὑμᾶς, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, χρεία δεῦρο ἤγαγεν;

Ἑρμῆς αὕτη σοι διηγήσεται τὰ πάντα· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἄπειμι 1 καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα.

Δίκη ὁ Ζεύς, ὦ Πάν, κατέπεμψέ με ἀποκληρώσουσαν τὰς δίκας. σοὶ δὲ πῶς τὰ ἐν Ἀθήναις ἔχει;

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PAN 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!

PAN 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.

JUSTICE Zeus sent me down, Pan, to empanel juries for the lawsuits. But how do you find things in Athens?

Pan Hail, Justice and Hermes!

Justice Hail, Pan; chief of Satyrs in dance and song, and most gallant of Athens’ soldiers!

Pan But what brings you here, Hermes?

Hermes 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?

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Πάν

χαίρετε, ὦ Ἑρμῆ καὶ Δίκη.

Ἑρμῆς

καὶ σύ γε, ὦ Πάν, μουσικώτατε καὶ πηδητικώτατε Σατύρων ἁπάντων, Ἀθήνησι δὲ καὶ πολεμικώτατε.

Πάν

τίς δὲ ὑμᾶς, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, χρεία δεῦρο ἤγαγεν;

Ἑρμῆς

αὕτη σοι διηγήσεται τὰ πάντα· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἄπειμι¹ καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα.

Δίκη

ὁ Ζεύς, ὦ Πάν, κατέπεμψέ με ἀποκληρώσουσαν τὰς δίκας. σοὶ δὲ πῶς τὰ ἐν Ἀθήναις ἔχει;

PAN

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!

PAN

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.

JUSTICE

Zeus sent me down, Pan, to empanel juries for the lawsuits. But how do you find things in Athens?

Pan

Hail, Justice and Hermes!

Justice

Hail, Pan; chief of Satyrs in dance and song, and most gallant of Athens’ soldiers!

Pan

But what brings you here, Hermes?

Hermes

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?