Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 39

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[39]

Tychiades

Well, let that pass. And now what about those many points in which your art is superior to Rhetoric and Philosophy?

Simon

Human life, my dear sir, has its times and seasons; there is peace time and there is war time. These provide unfailing tests for the character of arts and their professors. Shall we take war time first, and see who will do-best for himself and for his city under those conditions?

Tychiades

Ah, now comes the tug of war. It tickles me, this queer match between sponger and philosopher.

De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.

Current edition Perseus

The Parasite: a Demonstration that Sponging is a Profession (English) (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.)

Editions (1)

Περὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ Παρασιτική Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 39 focus

Τυχιάδης

ἱκανῶς ταῦτά γε. ὅτι δὲ κατὰ τἄλλα¹ διαφέρει φιλοσοφίας καὶ ῥητορικῆς ἡ παρασιτικὴ πῶς ἐπιδεικνύεις;

Σίμων

εἰσίν, ὦ βέλτιστε, καιροὶ τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίου, ὁ μέν τις εἰρήνης, οἶμαι, ὁ δʼ αὖ πολέμου. ἐν δὴ τούτοις πᾶσα ἀνάγκη φανερὰς γίγνεσθαι τὰς τέχνας καὶ τοὺς ἔχοντας ταύτας ὁποῖοί τινές εἰσιν. πρότερον δέ, εἰ δοκεῖ, σκοπώμεθα τὸν τοῦ πολέμου καιρόν, καὶ τίνες ἂν εἶεν μάλιστα χρησιμώτατοι ἰδίᾳ τε ἕκαστος αὐτῷ καὶ κοινῇ τῇ πόλει.

Τυχιάδης

ὡς οὐ μέτριον ἀγῶνα καταγγέλλεις τῶν ἀνδρῶν· καὶ ἔγωγε πάλαι γελῶ κατʼ ἐμαυτὸν ἐννοῶν ποῖος ἂν εἴη συμβαλλόμενος παρασίτῳ φιλόσοφος.

Translations (1)

The Parasite Tychiades Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 39 focus

[39]

TYCHIADES

You have been sufficiently explicit on that score. But how do you prove that Parasitic excels philosophy and rhetoric in other respects?

SIMON

There are seasons, my dear fellow, in the life of man, seasons of peace, I take it, and again seasons of war. Well, in those seasons it is absolutely inevitable that the arts and those who possess them should show what they are. First, if you please, let us consider the season of war, and what class of men would be above all most useful to themselves individually and to the state in general.

TYCHIADES

What a searching test of manhood you are announcing! I have long been laughing inwardly to think how a philosopher would look in comparison with a parasite.

Lucian De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam 39

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

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Τυχιάδης

ἱκανῶς ταῦτά γε. ὅτι δὲ κατὰ τἄλλα¹ διαφέρει φιλοσοφίας καὶ ῥητορικῆς ἡ παρασιτικὴ πῶς ἐπιδεικνύεις;

Τυχιάδης

ὡς οὐ μέτριον ἀγῶνα καταγγέλλεις τῶν ἀνδρῶν· καὶ ἔγωγε πάλαι γελῶ κατʼ ἐμαυτὸν ἐννοῶν ποῖος ἂν εἴη συμβαλλόμενος παρασίτῳ φιλόσοφος.

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

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Τυχιάδης ἱκανῶς ταῦτά γε. ὅτι δὲ κατὰ τἄλλα 1 διαφέρει φιλοσοφίας καὶ ῥητορικῆς ἡ παρασιτικὴ πῶς ἐπιδεικνύεις;

Τυχιάδης ὡς οὐ μέτριον ἀγῶνα καταγγέλλεις τῶν ἀνδρῶν· καὶ ἔγωγε πάλαι γελῶ κατʼ ἐμαυτὸν ἐννοῶν ποῖος ἂν εἴη συμβαλλόμενος παρασίτῳ φιλόσοφος.

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

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Τυχιάδης

ἱκανῶς ταῦτά γε. ὅτι δὲ κατὰ τἄλλα¹ διαφέρει φιλοσοφίας καὶ ῥητορικῆς ἡ παρασιτικὴ πῶς ἐπιδεικνύεις;

Τυχιάδης

ὡς οὐ μέτριον ἀγῶνα καταγγέλλεις τῶν ἀνδρῶν· καὶ ἔγωγε πάλαι γελῶ κατʼ ἐμαυτὸν ἐννοῶν ποῖος ἂν εἴη συμβαλλόμενος παρασίτῳ φιλόσοφος.