Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 61

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Simon

A few more answers, please. Of these pairs, which do you consider the best?. Which would you take, if you had the choice?—To sail, or to out-sail?

Tychiades

The latter.

Simon

To run or out-run?

Tychiades

The latter.

Simon

Ride or out-ride, shoot or out-shoot?

Tychiades

Still the same.

Simon

So I presume an out-diner is better than a diner?

Tychiades

Indisputable. Henceforward I shall come to you morne ing and afternoon like a schoolboy for lessons, And I am sure you ought to do your very best for me, as your first pupil. The first child is always the mother’s joy, you know.¹

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.) — 61 focus

Σίμων

φέρε δὴ πάλιν ἀπόκριναί μοι, πότερόν σοι δοκεῖ διαφέρειν, καὶ προκειμένων ἀμφοῖν πότερον ἂν αὐτὸς ἕλοιο, ἆρά γε τὸ πλεῖν ἢ τὸ παραπλεῖν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παραπλεῖν ἔγωγε.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ τρέχειν ἢ τὸ παρατρέχειν;

Τυχιάδης

Τὸ παρατρέχειν.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ ἱππεύειν ἢ τὸ παριππεύειν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παριππεύειν.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ ἀκοντίζειν ἢ τὸ παρακοντίζειν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παρακοντίζειν.

Σίμων

οὐκοῦν ὁμοίως ἂν ἕλοιο¹ καὶ τοῦ ἐσθίειν μᾶλλον τὸ παρασιτεῖν;

Τυχιάδης

ὁμολογεῖν ἀνάγκη. καί σοι λοιπὸν ὥσπερ οἱ παῖδες ἀφίξομαι καὶ ἑῷος καὶ μετʼ ἄριστον μαθησόμενος τὴν τέχνην. σὺ δέ με αὐτὴν δίκαιος διδάσκειν ἀφθόνως, ἐπεὶ καὶ πρῶτος μαθητής σοι γίγνομαι. φασὶ δὲ καὶ τὰς μητέρας μᾶλλον τὰ πρῶτα φιλεῖν τῶν τέκνων.

Translations (1)

The Parasite Tychiades Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.) — 61 focus

[61]

SIMON

Come, then, answer me another question. Which seems to you to be the better, and which should you choose if both were open to you, to voyage or to voyage with someone else?

TYCHIADES

To voyage with someone else, for my part.

SIMON

To run, or to run with someone else?

TYCHIADES

To run with someone else.

SIMON

To ride, or to ride with someone else?

TYCHIADES

To ride with someone else.

SIMON

To throw the javelin, or to throw it with someone else?

TYCHIADES

To throw it with someone else.

SIMON

Then, in like manner, should you not choose to eat with someone else, rather than just to eat?

TYCHIADES

I cannot but admit it. Hereafter I shall go to you _ like a schoolboy both in the morning and after luncheon to learn your art. You, for your part, ought to teach me ungrudgingly, for I shall be your first pupil. They say that mothers love their first children more.

Notes on the current edition

The Parasite: a Demonstration that Sponging is a Profession

1. It has been necessary, in § 60, to tamper a little with the Greek in order to get the point, such as it is; but it has not been seriously misrepresented.

Lucian De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam 61

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

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Σίμων

φέρε δὴ πάλιν ἀπόκριναί μοι, πότερόν σοι δοκεῖ διαφέρειν, καὶ προκειμένων ἀμφοῖν πότερον ἂν αὐτὸς ἕλοιο, ἆρά γε τὸ πλεῖν ἢ τὸ παραπλεῖν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παραπλεῖν ἔγωγε.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ τρέχειν ἢ τὸ παρατρέχειν;

Τυχιάδης

Τὸ παρατρέχειν.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ ἱππεύειν ἢ τὸ παριππεύειν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παριππεύειν.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ ἀκοντίζειν ἢ τὸ παρακοντίζειν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παρακοντίζειν.

Σίμων

οὐκοῦν ὁμοίως ἂν ἕλοιο¹ καὶ τοῦ ἐσθίειν μᾶλλον τὸ παρασιτεῖν;

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

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Σίμων φέρε δὴ πάλιν ἀπόκριναί μοι, πότερόν σοι δοκεῖ διαφέρειν, καὶ προκειμένων ἀμφοῖν πότερον ἂν αὐτὸς ἕλοιο, ἆρά γε τὸ πλεῖν ἢ τὸ παραπλεῖν;

Τυχιάδης τὸ παραπλεῖν ἔγωγε.

Σίμων τί δέ, τὸ τρέχειν ἢ τὸ παρατρέχειν;

Τυχιάδης Τὸ παρατρέχειν.

Σίμων τί δέ, τὸ ἱππεύειν ἢ τὸ παριππεύειν;

Τυχιάδης τὸ παριππεύειν.

Σίμων τί δέ, τὸ ἀκοντίζειν ἢ τὸ παρακοντίζειν;

Τυχιάδης τὸ παρακοντίζειν.

Σίμων οὐκοῦν ὁμοίως ἂν ἕλοιο 1 καὶ τοῦ ἐσθίειν μᾶλλον τὸ παρασιτεῖν;

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

SIMON

TYCHIADES

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Σίμων

φέρε δὴ πάλιν ἀπόκριναί μοι, πότερόν σοι δοκεῖ διαφέρειν, καὶ προκειμένων ἀμφοῖν πότερον ἂν αὐτὸς ἕλοιο, ἆρά γε τὸ πλεῖν ἢ τὸ παραπλεῖν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παραπλεῖν ἔγωγε.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ τρέχειν ἢ τὸ παρατρέχειν;

Τυχιάδης

Τὸ παρατρέχειν.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ ἱππεύειν ἢ τὸ παριππεύειν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παριππεύειν.

Σίμων

τί δέ, τὸ ἀκοντίζειν ἢ τὸ παρακοντίζειν;

Τυχιάδης

τὸ παρακοντίζειν.

Σίμων

οὐκοῦν ὁμοίως ἂν ἕλοιο¹ καὶ τοῦ ἐσθίειν μᾶλλον τὸ παρασιτεῖν;