Lucian of Samosata Necyomantia 14

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

Necyomantia. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.

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Current edition Perseus

Menippus, or the Descent Into Hades (English) (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).)

Editions (1)
Μένιππος ἢ Νεκυομαντεία Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).) — 14 focus
Translations (1)
Menippus Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 14 focus

Notes on the current edition

Menippus, or the Descent Into Hades

1.
A reflection (purposely bald and prosaic, in order to fetch a smile) of Homer’s χαλέπ᾽ ἄλγε' ἔχοντα (Odyssey, 11, 582).
2.
He covered nine pelethra; Odyssey, 11,577; unfortunately we do not know how much a Homeric pelethron was. But when Athena took the measure of Ares, who could shout as loud as nine or ten thousand soldiers, it was but seven pelethra (Il. 5, 860; 21, 407).