Lucian of Samosata, Imagines, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 20

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[20] Next in order, let her modesty be portrayed, and her love for her consort, in such a way as to be most like the daughter of Icarius, described by Homer as modest and prudent (for that is the way he drew the picture of Penelope); or like her own homonym, the wife of Abradatas, whom we mentioned a little while ago.¹

LYCINUS

Once more you have created a very beautiful picture, Polystratus; and now, perhaps, your portraits are finished, for you have traversed all of her soul in praising it part by part.

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

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Essays in Portraiture (English) (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).)

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Εἰκόνες Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).) — 20 focus

Πολύστρατος

ἑξῆς δὲ μετὰ ταύτην ἡ τῆς σωφροσύνης αὐτῆς γεγράφθω καὶ τῆς πρὸς τὸν συνόντα εὐνοίας, ὡς κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἰκαρίου μάλιστα εἶναι τὴν σαόφρονα καὶ τὴν περίφρονα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου γεγραμμένην — τοιαύτην γὰρ τὴν τῆς Πηνελόπης εἰκόνα ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν — ἢ καὶ νὴ Δία κατὰ τὴν ὁμώνυμον αὐτῆς τὴν τοῦ Ἀβραδάτα, ἧς μικρὸν ἔμπροσθεν ἐμνημονεύσαμεν.

Λυκῖνος

παγκάλην καὶ ταύτην, ὦ Πολύστρατε, ἀπειργάσω, καὶ σχεδὸν ἤδη τέλος σοι ἔχουσιν αἱ εἰκόνες· ἅπασαν γὰρ ἐπελήλυθας τὴν ψυχὴν κατὰ μέρη ἐπαινῶν.

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A Portrait-study Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 20 focus

[20] Next comes constancy of another kind, —constancy in love; its original, the daughter of Icarius, ‘constant’ and ‘wise,’ as Homer draws her; am I doing more than justice to his Penelope? And there is another: our lady’s namesake, Abradatas’s wife; of her we have already spoken.

Lycinus

Once more, noble work, Polystratus. And now your task must be drawing to a close: here is a whole soul depicted; its every virtue praised.

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Essays in Portraiture

See page275.

Lucian of Samosata Imagines 20

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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Λυκῖνος

παγκάλην καὶ ταύτην, ὦ Πολύστρατε, ἀπειργάσω, καὶ σχεδὸν ἤδη τέλος σοι ἔχουσιν αἱ εἰκόνες· ἅπασαν γὰρ ἐπελήλυθας τὴν ψυχὴν κατὰ μέρη ἐπαινῶν.

Lycinus

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LYCINUS

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Λυκῖνος παγκάλην καὶ ταύτην, ὦ Πολύστρατε, ἀπειργάσω, καὶ σχεδὸν ἤδη τέλος σοι ἔχουσιν αἱ εἰκόνες· ἅπασαν γὰρ ἐπελήλυθας τὴν ψυχὴν κατὰ μέρη ἐπαινῶν.

Lycinus

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Λυκῖνος

παγκάλην καὶ ταύτην, ὦ Πολύστρατε, ἀπειργάσω, καὶ σχεδὸν ἤδη τέλος σοι ἔχουσιν αἱ εἰκόνες· ἅπασαν γὰρ ἐπελήλυθας τὴν ψυχὴν κατὰ μέρη ἐπαινῶν.