Lucian of Samosata, Fugitivi, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 25

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HERACLES

Do you see two ranges, Hermes and Philosophy, the highest and most beautiful of all mountains (the higher is Haemus, the one opposite is Rhodope), and a plain of great fertility outspread beneath them, beginning at the very foothills of each? Also, three very beautiful eminences standing up, not so rough as to be shapeless? They look like multiple citadels belonging to the city beneath them. For the city, too, is now in sight.

HERMES

Yes, by Zeus, Heracles, the greatest and loveliest of all cities! In fact, its beauty is radiant from afar. And also, a very large river flows past it, coming quite close to it.

HERACLES

That is the Hebrus, and the city was built by the famous Philip.¹ We are now close to earth and the clouds are above us, so let us make a landing, with the blessing of Heaven.

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

Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

The Runaways (English) (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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Δραπέται Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 25 focus

Ἡρακλῆς

ὁρᾶτε, ὦ Ἑρμῆ καὶ Φιλοσοφία, δύο μὲν ὄρη μέγιστα καὶ κάλλιστα ὀρῶν ἁπάντων (Αἷμός ἐστιν τὸ μεῖζον, ἡ καταντικρὺ δὲ Ῥοδόπη) πεδίον δὲ ὑποπεπταμένον πάμφορον, ἀπὸ τῶν προπόδων ἑκατέρων εὐθὺς ἀρξάμενον, καί τινας λόφους τρεῖς πάνυ καλοὺς ἀνεστηκότας, οὐκ ἀμόρφους τὴν τραχύτητα, οἷον ἀκροπόλεις πολλὰς τῆς ὑποκειμένης πόλεως. καὶ ἡ πόλις γὰρ ἤδη φαίνεται.

Ἑρμῆς

νὴ Δίʼ, ὦ Ἡράκλεις, μεγίστη καὶ καλλίστη ἁπασῶν· πόρρωθεν γοῦν ἀπολάμπει τὸ κάλλος. καί τις καὶ ποταμὸς μέγιστος παραμείβεται, πάνυ ἐν χρῷ ψαύων αὐτῆς.

Ἡρακλῆς

Ἕβρος μὲν οὗτος, ἡ δὲ πόλις ἔργον Φιλίππου ἐκείνου. καὶ ἡμεῖς ἤδη πρόσγειοι καὶ ὑπονέφελοι·¹ ὥστε ἐπιβαίνωμεν ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ.

Translations (1)

The Runaways Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 25 focus

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Hera

You see those two magnificent mountains (the big one is Haemus, and the other Rhodope), and the fertile plain that spreads between them, running to the very foot of either? Those three grand, rugged crests that stand out so proudly yonder form as it were a triple citadel to the city that lies beneath; you can see it now, look.

Hera

Superb! A queen among cities; her splendours reach us even here. And what is the great river that flows so close beneath the walls?

Hera

The Hebrus, and the city was built by Philip. Well, we have left the clouds behind us now; let us try our fortune on terra firma.

Notes on the current edition

The Runaways

Philippopolis.

Lucian of Samosata Fugitivi 25

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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Ἡρακλῆς

Ἕβρος μὲν οὗτος, ἡ δὲ πόλις ἔργον Φιλίππου ἐκείνου. καὶ ἡμεῖς ἤδη πρόσγειοι καὶ ὑπονέφελοι·¹ ὥστε ἐπιβαίνωμεν ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ.

Hera

Hera

Hera

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Ἡρακλῆς Ἕβρος μὲν οὗτος, ἡ δὲ πόλις ἔργον Φιλίππου ἐκείνου. καὶ ἡμεῖς ἤδη πρόσγειοι καὶ ὑπονέφελοι· 1 ὥστε ἐπιβαίνωμεν ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ.

Hera

Hera

Hera

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Ἡρακλῆς

Ἕβρος μὲν οὗτος, ἡ δὲ πόλις ἔργον Φιλίππου ἐκείνου. καὶ ἡμεῖς ἤδη πρόσγειοι καὶ ὑπονέφελοι·¹ ὥστε ἐπιβαίνωμεν ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ.