Lucian of Samosata, Fugitivi, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 26

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[26]

HERMES

Very well. But what is to be done now? How are we to track the beasts out?

HERACLES

That is up to you, Hermes; you are a crier, so be quick and do your office.

HERMES

Nothing hard about that, but I do not know their names. Tell me, Philosophy, what I am to call them, and their marks of identification as well.

PHILOSOPHY

I myself do not know for certain what they are called, because of my not having had anything to do with them ever. But to judge from the craving for riches which they have, you will not make any mistake if you call them Richman or Richmews or Richrenown or Goodrich or Richards.

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).)

Editions (1)

Δραπέται Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 26 focus

Ἑρμῆς

οὕτω γινέσθω. τί δʼ οὖν χρὴ ποιεῖν, ἢ πῶς¹ τὰ θηρία ἐξιχνευτέον;

Ἡρακλῆς

τοῦτο μὲν σὸν ἤδη ἔργον, ὦ Ἑρμῆ· κῆρυξ γὰρ εἶ, ὥστε οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις κηρύττων.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐδὲν τοῦτο χαλεπόν, ἀλλὰ τά γε ὀνόματα οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι αὐτῶν. σὺ οὖν, Φιλοσοφία, λέγε οὕστινας ὀνομαστέον, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα προσέτι.

Φιλοσοφία

οὐδὲ αὐτὴ μὲν οἶδα τὸ σαφὲς οἵτινες ὀνομάζονται διὰ τὸ μὴ ξυγγεγενῆσθαί ποτε αὐτοῖς· ἀπὸ δʼ οὖν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἣν ἔχουσι περὶ τὰ κτήματα, οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοις προσκαλῶν Κτήσωνας ἢ Κτησίππους ἢ Κτησικλέας ἢ Εὐκτήμονας ἢ Πολυκτήτους.

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.) — 26 focus

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Hera

Very good; and what comes next? How do we hunt our vermin down?

Hera

Ah, that is where you come in, Mr. Crier: oblige us by crying them without loss of time.

Hera

There is only one objection to that: I do not know what they are called. What names am I to say, Philosophy? and how shall I describe them?

Philosophy

I am not sure of their names, as I have never come into contact with them. To judge from their grasping propensities, however, you can hardly go wrong with Cteso, Ctesippus, Ctesicles, Euctemon, Polyctetus¹.

Lucian of Samosata Fugitivi 26

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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Ἑρμῆς

οὕτω γινέσθω. τί δʼ οὖν χρὴ ποιεῖν, ἢ πῶς¹ τὰ θηρία ἐξιχνευτέον;

Ἡρακλῆς

τοῦτο μὲν σὸν ἤδη ἔργον, ὦ Ἑρμῆ· κῆρυξ γὰρ εἶ, ὥστε οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις κηρύττων.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐδὲν τοῦτο χαλεπόν, ἀλλὰ τά γε ὀνόματα οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι αὐτῶν. σὺ οὖν, Φιλοσοφία, λέγε οὕστινας ὀνομαστέον, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα προσέτι.

Hera

Hera

Hera

Philosophy

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HERMES

HERACLES

HERMES

PHILOSOPHY

Current edition Perseus

Ἑρμῆς οὕτω γινέσθω. τί δʼ οὖν χρὴ ποιεῖν, ἢ πῶς 1 τὰ θηρία ἐξιχνευτέον;

Ἡρακλῆς τοῦτο μὲν σὸν ἤδη ἔργον, ὦ Ἑρμῆ· κῆρυξ γὰρ εἶ, ὥστε οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις κηρύττων.

Ἑρμῆς οὐδὲν τοῦτο χαλεπόν, ἀλλὰ τά γε ὀνόματα οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι αὐτῶν. σὺ οὖν, Φιλοσοφία, λέγε οὕστινας ὀνομαστέον, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα προσέτι.

Hera

Hera

Hera

Philosophy

Stable identifiers

Ἑρμῆς

οὕτω γινέσθω. τί δʼ οὖν χρὴ ποιεῖν, ἢ πῶς¹ τὰ θηρία ἐξιχνευτέον;

Ἡρακλῆς

τοῦτο μὲν σὸν ἤδη ἔργον, ὦ Ἑρμῆ· κῆρυξ γὰρ εἶ, ὥστε οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις κηρύττων.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐδὲν τοῦτο χαλεπόν, ἀλλὰ τά γε ὀνόματα οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι αὐτῶν. σὺ οὖν, Φιλοσοφία, λέγε οὕστινας ὀνομαστέον, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα προσέτι.