Lucian of Samosata, Fugitivi, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 30

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PHILOSOPHY

Hold! Is not that the voice of a woman, reciting something of Homer’s?

HERMES

Yes, surely; but let us hear what she is saying.

WOMAN

Hateful to me that man, no less than the portals of Hades, Who in his heart loves gold, and yet maintains that he does not.¹

HERMES

Then you must needs hate Scarabee!

WOMAN

Ever his host he abuseth, if anyone showeth him kindness.²

HUSBAND

That verse refers to me, for he went off with my wife because I took him in.

WOMAN

Heavy with wine, dog-eyed, with the timid heart of a roe-deer, Never of any account in the fray or in giving of counsel, Loose-mouthed fool, Thersites, of evil jackdaws the foremost * Idle strife with kings to promote in no spirit of order! 8 FIRST SLAVE-OWNER The verses just fit the scoundrel!

WOMAN

Dog in the fore-parts, aye, and a lion behind; in the middle a she-goat,

Shedding the terrible reek of the third dog’s furious onslaught!³

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).) — 30 focus

Φιλοσοφία

ἐπίσχες. οὐ γυναικός ἐστι φωνὴ ῥαψῳδούσης τι τῶν Ὁμήρου;

Ἑρμῆς

νὴ Δία· ἀλλʼ ἀκούσωμεν ὅ τι καὶ λέγει.

Γυνή¹

ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσιν,

ὃς χρυσὸν φιλέει μὲν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν τὸν Κάνθαρόν σοι μισητέον.

Γυνή

ξεινοδόκον² κακὰ ῥέξεν, ὅ κεν φιλότητα παράσχῃ.

Ἀνήρ

περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος, οὗ τὴν γυναῖκα ᾤχετο ἀπάγων διότι αὐτὸν ὑπεδεξάμην.

Γυνή

οἰνοβαρές, κυνὸς ὄμματʼ ἔχων, κραδίην δʼ ἐλάφοιο,

οὔτε ποτʼ ἐν πολέμῳ ἐναρίθμιος οὔτʼ ἐνὶ βουλῇ,

Θερσίτʼ ἀκριτόμυθε, κακῶν πανάριστε κολοιῶν

μάψ, ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον, ἐριζέμεναι βασιλεῦσιν.

Δεσπότης

α Εἰκότως τῷ καταράτῳ³ τὰ ἔπη.

Γυνή

Πρόσθε κύων, ὄπιθεν δὲ λέων, μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα

δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα τρίτου κυνὸς ἄγριον⁴ ὁρμήν.

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.) — 30 focus

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Hera

Hush! Was that a woman’s voice, reciting Homer?

Philosophy

It was. Let us listen.

Innkeeper’s Wife

More than the gates of Hell I hate that man Who, loving gold, cloaketh his love with lies.

Hera

At that rate, madam, you will have to quarrel with Cantharus:

He with his kindly host hath dealt amiss.

Innkeeper

That’s me. I took him in, and he ran away with my wife.

Innkeeper's Wife

Wine-witted knave, deer-hearted and dog-eyed,

Thersites, babbler loose, that nought availest

In council, nought in arms; most valiant daw,

That with thine aimless chatter chidest kings,—

First Master. My rascal to a T.

Innkeeper's Wife

The dog in thee—for thou art dog and goat

And lion—doth a blasting fury breathe.

Notes on the current edition

The Runaways

Iliad, IX, 312 (= Odyssey, XIV, 156) and313, which reads ὅς χ' ἕτερον ἐν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ.

Iliad, II, 354, with a slight change, ῥέξεν for ῥέξαι. Iliad, I, 325; TI, 202, 246 (the close is Lucian’s: Homer has λιγύς, περ ἐὼν. ἀγορητής), and 214, or

Iliad, VI, 181 and182 with liberal alterations. The original is: Πρόσθε λέων, ὄπιθεν δὲ δράκων, μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα πυρὸς μένος αἰθομένοιο.

Lucian of Samosata Fugitivi 30

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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PHILOSOPHY

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WOMAN

WOMAN

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Φιλοσοφία

ἐπίσχες. οὐ γυναικός ἐστι φωνὴ ῥαψῳδούσης τι τῶν Ὁμήρου;

Ἑρμῆς

νὴ Δία· ἀλλʼ ἀκούσωμεν ὅ τι καὶ λέγει.

Γυνή¹

ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσιν,

ὃς χρυσὸν φιλέει μὲν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν τὸν Κάνθαρόν σοι μισητέον.

Γυνή

ξεινοδόκον² κακὰ ῥέξεν, ὅ κεν φιλότητα παράσχῃ.

Ἀνήρ

περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος, οὗ τὴν γυναῖκα ᾤχετο ἀπάγων διότι αὐτὸν ὑπεδεξάμην.

Δεσπότης

α Εἰκότως τῷ καταράτῳ³ τὰ ἔπη.

Γυνή

Πρόσθε κύων, ὄπιθεν δὲ λέων, μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα

δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα τρίτου κυνὸς ἄγριον⁴ ὁρμήν.

Hera

Philosophy

Innkeeper’s Wife

Hera

Innkeeper

Innkeeper's Wife

Innkeeper's Wife

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

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PHILOSOPHY

HERMES

WOMAN

HERMES

WOMAN

HUSBAND

WOMAN

WOMAN

Current edition Perseus

Φιλοσοφία ἐπίσχες. οὐ γυναικός ἐστι φωνὴ ῥαψῳδούσης τι τῶν Ὁμήρου;

Ἑρμῆς νὴ Δία· ἀλλʼ ἀκούσωμεν ὅ τι καὶ λέγει.

Γυνή 1 ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσιν, ὃς χρυσὸν φιλέει μὲν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ.

Ἑρμῆς οὐκοῦν τὸν Κάνθαρόν σοι μισητέον.

Γυνή ξεινοδόκον 2 κακὰ ῥέξεν, ὅ κεν φιλότητα παράσχῃ.

Ἀνήρ περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος, οὗ τὴν γυναῖκα ᾤχετο ἀπάγων διότι αὐτὸν ὑπεδεξάμην.

Δεσπότης α Εἰκότως τῷ καταράτῳ 3 τὰ ἔπη.

Γυνή Πρόσθε κύων, ὄπιθεν δὲ λέων, μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα τρίτου κυνὸς ἄγριον 4 ὁρμήν.

Hera

Philosophy

Innkeeper’s Wife

Hera

Innkeeper

Innkeeper's Wife

Innkeeper's Wife

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Φιλοσοφία

ἐπίσχες. οὐ γυναικός ἐστι φωνὴ ῥαψῳδούσης τι τῶν Ὁμήρου;

Ἑρμῆς

νὴ Δία· ἀλλʼ ἀκούσωμεν ὅ τι καὶ λέγει.

Γυνή¹

ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσιν,

ὃς χρυσὸν φιλέει μὲν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν τὸν Κάνθαρόν σοι μισητέον.

Γυνή

ξεινοδόκον² κακὰ ῥέξεν, ὅ κεν φιλότητα παράσχῃ.

Ἀνήρ

περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος, οὗ τὴν γυναῖκα ᾤχετο ἀπάγων διότι αὐτὸν ὑπεδεξάμην.

Δεσπότης

α Εἰκότως τῷ καταράτῳ³ τὰ ἔπη.

Γυνή

Πρόσθε κύων, ὄπιθεν δὲ λέων, μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα

δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα τρίτου κυνὸς ἄγριον⁴ ὁρμήν.