Lucian, Fugitivi, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 28

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First Master

Why, what is all this about? His name used to be Cantharus when he was with me. He had long hair, and no beard, and was apprenticed to my trade; I am a fuller, and he was in my shop, dressing cloth.

Philosophy

Yes, it is the same; but he has dressed to some purpose this time, and has become a philosopher.

First Master

Cantharus a philosopher! I like that. And where do I come in?

Second and Third Masters. Oh well, we shall get them all now. This lady knows all about them, it seems.

Fugitivi. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.

Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)

Δραπέται Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 28 focus

ἀνόμοιον, ὦ¹ οὗτος, ὃ κηρύττεις· ὡς ἐκείνῳ γε ὄνομα ἦν παρʼ ἐμοὶ Κάνθαρος, καὶ ἐκόμα δὲ καὶ τὸ γένειον ἐτίλλετο καὶ τέχνην τὴν ἐμὴν ἠπίστατο· ἀπέκειρεν γὰρ ἐν τῷ γναφείῳ καθήμενος ὁπόσον περιττὸν τοῖς ἱματίοις τῶν κροκύδων ἐπανθεῖ.

Φιλοσοφία

ἐκεῖνος αὐτός ἐστιν, ὁ οἰκέτης ὁ σός, ἀλλὰ νῦν φιλοσόφῳ ἔοικεν ἀκριβῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπιγνάψας.²

Δεσπότης α

ὢ τῆς τόλμης, ὁ Κάνθαρος φιλοσοφεῖ, φησίν, ἡμῶν δὲ οὐδεὶς λόγος.³

Δεσπότης

β Ἀμέλει ἅπαντας ἀνευρήσομεν· ξυνίησιν γάρ, ὥς φησιν, αὕτη.

Translations (1)

The Runaways Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 28 focus

[28] FIRST SLAVE-OWNER Your proclamation does not tally, man! His name when I had him was Scarabee; furthermore, he wore his hair long, kept his chin hairless, and knew my trade. It was his business to sit in my fuller’s shop and shear off the excessive nap that makes cloaks fuzzy.

PHILOSOPHY

That is the very man, your slave; but now he looks like a philosopher, for he has given himself a thorough dry-cleaning. FIRST SLAVE-OWNER (to Second and Third) The impudence of him! Scarabee is setting up for a philosopher, she says, and we do not enter into his speculations at all!

Lucian Fugitivi 28

Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator)

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First Master

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Φιλοσοφία

ἐκεῖνος αὐτός ἐστιν, ὁ οἰκέτης ὁ σός, ἀλλὰ νῦν φιλοσόφῳ ἔοικεν ἀκριβῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπιγνάψας.²

Δεσπότης α

ὢ τῆς τόλμης, ὁ Κάνθαρος φιλοσοφεῖ, φησίν, ἡμῶν δὲ οὐδεὶς λόγος.³

Δεσπότης

β Ἀμέλει ἅπαντας ἀνευρήσομεν· ξυνίησιν γάρ, ὥς φησιν, αὕτη.

PHILOSOPHY

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Φιλοσοφία ἐκεῖνος αὐτός ἐστιν, ὁ οἰκέτης ὁ σός, ἀλλὰ νῦν φιλοσόφῳ ἔοικεν ἀκριβῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπιγνάψας. 2

Δεσπότης α ὢ τῆς τόλμης, ὁ Κάνθαρος φιλοσοφεῖ, φησίν, ἡμῶν δὲ οὐδεὶς λόγος. 3

Δεσπότης β Ἀμέλει ἅπαντας ἀνευρήσομεν· ξυνίησιν γάρ, ὥς φησιν, αὕτη.

PHILOSOPHY

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Φιλοσοφία

ἐκεῖνος αὐτός ἐστιν, ὁ οἰκέτης ὁ σός, ἀλλὰ νῦν φιλοσόφῳ ἔοικεν ἀκριβῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπιγνάψας.²

Δεσπότης α

ὢ τῆς τόλμης, ὁ Κάνθαρος φιλοσοφεῖ, φησίν, ἡμῶν δὲ οὐδεὶς λόγος.³

Δεσπότης

β Ἀμέλει ἅπαντας ἀνευρήσομεν· ξυνίησιν γάρ, ὥς φησιν, αὕτη.