Lucian, Fugitivi, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 29

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Philosophy

Heracles, who is this comely person with a lyre?

Hera

It is Orpheus. I was on the Argo with him. He was the best of boatswains; it was quite a pleasure to row to his singing. Welcome, my musical friend: you have not forgotten Heracles, I hope?

Orpheus

And welcome to all of you, Philosophy, Heracles, Hermes. I should like my reward, please: I can lay my finger on your man.

Hera

Then show us the way. It is useless, of course, to offer gold to the gifted son of Calliope?

Orpheus

Oh, quite.—I will show you the house, but not the man. His tongue might avenge him; scurrility is his strong point.

Hera

Lead on.

Orpheus

It is this house close by. And now I shall leave you; I have no wish to set eyes on him.

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).) — 29 focus

Ἑρμῆς

τίς δʼ οὗτος ἄλλος ὁ προσιών ἐστιν, ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ὁ καλός, ὁ τὴν κιθάραν;

Ἡρακλῆς

Ὀρφεύς ἐστιν, σύμπλους ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀργοῦς ἐμός, ἥδιστος κελευστῶν ἁπάντων· πρὸς γοῦν τὴν ᾠδὴν αὐτοῦ ἥκιστα ἐκάμνομεν ἐρέττοντες. χαῖρε, ὦ ἄριστε καὶ μουσικώτατε Ὀρφεῦ· οὐκ ἐπιλέλησαι γάρ που Ἡρακλέους.

Ὀρφεύς

νὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Φιλοσοφία καὶ Ἡράκλεις καὶ Ἑρμῆ. ἀλλὰ καιρὸς ἀποδιδόναι τὰ μήνυτρα, ὡς ἔγωγε πάνυ σαφῶς ὃν ζητεῖτε οἶδα.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν δεῖξον, ὦ παῖ Καλλιόπης, ἔνθα ἐστίν· χρυσίου γὰρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, δέῃ σοφὸς ὤν.

Ὀρφεύς

εὖ φής. ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν μὲν οἰκίαν δείξαιμʼ ἂν ὑμῖν ἔνθα οἰκεῖ, αὐτὸν δὲ οὐκ ἄν, ὡς μὴ κακῶς ἀκούοιμι πρὸς αὐτοῦ· μιαρὸς γὰρ εἰς ὑπερβολὴν καὶ μόνον τοῦτο ἐκμεμελέτηκεν.

Ἑρμῆς

δεῖξον μόνον.

Ὀρφεύς

αὕτη πλησίον. ἐγὼ δὲ ἄπειμι ὑμῖν ἐκποδών, ὡς μηδʼ ἴδοιμι αὐτόν.

Translations (1)

The Runaways Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 29 focus

[29] SECOND SLAVE-OWNER Never mind, we shall find them all, for this woman knows them, by what she says.

HERMES

Who is this other person coming up, Heracles, the handsome man with the lyre?

HERACLES

It is Orpheus, my shipmate on the Argo, the most tuneful of all chanteymen. Indeed, as we rowed to his singing, we hardly grew tired at all. Good-day to you, Orpheus, best of men and first of musicians. Surely you have not forgotten Heracles.

ORPHEUS

A very good-day to you also, Philosophy, Heracles, and Hermes. But the time has come to pay your reward, since I am very well acquainted with the man for whom you are looking.

HERMES

Then show us where he is, son of Calliope, for you have no need of gold, I take it, being a wise man.

ORPHEUS

You are right. I will show you the house where he lives, but not the man himself, so as not to be slanged by him. He is excessively foul-mouthed; that is the only thing he has thoroughly mastered.

HERMES

Only show us.

ORPHEUS

Here it is, close by. I am going away from your neighbourhood, so that I may not even see him.

Lucian Fugitivi 29

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

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Ἑρμῆς

τίς δʼ οὗτος ἄλλος ὁ προσιών ἐστιν, ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ὁ καλός, ὁ τὴν κιθάραν;

Ὀρφεύς

νὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Φιλοσοφία καὶ Ἡράκλεις καὶ Ἑρμῆ. ἀλλὰ καιρὸς ἀποδιδόναι τὰ μήνυτρα, ὡς ἔγωγε πάνυ σαφῶς ὃν ζητεῖτε οἶδα.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν δεῖξον, ὦ παῖ Καλλιόπης, ἔνθα ἐστίν· χρυσίου γὰρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, δέῃ σοφὸς ὤν.

Ἑρμῆς

δεῖξον μόνον.

Ὀρφεύς

αὕτη πλησίον. ἐγὼ δὲ ἄπειμι ὑμῖν ἐκποδών, ὡς μηδʼ ἴδοιμι αὐτόν.

HERMES

HERACLES

ORPHEUS

HERMES

ORPHEUS

HERMES

ORPHEUS

Stable identifiers

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Philosophy

Hera

Orpheus

Hera

Orpheus

Hera

Orpheus

Current edition Perseus

Ἑρμῆς τίς δʼ οὗτος ἄλλος ὁ προσιών ἐστιν, ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ὁ καλός, ὁ τὴν κιθάραν;

Ὀρφεύς νὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Φιλοσοφία καὶ Ἡράκλεις καὶ Ἑρμῆ. ἀλλὰ καιρὸς ἀποδιδόναι τὰ μήνυτρα, ὡς ἔγωγε πάνυ σαφῶς ὃν ζητεῖτε οἶδα.

Ἑρμῆς οὐκοῦν δεῖξον, ὦ παῖ Καλλιόπης, ἔνθα ἐστίν· χρυσίου γὰρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, δέῃ σοφὸς ὤν.

Ἑρμῆς δεῖξον μόνον.

Ὀρφεύς αὕτη πλησίον. ἐγὼ δὲ ἄπειμι ὑμῖν ἐκποδών, ὡς μηδʼ ἴδοιμι αὐτόν.

HERMES

HERACLES

ORPHEUS

HERMES

ORPHEUS

HERMES

ORPHEUS

Stable identifiers

Ἑρμῆς

τίς δʼ οὗτος ἄλλος ὁ προσιών ἐστιν, ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ὁ καλός, ὁ τὴν κιθάραν;

Ὀρφεύς

νὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Φιλοσοφία καὶ Ἡράκλεις καὶ Ἑρμῆ. ἀλλὰ καιρὸς ἀποδιδόναι τὰ μήνυτρα, ὡς ἔγωγε πάνυ σαφῶς ὃν ζητεῖτε οἶδα.

Ἑρμῆς

οὐκοῦν δεῖξον, ὦ παῖ Καλλιόπης, ἔνθα ἐστίν· χρυσίου γὰρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, δέῃ σοφὸς ὤν.

Ἑρμῆς

δεῖξον μόνον.

Ὀρφεύς

αὕτη πλησίον. ἐγὼ δὲ ἄπειμι ὑμῖν ἐκποδών, ὡς μηδʼ ἴδοιμι αὐτόν.