Lucian, Fugitivi, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 4

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[4]

Zeus

Oh, it’s the philosophers who have been misbehaving themselves?

Philosophy

No, no, father; they have been just as badly treated as I have.

Zeus

Then if it is neither the philosophers nor the common people, who is it that you complain of?

Philosophy

There are some people who are between the two: they are not philosophers, and yet they are not like the rest of mankind, They are got up to look like philosophers; they have the dress, the walk, the expression; they call me mistress, write philosopher after their names, and declare themselves my disciples and followers: but they are evil men, made up of folly and impudence and wickedness; a disgrace to my name. It was their misconduct that drove me away.

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).) — 4 focus

Ζεύς

οἱ φιλόσοφοι ἐπιβουλήν τινα ἐπιβεβουλεύκασί σοι;

Φιλοσοφία

οὐδαμῶς, ὦ πάτερ, οἵ γε ξυνηδίκηνταί μοι καὶ αὐτοί.

Ζεύς

πρὸς τίνων οὖν ἠδίκησαι, εἰ μήτε τοὺς ἰδιώτας μήτε τοὺς φιλοσόφους αἰτιᾷ;

Φιλοσοφία

εἰσίν τινες, ὦ Ζεῦ, ἐν μεταιχμίῳ τῶν τε πολλῶν καὶ τῶν φιλοσοφούντων, τὸ μὲν σχῆμα καὶ βλέμμα καὶ βάδισμα ἡμῖν ὅμοιοι καὶ κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ ἐσταλμένοι· ἀξιοῦσι γοῦν ὑπʼ ἐμοὶ τάττεσθαι καὶ τοὔνομα τὸ ἡμέτερον ἐπιγράφονται, μαθηταὶ καὶ ὁμιληταὶ καὶ θιασῶται ἡμῶν εἶναι λέγοντες· ὁ βίος δὲ παμμίαρος αὐτῶν, ἀμαθίας καὶ θράσους καὶ ἀσελγείας ἀνάπλεως, ὕβρις οὐ μικρὰ καθʼ ἡμῶν. ὑπὸ τούτων, ὦ πάτερ, ἠδικημένη πέφευγα.

Translations (1)

The Runaways Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 4 focus

[4]

ZEUS

Have the philosophers made a plot against you?

PHILOSOPHY

By no means, father. Why, they themselves have been wronged in common with me!

ZEUS

At whose hands, then, have you been wronged, if you have no fault to find either with the common sort or with the philosophers?

PHILOSOPHY

There are some, Zeus, who occupy a middle ground between the multitude and the philosophers. In deportment, glance, and gait they are like us, and similarly dressed; as a matter of fact, they want to be enlisted under my command and they enroll themselves under my name, saying that they are my pupils, disciples, and devotees. Nevertheless, their abominable way of living, full of ignorance, impudence, and wantonness, is no trifling outrage against me. Itis they, father, who have inflicted the wrongs that have made me flee.

Lucian Fugitivi 4

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

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Zeus

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Zeus

Philosophy

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Ζεύς

οἱ φιλόσοφοι ἐπιβουλήν τινα ἐπιβεβουλεύκασί σοι;

Φιλοσοφία

οὐδαμῶς, ὦ πάτερ, οἵ γε ξυνηδίκηνταί μοι καὶ αὐτοί.

Ζεύς

πρὸς τίνων οὖν ἠδίκησαι, εἰ μήτε τοὺς ἰδιώτας μήτε τοὺς φιλοσόφους αἰτιᾷ;

ZEUS

PHILOSOPHY

ZEUS

PHILOSOPHY

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Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Zeus

Philosophy

Zeus

Philosophy

Current edition Perseus

Ζεύς οἱ φιλόσοφοι ἐπιβουλήν τινα ἐπιβεβουλεύκασί σοι;

Φιλοσοφία οὐδαμῶς, ὦ πάτερ, οἵ γε ξυνηδίκηνταί μοι καὶ αὐτοί.

Ζεύς πρὸς τίνων οὖν ἠδίκησαι, εἰ μήτε τοὺς ἰδιώτας μήτε τοὺς φιλοσόφους αἰτιᾷ;

ZEUS

PHILOSOPHY

ZEUS

PHILOSOPHY

Stable identifiers

Ζεύς

οἱ φιλόσοφοι ἐπιβουλήν τινα ἐπιβεβουλεύκασί σοι;

Φιλοσοφία

οὐδαμῶς, ὦ πάτερ, οἵ γε ξυνηδίκηνταί μοι καὶ αὐτοί.

Ζεύς

πρὸς τίνων οὖν ἠδίκησαι, εἰ μήτε τοὺς ἰδιώτας μήτε τοὺς φιλοσόφους αἰτιᾷ;