Lucian, Fugitivi, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 27

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Ἑρμῆς

εὖ λέγεις. ἀλλὰ τίνες οὗτοί εἰσιν ἢ τί περισκοποῦσιν καὶ αὐτοί; μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ προσίασιν καί τι καὶ ἐρέσθαι θέλουσιν.

Ἀνήρ

ἆρʼ ἂν ἔχοιτε ἡμῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες, εἰπεῖν, ἢ σύ, ὦ βελτίστη, εἴ τινας τρεῖς γόητας ἅμα εἴδετε καί τινα γυναῖκα ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένην εἰς τὸ Λακωνικόν, ἀρρενωπὴν καὶ κομιδῇ ἀνδρικήν;

Φιλοσοφία

παπαῖ, τὰ ἡμέτερα οὗτοι ζητοῦσιν.

Ἀνήρ

πῶς τὰ ὑμέτερα; δραπέται γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ἅπαντες. ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν γυναῖκα μάλιστα μέτιμεν ἠνδραποδισμένην πρὸς αὐτῶν.

Ἑρμῆς

εἴσεσθε δὴ¹ καθʼ ὅ τι καὶ ζητοῦμεν αὐτούς. τὸ νῦν δὲ ἅμα κηρύττωμεν.

εἴ τις εἶδεν² ἀνδράποδον Παφλαγονικὸν τῶν ἀπὸ Σινώπης βαρβάρων, ὄνομα τοιοῦτον οἷον ἀπὸ κτημάτων, ὕπωχρον, ἐν χρῷ κουρίαν, ἐν γενείῳ βαθεῖ, πήραν ἐξημμένον καὶ τριβώνιον ἀμπεχόμενον, ὀργίλον, ἄμουσον, τραχύφωνον, λοίδορον, μηνύειν ἐπὶ ῥητῷ αὐτόν.

Δεσπότης α

Fugitivi. Lucian. ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Medford, MA. Perseus 4.0.

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Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (2)

The Runaways Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 27 focus

[27]

HERMES

Right you are.—But who are these people and why are they too looking about them? However, they are coming up and want to ask a question.

HUSBAND

Could you tell us, gentlemen, or you, kind lady, whether you have seen three rogues together, and a woman with her hair closely clipped in the Spartan style, boyish-looking and quite masculine?

PHILOSOPHY

Aha! They are looking for our quarry!

HUSBAND

How yours? Those fellows are all fugitive slaves, and for my part I am particularly in search of the woman, whom they have kidnapped.

HERMES

You will soon find out why we are in search of them. But at present let us make a joint proclamation. «If anyone has seen a Paphlagonian slave, one of those barbarians from Sinope, with a name of the kind that has ‘rich’ in it, sallow, close-cropped,¹ wearing a long beard, with a wallet slung from his shoulder and a short cloak about him, quick- tempered, uneducated, harsh-voiced, and abusive, let him give information for the stipulated reward.”

The Runaways Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 27 focus

[27]

Hera

To be sure. But who are these men? They seem to be looking for something too. Why, they are coming up to speak to us.

Innkeeper and Masters

Excuse us, madam, and gentlemen, but have you come across a company of three rascals conducting a woman—a very masculine-looking female, with hair cut short in the Spartan fashion?

Philosophy

Ha! the very people we are looking for!

Masters

Indeed, madam? But these are three runaway slaves. The woman was kidnapped by them, and we want to get her back.

Hera

Our business with them I will tell you afterwards, For the present, let us make a joint proclamation.

Disappeared

A Paphlagonian slave, formerly of Sinope. Any person giving information as to his whereabouts will be rewarded; the amount of the reward to be fixed by the informant. Description. Name: begins with CTE. Complexion: sallow. Hair: close-cropped, with long beard. Dress; a coarse cloak with wallet. Temper: bad. Education: none. Voice: harsh. Manner: offensive.

Notes on the current edition

Δραπέται

1. δὴ Gesner: δὲ MSS.

2. εἶδεν Fritzsche: not in MSS.

Lucian Fugitivi 27

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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Ἑρμῆς

εὖ λέγεις. ἀλλὰ τίνες οὗτοί εἰσιν ἢ τί περισκοποῦσιν καὶ αὐτοί; μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ προσίασιν καί τι καὶ ἐρέσθαι θέλουσιν.

Φιλοσοφία

παπαῖ, τὰ ἡμέτερα οὗτοι ζητοῦσιν.

Ἀνήρ

πῶς τὰ ὑμέτερα; δραπέται γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ἅπαντες. ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν γυναῖκα μάλιστα μέτιμεν ἠνδραποδισμένην πρὸς αὐτῶν.

Δεσπότης α

Current edition Perseus

HERMES

HUSBAND

PHILOSOPHY

HUSBAND

HERMES

Hera

Innkeeper and Masters

Philosophy

Masters

Hera

Disappeared

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

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Ἑρμῆς εὖ λέγεις. ἀλλὰ τίνες οὗτοί εἰσιν ἢ τί περισκοποῦσιν καὶ αὐτοί; μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ προσίασιν καί τι καὶ ἐρέσθαι θέλουσιν.

Φιλοσοφία παπαῖ, τὰ ἡμέτερα οὗτοι ζητοῦσιν.

Ἀνήρ πῶς τὰ ὑμέτερα; δραπέται γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ἅπαντες. ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν γυναῖκα μάλιστα μέτιμεν ἠνδραποδισμένην πρὸς αὐτῶν.

Δεσπότης α

Current edition Perseus

HERMES

HUSBAND

PHILOSOPHY

HUSBAND

HERMES

Hera

Innkeeper and Masters

Philosophy

Masters

Hera

Disappeared

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Ἑρμῆς

εὖ λέγεις. ἀλλὰ τίνες οὗτοί εἰσιν ἢ τί περισκοποῦσιν καὶ αὐτοί; μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ προσίασιν καί τι καὶ ἐρέσθαι θέλουσιν.

Φιλοσοφία

παπαῖ, τὰ ἡμέτερα οὗτοι ζητοῦσιν.

Ἀνήρ

πῶς τὰ ὑμέτερα; δραπέται γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ἅπαντες. ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν γυναῖκα μάλιστα μέτιμεν ἠνδραποδισμένην πρὸς αὐτῶν.