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Ἀνήρ

οἴμοι, γύναι, ὅσα πέπονθας ὑπὸ κυνῶν τοσούτων. φασὶ δʼ αὐτὴν καὶ κυεῖν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

Ἑρμῆς

θάρρει, Κέρβερόν τινα τέξεταί σοι ἢ Γηρυόνην, ὡς ἔχοι ὁ Ἡρακλῆς οὗτος αὖθις πόνον. ἀλλὰ καὶ προΐασιν, ὥστε οὐδὲν δεῖ κόπτειν τὴν θύραν.

Δεσπότης α

ἔχω σε, ὦ Κάνθαρε. νῦν σιωπᾷς; φέρʼ ἴδωμεν ἅτινά σοι ἡ πήρα ἔχει, θέρμους ἴσως ἢ ἄρτου τρύφος.¹ οὐ μὰ Δίʼ, ἀλλὰ ζώνην χρυσίου.

Ἡρακλῆς

μὴ θαυμάσῃς· κυνικὸς γὰρ ἔφασκεν εἶναι τὸ πρόσθεν ἐπὶ τῆς Ἑλλάδος, ἐνταῦθα δὲ Χρυσίππειος ἀκριβῶς ἐστιν.² τοιγαροῦν Κλεάνθην οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν αὐτὸν ὄψει· κρεμήσεται γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ πώγωνος οὕτω μιαρὸς ὤν.

Δεσπότης β

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).) — 31 focus

[31]

HUSBAND

Dear me, wife! how outrageously you have been treated by all those dogs! It is even said that they have lined her.

HERMES

No fear, you will soon have her bringing into the world a Cerberus or a Geryon, to make more work for Heracles here.¹—But they are coming out, so there is no need to knock at the door. FIRST SLAVE-OWNER I’ve got you, Scarabee! Now you have nothing to say, have you? Come, let us see what your wallet. has in it, lupines, no doubt, or a crust of bread. No, by Zeus! A purse of gold!

HERACLES

Don’t be surprised! Formerly, in Greece, he claimed to be a Cynic, but here he reveals himself in his true colours as a Chrysippean. Therefore you shall soon see him a Cleanthes, for he is going to be hung up by the beard because he is such a villain.²

The Runaways Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 31 focus

[31]

Innkeeper

Wife, wife! the dogs have been too many for you; ay, and for your virtue, so men say.

Hera

Hope for the best; some little Cerberus or Geryon shall call you father, and Heracles have employment again.—Ah, no need to knock: here they come.

First Master

Ha, Cantharus, have I got you? What, nothing to say for yourself? Let us see what you have in that wallet; beans, no doubt, or a crust of bread.

Hera

Bread, indeed! Gold, a purseful of it!

Hera

That need not surprise you. In Greece, you see, he was a Cynic, but here he is all for golden Chrysippus. Next you will see him dangling, Cleanthes-like¹, by his beard, and serve the dirty fellow right.

Notes on the current edition

Δραπέται

1. Γ has double points after ἔχει and τρύφος, but the fact that μὴ θαυμάσῃς is addressed to one person favours running the speech on rather than (e.g.) giving θέρμους . . . τρύφος to ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ B.

2. ἀκριβῶς ἐστιν Double point in Γ.

Lucian Fugitivi 31

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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Ἀνήρ

οἴμοι, γύναι, ὅσα πέπονθας ὑπὸ κυνῶν τοσούτων. φασὶ δʼ αὐτὴν καὶ κυεῖν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

Ἑρμῆς

θάρρει, Κέρβερόν τινα τέξεταί σοι ἢ Γηρυόνην, ὡς ἔχοι ὁ Ἡρακλῆς οὗτος αὖθις πόνον. ἀλλὰ καὶ προΐασιν, ὥστε οὐδὲν δεῖ κόπτειν τὴν θύραν.

Δεσπότης α

ἔχω σε, ὦ Κάνθαρε. νῦν σιωπᾷς; φέρʼ ἴδωμεν ἅτινά σοι ἡ πήρα ἔχει, θέρμους ἴσως ἢ ἄρτου τρύφος.¹ οὐ μὰ Δίʼ, ἀλλὰ ζώνην χρυσίου.

Δεσπότης β

Current edition Perseus

HUSBAND

HERMES

HERACLES

Innkeeper

Hera

First Master

Hera

Hera

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

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Ἀνήρ οἴμοι, γύναι, ὅσα πέπονθας ὑπὸ κυνῶν τοσούτων. φασὶ δʼ αὐτὴν καὶ κυεῖν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

Ἑρμῆς θάρρει, Κέρβερόν τινα τέξεταί σοι ἢ Γηρυόνην, ὡς ἔχοι ὁ Ἡρακλῆς οὗτος αὖθις πόνον. ἀλλὰ καὶ προΐασιν, ὥστε οὐδὲν δεῖ κόπτειν τὴν θύραν.

Δεσπότης α ἔχω σε, ὦ Κάνθαρε. νῦν σιωπᾷς; φέρʼ ἴδωμεν ἅτινά σοι ἡ πήρα ἔχει, θέρμους ἴσως ἢ ἄρτου τρύφος. 1 οὐ μὰ Δίʼ, ἀλλὰ ζώνην χρυσίου.

Δεσπότης β

Current edition Perseus

HUSBAND

HERMES

HERACLES

Innkeeper

Hera

First Master

Hera

Hera

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers

Ἀνήρ

οἴμοι, γύναι, ὅσα πέπονθας ὑπὸ κυνῶν τοσούτων. φασὶ δʼ αὐτὴν καὶ κυεῖν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

Ἑρμῆς

θάρρει, Κέρβερόν τινα τέξεταί σοι ἢ Γηρυόνην, ὡς ἔχοι ὁ Ἡρακλῆς οὗτος αὖθις πόνον. ἀλλὰ καὶ προΐασιν, ὥστε οὐδὲν δεῖ κόπτειν τὴν θύραν.

Δεσπότης α

ἔχω σε, ὦ Κάνθαρε. νῦν σιωπᾷς; φέρʼ ἴδωμεν ἅτινά σοι ἡ πήρα ἔχει, θέρμους ἴσως ἢ ἄρτου τρύφος.¹ οὐ μὰ Δίʼ, ἀλλὰ ζώνην χρυσίου.