Lucian of Samosata, Lexiphanes, Austin Morris Harmon (Translator), 3

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[3] Therefore I shall betake myself incontinently to my urchin, who belike attends me at the pease-porridge woman’s or the frippery, although he was forewarned to turn up at the comfit-shop.

“In the nick of time, however, here he is himself, and I see he has chaffered beestings-pudden, ashcake, chibbals, hakot, nape of beef—mark you!— dewlap, manyplies, and lamb’s fries. Good, Atticion! You have made most of my journey invious.” “For my part,” quoth he, “I have got squinny, master, keeping an eye out for you. Where were you dining yesterday? With Onomacritus, prithee?” “Nay, gadzooks,” quoth I: “I made off to the countryside, helter-skelter. You know how I adore rusticating. The rest of you no doubt supposed that I was playing toss-pot. But go you in and relish all of this; also cleanse the kneading-trough, that you may work us up some lettuce-loaf.

Lexiphanes. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.

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

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Λεξιφάνης Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 3 focus

Λεξιφάνης

ἀποθρέξομαι οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς¹ τὸν παῖδα, ὃν εἰκὸς ἢ παρὰ τῇ λεκιθοπώλιδι ἢ παρὰ τῷ γρυμαιοπώλῃ με περιμένειν· καίτοι προηγόρευτο αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὰ γέλγη² ἀπαντᾶν.

ἀλλʼ εἰς καιρὸν οὑτοσὶ αὐτὸς ἐμπολήσας γε, ὡς ὁρῶ, πυριάτην τέ τινα καὶ ἐγκρυφίας καὶ γήτεια καὶ φύκας³ καὶ οἶβον τουτονὶ καὶ λωγάνιον καὶ τοῦ βοὸς τὸ πολύπτυχον ἔγκατον καὶ φώκτας. εὖ γε, ὦ Ἀττικίων, ὅτι μοι ἄβατον ἐποίησας τὸ πολὺ τῆς ὁδοῦ. ἐγὼ δέ, ἦ δʼ ὅς, σίλλος, ὦ δέσποτα, γεγένημαι σὲ περιορῶν. σὺ δὲ ποῦ χθὲς ἐδείπνεις; μῶν παρὰ Ὀνομακρίτῳ; οὔ, μὰ Δίʼ. ἦν δʼ ἐγώ, ἀλλʼ ἀγρόνδε⁴ ᾠχόμην ψύττα κατατείνας· οἶσθα δὲ ὡς φίλαγρός εἰμι. ὑμεῖς δὲ ἴσως ᾤεσθέ με λαταγεῖν κοττάβους. ἀλλʼ εἰσιὼν ταῦτά τε καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἡδύνειν καὶ τὴν κάρδοπον σμῆν, ὡς θριδακίνας μάττοιτε ἡμῖν.

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Lexiphanes Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 3 focus

[3] ‘I will speed back to my boy; tis like he waits for me at the pease-puddingry, or the curiosity shop; yet stay; his instructions were to meet me at the frippery. Ah, hither comes he in the nick of time: ay, and has purchased a beesting-pudding and girdle-cakes and leeks, sausages and steak, dewlap and tripe and collops.—Good, Atticion, you have made most of my journey no thoroughfare. ‘Why, sir, I have been looking round the corner for you till I squint. Where dined you yesterday? with Onomacritus?’ ‘God bless me, no. I was off to the country; hey presto! and there we were. You know how I dote on the country. I suppose you all thought I was making the glasses ring. Now go in, and spice all these things, and scour the kneading-trough, ready to shred the lettuces. I shall be off for a dry rub.’

Lucian of Samosata Lexiphanes 3

Austin Morris Harmon (Translator)

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