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Λυκῖνος

συντέτακται μέν, ὦ Πάμφιλε, ὡς οἶσθα, ἐκ βασιλέως μισθοφορά τις οὐ φαύλη κατὰ γένη τοῖς φιλοσόφοις, Στωϊκοῖς λέγω καὶ Πλατωνικοῖς καὶ Ἐπικουρείοις, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ Περιπάτου, τὰ ἴσα τούτοις ἅπασιν. ἔδει δὲ ἀποθανόντος αὐτῶν τινος ἄλλον ἀντικαθίστασθαι δοκιμασθέντα ψήφῳ τῶν ἀρίστων. καὶ τὰ ἆθλα οὐ βοείη τις ἦν, κατὰ τὸν ποιητήν, οὐδὲ ἱερεῖον, ἀλλὰ μύριαι κατὰ τὸν ἐνιαυτόν, ἐφʼ ὅτῳ συνεῖναι τοῖς νέοις.

Πάμφιλος

οἶδα ταῦτα· καί τινά φασιν αὐτῶν ἔναγχος ἀποθανεῖν, τῶν Περιπατητικῶν οἶμαι τὸν ἕτερον.

Λυκῖνος

αὕτη, ὦ Πάμφιλε, ἡ Ἑλένη ὑπὲρ ἧς ἐμονομάχουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους. καὶ ἄχρι γε τούτου γελοῖον οὐδὲν πλὴν¹ ἐκεῖνο ἴσως,² τὸ φιλοσόφους εἶναι φάσκοντας καὶ χρημάτων καταφρονεῖν ἔπειτα ὑπὲρ τούτων ὡς ὑπὲρ πατρίδος κινδυνευούσης καὶ ἱερῶν πατρῴων καὶ τάφων προγονικῶν ἀγωνίζεσθαι.

Πάμφιλος

καὶ μὴν καὶ τὸ δόγμα τοῦτό γέ ἐστιν τοῖς Περιπατητικοῖς, τὸ μὴ σφόδρα καταφρονεῖν χρημάτων, ἀλλὰ τρίτον τι ἀγαθὸν καὶ τοῦτο οἴεσθαι.

Λυκῖνος

ὀρθῶς λέγεις. φασὶ γὰρ οὖν ταῦτα, καὶ κατὰ τὰ πάτρια ἐγίγνετο αὐτοῖς ὁ πόλεμος.

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

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

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LYCINUS

Well, Pamphilus, the Emperor has established, as you know, an allowance, not inconsiderable, for the philosophers according to sect—the Stoics, I mean, the Platonics, and the Epicureans; also those of the Walk, the same amount for each of these. It was stipulated that when one of them died another should be appointed in his stead, after being approved by vote of the first citizens. And the prize was not “a shield of hide or a victim,” as the poet has it,¹ but a matter of ten thousand drachmas a year, for instructing boys.

PAMPHILUS

I know all that; and one of them died, they say, recently—one of the two Peripatetics, I think.

LYCINUS

That, Pamphilus, is the Helen for whom they were meeting each other in single combat. And up to this point there was nothing to laugh at except perhaps that men rah to be philosophers and to despise lucre should fight for it as if for imperilled fatherland, ancestral fanes, and graves of forefathers.

PAMPHILUS

Yes, but that is the doctrine of the Peripatetics, not to despise wealth vehemently but to think it a third “supreme good.”

LYCINUS

Right you are; they do say that, and the war that they were waging was on traditional lines.

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Εὐνοῦχος

1. πλὴν Harmon: ἦν MSS. ἢ Urban.

2. εῖνο ἴσως Urgan: ἐκείνοις ὡς MSS.

Lucian Eunuchus 3

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Πάμφιλος

οἶδα ταῦτα· καί τινά φασιν αὐτῶν ἔναγχος ἀποθανεῖν, τῶν Περιπατητικῶν οἶμαι τὸν ἕτερον.

Πάμφιλος

καὶ μὴν καὶ τὸ δόγμα τοῦτό γέ ἐστιν τοῖς Περιπατητικοῖς, τὸ μὴ σφόδρα καταφρονεῖν χρημάτων, ἀλλὰ τρίτον τι ἀγαθὸν καὶ τοῦτο οἴεσθαι.

Λυκῖνος

ὀρθῶς λέγεις. φασὶ γὰρ οὖν ταῦτα, καὶ κατὰ τὰ πάτρια ἐγίγνετο αὐτοῖς ὁ πόλεμος.

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LYCINUS

PAMPHILUS

LYCINUS

PAMPHILUS

LYCINUS

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Πάμφιλος οἶδα ταῦτα· καί τινά φασιν αὐτῶν ἔναγχος ἀποθανεῖν, τῶν Περιπατητικῶν οἶμαι τὸν ἕτερον.

Πάμφιλος καὶ μὴν καὶ τὸ δόγμα τοῦτό γέ ἐστιν τοῖς Περιπατητικοῖς, τὸ μὴ σφόδρα καταφρονεῖν χρημάτων, ἀλλὰ τρίτον τι ἀγαθὸν καὶ τοῦτο οἴεσθαι.

Λυκῖνος ὀρθῶς λέγεις. φασὶ γὰρ οὖν ταῦτα, καὶ κατὰ τὰ πάτρια ἐγίγνετο αὐτοῖς ὁ πόλεμος.

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LYCINUS

PAMPHILUS

LYCINUS

PAMPHILUS

LYCINUS

Notes on the current edition

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Πάμφιλος

οἶδα ταῦτα· καί τινά φασιν αὐτῶν ἔναγχος ἀποθανεῖν, τῶν Περιπατητικῶν οἶμαι τὸν ἕτερον.

Πάμφιλος

καὶ μὴν καὶ τὸ δόγμα τοῦτό γέ ἐστιν τοῖς Περιπατητικοῖς, τὸ μὴ σφόδρα καταφρονεῖν χρημάτων, ἀλλὰ τρίτον τι ἀγαθὸν καὶ τοῦτο οἴεσθαι.

Λυκῖνος

ὀρθῶς λέγεις. φασὶ γὰρ οὖν ταῦτα, καὶ κατὰ τὰ πάτρια ἐγίγνετο αὐτοῖς ὁ πόλεμος.