Lucian, Tyrannicida, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 0

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[0] A man forces his way into the stronghold of a tyrant, with the intention of killing him. Not finding the tyrant himself, he kills his son, and leaves the sword sticking in his body. The tyrant, coming, and finding his son dead, slays himself with the same sword.—The assailant now claims that the killing of the son entitles him to the reward of tyrannicide.

Tyrannicida. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.

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The Tyrannicide (English) (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.)

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Τυραννοκτόνος Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 0 focus

[0] ἀνῆλθεν τις ἐς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀποκτενῶν τὸν τυραννον· αὐτὸν μὲν οὐχ εὗρεν, τὸν δε υἱὸν αὐτοὺ ἀποκτείνας κατέλιπε τὸ ξίφος ἐν τῷ σώματι. ἐλθὼν ὁ τύραννος καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἰδὼν ἤδη νεκρὸν τῷ αὐτῷ ζίφει, ἑαυτὸν ἀπέκτεινεν. αἰτεῖ ὁ ἀνελθὼν καὶ τὸν τοῦ τυράννου υἱὸν ἀνελὼν γέρας ὡς τνραννοκτόνος.

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The Tyrannicide Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 0 focus

[0] A man went to the Acropolis to slay the tyrant. He did not find him, but slew his son and left his sword in the body. When the tyrant came and saw his son already dead, he slew himself with the same sword. The man who went up and slew the tyrant’s son claims the reward for slaying the tyrant.

Lucian Tyrannicida 0

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

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