Lucian of Samosata, Saturnalia, Kenneth Kilburn (Translator), 3

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But even Zeus, Cronus, is not ready or open-handed in his gifts. At any rate I’ve shouted for them till I’m worn out, yet he doesn’t listen at all. No, he shakes his aegis and brandishes his thunderbolt with a fierce stare and terrifies those who bother him. If ever he does nod assent to anyone and make him rich, there is a great lack of discrimination about it. He sometimes passes over the good and wise and lavishes riches on wicked and stupid people, most of them criminals and effeminates. But the things you can do—these are what I want to know.

Saturnalia. Lucian of Samosata. Kenneth Kilburn (Translator). Medford, MA. Perseus 5.0.

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Current edition Perseus

A Conversation with Cronus (English) (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).)

Editions (2)

Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 3. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1913.) — 3 focus

Ἱερεύς

ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐκεῖνος, ὦ Κρόνε, ῥᾳδίως καὶ προχείρως. ἐγὼ γοῦν ἤδη ἀπηγόρευκα αἰτῶν μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, ὁ δʼ οὐκ ἐπαΐει τὸ παράπαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν αἰγίδα ἐπισείων 387 καὶ τὸν κεραυνὸν ἐπανατεινόμενος δριμὺ ἐνορῶν ἐκπλήττει τοὺς ἐνοχλοῦντας· ἢν δέ ποτε καὶ ἐπινεύσῃ τινὶ καὶ πλούσιον ποιῇ, πολὺ τὸ ἄκριτον ἐνταῦθα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἐνίοτε καὶ συνετοὺς ἀφεὶς ὁ δὲ παμπονήροις τε καὶ ἀνοήτοις ἀνδράσι περιχεῖ τὸν πλοῦτον, μαστιγίαις ἢ ἀνδρογύνοις τοῖς πλείστοις αὐτῶν. πλὴν τά γε σοὶ δυνατὰ ἐθέλω εἰδέναι τίνα ταῦτά ἐστιν.

Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 3 focus

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἐκεῖνος, ὦ Κρόνε, ῥᾳδίως καὶ προχείρως. ἐγὼ γ’ οὖν ἤδη ἀπηγόρευκα αἰτῶν μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, ὁ δ’ οὐκ ἐπαΐει τὸ παράπαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν αἰγίδα ἐπισείων καὶ τὸν κεραυνὸν ἐπανατεινόμενος δριμὺ ἐνορῶν ἐκπλήττει τοὺς ἐνοχλοῦντας. ἢν δέ ποτε καὶ ἐπινεύσῃ τινὶ καὶ πλούσιον ποιῇ, πολὺ τὸ ἄκριτον ἐνταῦθα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἐνίοτε καὶ συνετοὺς ἀφεὶς ὁ δὲ παμπονήροις τε καὶ ἀνοήτοις ἀνδράσι περιχεῖ τὸν πλοῦτον, μαστιγίαις ἢ ἀνδρογύνοις τοῖς πλείστοις αὐτῶν. πλὴν τά γε σοὶ δυνατὰ ἐθέλω εἰδέναι τίνα ταῦτά ἐστιν.

Translations (1)

Saturnalia Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 3 focus

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Priest

He is not very free with them, though, Cronus. I am tired of asking for them, as I do at the top of my voice. He never listens; he shakes his aegis, gets the thunderbolt ready for action, puts on a stern look, and scares you out of worrying him. He does consent now and then, and make a man rich; but his selection is most casual; he will pass over the good and sensible, and set fools and knaves up to the lips in wealth, gaolbirds or debauchees most of them. But I want to know what are the things you can do.;

Lucian of Samosata Saturnalia 3

Kenneth Kilburn (Translator)

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