Lucian, Zeuxis, ed. Karl Jacobitz, 12

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[12] ὥρα τοίνυν με σκοπεῖν, μὴ καὶ τοὐμὸν ὅμοιον ᾖ τῷ Ἀντιόχῳ καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα οὐκ ἄξια μάχης, ἐλέφαντες δέ τινες καὶ ξένα μορμολύκεια πρὸς τοὺς ὁρῶντας καὶ θαυματοποιία ἄλλως· ἐκεῖνα γοῦν ἐπαινοῦσι πάντες. οἷς δʼ ἐγὼ ἐπεποίθειν, οὐ πάνυ ταῦτα ἐν λόγῳ παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ ὅτι μὲν θήλεια ἱπποκένταυρος γεγραμμένη, τοῦτο μόνον ἐκπλήττονται 850 καὶ ὥσπερ ἐστί, καινὸν καὶ τεράστιον δοκεῖ αὐτοῖς. τὰ δʼ ἄλλα μάτην ἄρα τῷ Ζεύξιδι πεποίηται; ἀλλʼ οὐ μάτην· γραφικοὶ γὰρ ὑμεῖς καὶ μετὰ τέχνης ἕκαστα ὁρᾶτε. εἴη μόνον ἄξια τοῦ θεάτρου δεικνύειν.

Zeuxis. Lucian. ed. Karl Jacobitz. Leipzig. 1909.

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Ζεύξις ἢ Ἀντίοχος (Greek) (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 1. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1909.)

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Ζεῦξις ἢ Ἀντίοχος Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 12 focus

[12] Ὥρα τοίνυν με σκοπεῖν μὴ καὶ τοὐμὸν ὅμοιον ᾖ

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Zeuxis or Antiochus Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 12 focus

[12] It is time for me to consider whether my army is

Zeuxis and Antiochus Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 12 focus

[12] Gentlemen, de me fabula; are my resources like those of Antiochus—quite unfit for battle on the whole, but including some elephants, some queer impositions, some jugglery, in fact? That is what all the praise I hear points at. The things I really relied upon seem to be of little account; the mere fact that my picture is of a female Centaur exercises fascination; it passes for a novelty and a marvel, as indeed it is. The rest of Zeuxis’s pains is thrown away, I suppose. But ah, no, not thrown away; you are connoisseurs, and judge by the rules of art. I only hope the show may be worthy of the spectators.

Lucian Zeuxis 12

ed. Karl Jacobitz

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