Lucian, Hermotimus, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 4

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Lycinus

You must be of good cheer and keep a stout heart; gaze at the end of your climb and the Happiness at the top, and remember that he is working with you. What prospect does he hold out? when are you to be up? does he think you will be on the top next year—by the Great Mysteries, or the Panathenaea, say?

Hermotimus

Too soon, Lycinus.

Lycinus

By next Olympiad, then?

Hermotimus

All too short a time, even that, for habituation to Virtue and attainment of Happiness.

Lycinus

Say two Olympiads, then, for an outside estimate. You may fairly be found guilty of laziness, if you cannot get it done by then; the time would allow you three return trips from the Pillars of Heracles to India, with a margin for exploring the tribes on the way instead of sailing straight and never stopping. How much higher and more slippery, pray, is the peak on which your Virtue dwells than that Aornos crag which Alexander stormed in a few days?

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

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Hermotimus, or the Rival Philosophies (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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Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 1. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1909.) — 4 focus

Λυκῖνος

ἀλλὰ θαρρεῖν χρὴ καὶ θυμὸν ἔχειν ἀγαθὸν ἐς τὸ τέλος τῆς ὁδοῦ ὁρῶντα καὶ τὴν ἄνω εὐδαιμονίαν, καὶ μάλιστα ἐκείνου ξυμπροθυμουμένου. πλὴν ἀλλὰ τίνα σοι ἐλπίδα ὑποφαίνει ὡς δὴ πότε ἀναβησομένῳ; ἐς νέωτα εἴκαζεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον ἔσεσθαί σε, οἷον μετὰ τὰ μυστήρια ἢ τὰ ἄλλα Παναθήναια;

Ἑρμότιμος

ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

Λυκῖνος

ἀλλʼ ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

Ἑρμότιμος

καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

Λυκῖνος

μετὰ δύο μὲν δὴ ὀλυμπιάδας πάντως· ἢ πολλήν γʼ ἂν ὑμῶν ῥᾳθυμίαν καταγνοίη τις, εἰ μηδʼ ἐν τοσούτῳ χρόνῳ δύνασθε, ὅσον τρὶς ἀπὸ Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν εἰς Ἰνδοὺς ἀπελθεῖν, εἶτʼ ἐπανελθεῖν ῥᾴδιον, εἰ καὶ μὴ εὐθεῖαν μηδʼ ἀεὶ βαδίζοι τις, ἀλλʼ ἐν τοῖς διὰ μέσου ἔθνεσι περιπλανώμενος. καίτοι πόσῳ τινὶ βούλει ὑψηλοτέραν καὶ λισσοτέρον θῶμεν εἶναι τὴν ἄκραν, ἐφʼ ἧς 744 ὑμῖν ἡ Ἀρετὴ οἰκεῖ, τῆς Ἀόρνου ἐκείνης, ἣν ἐντὸς ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν Ἀλέξανδρος κατὰ κράτος εἷλεν;

Σκύθης ἢ πρόξενος Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 4 focus

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἀλλὰ θαρρεῖν χρὴ καὶ θυμὸν ἔχειν ἀγαθὸν ἐς τὸ τέλος τῆς ὁδοῦ ὁρῶντα καὶ τὴν ἄνω εὐδαιμονίαν, καὶ μάλιστα ἐκείνου ξυμπροθυμουμένου. πλὴν ἀλλὰ τίνα σοι ἐλπίδα ὑποφαίνει ὡς δὴ πότε ἀναβησομένῳ; εἰς νέωτα εἴκαζεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον ἔσεσθαί σε, οἷον μετὰ τὰ μυστήρια τὰ ἄλλα ἢ Παναθήναια;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἀλλ' ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Μετὰ δύο μὲν δὴ ὀλυμπιάδας πάντως; ἢ πολλήν γ' ἂν ὑμῶν ῥᾳθυμίαν καταγνοίη τις εἰ μηδ’ ἐν τοσούτῳ χρόνῳ δύνασθε, ὅσον τρὶς ἀπὸ Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν εἰς Ἰνδοὺς ἀπελθεῖν εἶτ' ἐπανελθεῖν ῥᾴδιον, εἰ καὶ μὴ εὐθεῖαν μηδ’ ἀεὶ βαδίζοι τις, ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖς διὰ μέσου ἔθνεσι περιπλανώμενος. καίτοι πόσῳ τινὶ βούλει ὑψηλοτέραν καὶ λισσοτέραν ¹ θῶμεν εἶναι τὴν ἄκραν, ἐφ' ἧς ὑμῖν ἡ Ἀρετὴ οἰκεῖ, τῆς Ἀόρνου ἐκείνης, ἣν ἐντὸς ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν Ἀλέξανδρος κατὰ κράτος εἷλεν;

Translations (1)

The Scythian or Consul Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 4 focus

LYCINUS

Be brave now and keep cheerful. Look to the end of the journey and the happiness up there, especially since he is as keen as you are. But when does he suggest you may hope to come up? Did he suggest next year to reach the top—after the other Mysteries, say, or the Panathenaea?

HERMOTIMUS

Too soon, Lycinus.

LYCINUS

Next Olympiad, then?

HERMOTIMUS

Too soon again for a training in virtue and the winning of happiness.

LYCINUS

After two Olympiads, surely? Or shall we accuse you of excessive sloth, if you cannot succeed even in all that time? You could easily make three journeys from Gibraltar to India and back in that time, even if you did not go straight without breaking your journey, but made excursions occasionally to visit the nations on the way. But this summit where your Virtue lives—how much higher and smoother are we to put it than Aornos which Alexander stormed in a few days?

Lucian Hermotimus 4

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

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Ἑρμότιμος

ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

Λυκῖνος

ἀλλʼ ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

Ἑρμότιμος

καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἀλλ' ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

LYCINUS

Be brave now and keep cheerful. Look to the end of the journey and the happiness up there, especially since he is as keen as you are. But when does he suggest you may hope to come up? Did he suggest next year to reach the top—after the other Mysteries, say, or the Panathenaea?

HERMOTIMUS

Too soon, Lycinus.

LYCINUS

Next Olympiad, then?

HERMOTIMUS

Too soon again for a training in virtue and the winning of happiness.

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Ἑρμότιμος ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

Λυκῖνος ἀλλʼ ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

Ἑρμότιμος καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ Ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Ἀλλ' ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ Καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

LYCINUS Be brave now and keep cheerful. Look to the end of the journey and the happiness up there, especially since he is as keen as you are. But when does he suggest you may hope to come up? Did he suggest next year to reach the top—after the other Mysteries, say, or the Panathenaea?

HERMOTIMUS Too soon, Lycinus.

LYCINUS Next Olympiad, then?

HERMOTIMUS Too soon again for a training in virtue and the winning of happiness.

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Ἑρμότιμος

ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

Λυκῖνος

ἀλλʼ ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

Ἑρμότιμος

καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Ὀλίγον φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἀλλ' ἐς τὴν ἑξῆς ὀλυμπιάδα;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Καὶ τοῦτο ὀλίγον ὡς πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἄσκησιν καὶ εὐδαιμονίας κτῆσιν.

LYCINUS

Be brave now and keep cheerful. Look to the end of the journey and the happiness up there, especially since he is as keen as you are. But when does he suggest you may hope to come up? Did he suggest next year to reach the top—after the other Mysteries, say, or the Panathenaea?

HERMOTIMUS

Too soon, Lycinus.

LYCINUS

Next Olympiad, then?

HERMOTIMUS

Too soon again for a training in virtue and the winning of happiness.