Lucian of Samosata, Hermotimus, ed. Kenneth Kilburn, 80

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Καί μοι δὸς ἐνταῦθα ἤδη ἐρέσθαι σε εἰ ἐθέλοις ἂν ἔξω τῶν λόγων τὰ ἄλλα ἐοικέναι τῷ διδασκάλῳ, οὕτω μὲν ὀργίλος, οὕτω δὲ μικρολόγος, οὕτω δὲ φιλόνεικος ὢν καὶ φιλήδονος νὴ Δί', εἰ καὶ μὴ τοῖς πολλοῖς δοκεῖ. τί σιγᾷς, ¹ ὦ Ἑρμότιμε; θέλεις διηγήσομαι ἃ πρῴην ἤκουσα ὑπὲρ φιλοσοφίας τινὸς λέγοντος ἀνδρὸς πάνυ γεγηρακότος, ᾧ πάμπολλοι τῶν νέων ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ πλησιάζουσιν; ἀπαιτῶν γὰρ παρά τινος τῶν μαθητῶν τὸν μισθὸν ἠγανάκτει, λέγων ὑπερήμερον εἶναι καὶ ἐκπρόθεσμον τοῦ ὀφλήματος, ὃν ἔδει πρὸ ἑκκαίδεκα ἡμερῶν ἐκτετικέναι τῇ ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ· οὕτω γὰρ συνθέσθαι.

Hermotimus. Lucian of Samosata. ed. Kenneth Kilburn. Medford, MA. Perseus 5.0.

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

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Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 1. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1909.) — 80 focus

Λυκῖνος

καί μοι δὸς ἐνταῦθα ἤδη ἐρέσθαι σε, εἰ ἐθέλοις ἂν ἔξω τῶν λόγων τὰ ἄλλα ἐοικέναι τῷ διδασκάλῳ, οὕτω μὲν ὀργίλος, οὕτω δὲ μικρολόγος, οὕτω δὲ 824 φιλόνεικος ὢν καὶ φιλήδονος νὴ Δίʼ, εἰ καὶ μὴ τοῖς πολλοῖς δοκεῖ. τί σιγᾷς, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε; θέλεις διηγήσομαι ἃ πρῴην ἤκουσα ὑπὲρ φιλοσοφίας τινὸς λέγοντος ἀνδρὸς πάνυ γεγηρακότος, ᾧ πάμπολλοι τῶν νέων ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ πλησιάζουσιν; ἀπαιτῶν γὰρ παρά τινος τῶν μαθητῶν τὸν μισθὸν ἠγανάκτει, λέγων ὑπερήμερον εἶναι καὶ ἐκπρόθεσμον τοῦ ὀφλήματος, ὃν ἔδει πρὸ ἑκκαίδεκα ἡμερῶν ἐκτετικέναι τῇ ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ· οὕτω γὰρ συνθέσθαι.

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The Scythian or Consul Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 80 focus

Now here let me ask you if, leaving aside his talk, you would care to be like your teacher. Would you care to be so irritable, so mean, so quarrelsome, yes, and so fond of pleasure, even if people don’t think it? Why don’t you speak, Hermotimus? Shall I tell you what I heard the other day from a very old man who spoke in defence of some philosophy or other? Quite a number of young men keep him company to learn his wisdom, and he was in a temper as he demanded payment from one of his pupils, saying that it was overdue and that the day had gone by: the debt ought to have been paid sixteen days before on the last day of the month, according to the agreement.

Hermotimus, or the Rival Philosophies Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 80 focus

[80] And here let me ask you whether, putting aside his discourse, you would choose to resemble your master, and be as passionate, as sordid, as quarrelsome, ay, and as addicted to pleasure (though that trait of his is not generally known). Why no answer, Hermotimus? Shall I tell you a plea for philosophy which Tlately heard? It was from the mouth of an old, old man, who has quite a company of young disciples. He was angrily demanding his fees from one of these; they were long overdue, he said; the day stated in the agreement was the first of the month, and it was now the fifteenth.

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Σκύθης ἢ πρόξενος

1. τί σιγᾷς Graevius: τι σι γε MSS.

Lucian of Samosata Hermotimus 80

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