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ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Τὰ μὲν τοίνυν ἄλλα, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, διηγουμένῳ σοι παρειπόμην καὶ ἐπίστευον οὕτως ἔχειν, σοφούς τε γίγνεσθαι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀνδρείους καὶ δικαίους καὶ τὰ ἄλλα· καί πως ἐκηλούμην πρὸς τὸν λόγον. ὁπότε δὲ καὶ πλούτου ἔφησθα καταφρονεῖν σφᾶς καὶ δόξης καὶ ἡδονῶν καὶ μήτε ὀργίζεσθαι μήτε λυπεῖσθαι, πάνυ ἐνταῦθα (μόνω γάρ ἐσμεν) ἐπέστην ἀναμνησθεὶς ἃ πρῴην εἶδον ποιοῦντα—βούλει φῶ τίνα; ἢ ἱκανὸν καὶ ἄνευ τοῦ ὀνόματος;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὲ ὅστις ἦν.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός—ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Οἶδα ὅν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἐκεῖνον αὐτόν, ἐπεὶ τὸν μισθὸν οἶμαι μὴ ἀπεδίδου κατὰ καιρόν, ἀπήγαγε παρὰ τὸν ἄρχοντα ἔναγχος περιθείς γε αὐτῷ θοἰμάτιον περὶ τὸν τράχηλον καὶ ἐβόα καὶ ὠργίζετο, καὶ εἰ μὴ τῶν συνήθων τινὲς ἐν μέσῳ γενόμενοι ἀφείλοντο τὸν νεανίσκον ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ, εὖ ἴσθι προσφὺς ἂν ἀπέτραγεν αὐτοῦ τὴν ῥῖνα ὁ γέρων, οὕτως ἠγανάκτει.

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.) — 9 focus

Λυκῖνος

τὰ μὲν τοίνυν ἄλλα, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, διηγουμένῳ σοι παρειπόμην καὶ ἐπίστευον οὕτως ἔχειν, σοφούς 748 τε γίγνεσθαι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀνδρείους καὶ δικαίους καὶ τὰ ἄλλα, καί πως ἐκηλούμην πρὸς τὸν λόγον, ὁπότε δὲ καὶ πλούτου ἔφησθα καταφρονεῖν σφᾶς καὶ δόξης καὶ ἡδονῶν καὶ μήτε ὀργίζεσθαι μήτε λυπεῖσθαι, πάνυ ἐνταῦθα — μόνω γάρ ἐσμεν — ἐπέστην ἀναμνησθεὶς ἃ πρῴην εἶδον ποιοῦντα — βούλει φῶ τίνα; ἢ ἱκανὸν καὶ ἄνευ τοῦ ὀνόματος;

Ἑρμότιμος

μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπέ, ὅστις ἦν.

Λυκῖνος

διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός, ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

Ἑρμότιμος

τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

Λυκῖνος

τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην, ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ, μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

Ἑρμότιμος

οἶδα ὃν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

Λυκῖνος

ἐκεῖνον αὐτόν, ἐπεὶ τὸν μισθόν, οἶμαι, μη ἀπεδίδου κατὰ καιρόν, ἀπήγαγε παρὰ τὸν ἄρχοντα ἔναγχος περιθείς γε αὐτῷ θοἰμάτιον περὶ τὸν τράχηλον καὶ ἐβόα καὶ ὠργίζετο, καὶ εἰ μὴ τῶν συνήθων τινὲς ἐν μέσῳ 749 γενόμενοι ἀφείλοντο τὸν νεανίσκον ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ, εὖ ἴσθι ἐκεῖνος προσφὺς ἂν ἀπέτραγεν αὐτοῦ τὴν ῥῖνα ὁ γέρων, οὕτως ἠγανάκτει.

Translations (2)

The Scythian or Consul Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 9 focus

LYCINUS

Well, I followed and believed most of what you said, Hermotimus, that they become wise and brave and just and so on; in a way your description held me in a sort of spell. But when you said they despised riches and glory and pleasures and were not angry or grieved, there (we are alone) I came to a stop. I remembered something I saw a certain person doing the other day—shall I name him? Or is it enough to leave him anonymous?

HERMOTIMUS

Not at all. Please tell me who he was.

LYCINUS

This very teacher of yours—in general he deserves respect and is now quite old.

HERMOTIMUS

What was he doing?

LYCINUS

You know the stranger from Heraclea who has studied philosophy under him a long time, the one with yellow hair, a quarrelsome fellow?

HERMOTIMUS

I know the man you mean. He’s called Dion.

LYCINUS

That is the man. Well! it seems he didn’t pay his fee on time, and the other day your teacher in a temper pulled the man’s cloak round his neck and shouted and dragged him off to the magistrate. If some friends of the young fellow had not come between them and pulled him from his grasp, the old man would certainly have taken hold of him and bitten his nose off, he was so angry.

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.) — 9 focus

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Lycinus

Well, then—most of your account I followed and accepted —how they grow wise and brave and just, and the rest—indeed I was quite fascinated by it; but then you went on to say they despised wealth and glory and pleasure; well, just there (quite between ourselves, you know) I was pulled up; I thought of a scene-t’other day with—shall I tell you whom? Perhaps we can do without a name?

Hermotimus

No, no; we must have that too.

Lycinus

Your own professor himself, then,—a person to whom all respect is due, surely, not to mention his years.

Hermotimus

Well?

Lycinus

You know the Heracleot, quite an old pupil of his in philosophy by this time—red-haired—likes an argument?

Hermotimus

Yes; Dion, he is called.

Lycinus

Well, I suppose he had not paid up punctually; anyhow the other day the old man haled him before the magistrate, with a halter made of his own coat; he was shouting and fuming, and if some friends had not come up and got the young man out of his hands, he would have bitten off his nose, he was in such a temper.

Lucian of Samosata Hermotimus 9

ed. Kenneth Kilburn

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ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὲ ὅστις ἦν.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός—ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Οἶδα ὅν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

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Ἑρμότιμος

μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπέ, ὅστις ἦν.

Λυκῖνος

διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός, ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

Ἑρμότιμος

τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

Λυκῖνος

τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην, ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ, μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

Ἑρμότιμος

οἶδα ὃν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

HERMOTIMUS

Not at all. Please tell me who he was.

LYCINUS

This very teacher of yours—in general he deserves respect and is now quite old.

HERMOTIMUS

What was he doing?

LYCINUS

You know the stranger from Heraclea who has studied philosophy under him a long time, the one with yellow hair, a quarrelsome fellow?

HERMOTIMUS

I know the man you mean. He’s called Dion.

Lycinus

Hermotimus

Lycinus

Hermotimus

Lycinus

Hermotimus

Lycinus

Stable identifiers

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ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ Μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὲ ὅστις ἦν.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός—ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ Τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ Οἶδα ὅν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

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Ἑρμότιμος μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπέ, ὅστις ἦν.

Λυκῖνος διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός, ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

Ἑρμότιμος τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

Λυκῖνος τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην, ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ, μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

Ἑρμότιμος οἶδα ὃν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

HERMOTIMUS Not at all. Please tell me who he was.

LYCINUS This very teacher of yours—in general he deserves respect and is now quite old.

HERMOTIMUS What was he doing?

LYCINUS You know the stranger from Heraclea who has studied philosophy under him a long time, the one with yellow hair, a quarrelsome fellow?

HERMOTIMUS I know the man you mean. He’s called Dion.

Lycinus

Hermotimus

Lycinus

Hermotimus

Lycinus

Hermotimus

Lycinus

Stable identifiers

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὲ ὅστις ἦν.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός—ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ

Οἶδα ὅν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

Ἑρμότιμος

μηδαμῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπέ, ὅστις ἦν.

Λυκῖνος

διδάσκαλος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ σός, ἀνὴρ τά τε ἄλλα αἰδοῦς ἄξιος καὶ γέρων ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὕστατον.

Ἑρμότιμος

τί οὖν δὴ ἐποίει;

Λυκῖνος

τὸν ξένον οἶσθα τὸν Ἡρακλεώτην, ὃς ἐκ πολλοῦ συνεφιλοσόφει αὐτῷ, μαθητὴς ὤν, τὸν ξανθόν, τὸν ἐριστικόν;

Ἑρμότιμος

οἶδα ὃν λέγεις· Δίων αὐτῷ τοὔνομα.

HERMOTIMUS

Not at all. Please tell me who he was.

LYCINUS

This very teacher of yours—in general he deserves respect and is now quite old.

HERMOTIMUS

What was he doing?

LYCINUS

You know the stranger from Heraclea who has studied philosophy under him a long time, the one with yellow hair, a quarrelsome fellow?

HERMOTIMUS

I know the man you mean. He’s called Dion.