Lucian of Samosata, Navigium, Kenneth Kilburn (Translator), 24

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ADIMANTUS

The rich men of today are clearly all Iruses ¹ compared to me. Dionicus will never again show his little silver platter or cup in the procession, especially when he sees that my servants use so much silver. For the city this would be my allocation: by way of doles, a hundred drachmas to every citizen per month, half of this to a resident alien; and for the general public theatres and baths to beautify the city; the sea brought up to the Dipylon and a harbour in that region with water brought up by a deep canal, so that my ship may anchor near by in full view of the Ceramicus.

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

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Current edition Perseus

The ship or the wishes (English) (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).)

Editions (2)

Πλοῖον ἢ Εὐχαί Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 3. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1913.) — 24 focus

Ἀδείμαντος

οἱ δὲ νῦν πλούσιοι πρὸς ἐμὲ Ἶροι δηλαδὴ ἅπαντες, καὶ οὐκέτι το ἀργυροῦν πινάκιον ἢ τὸν σκύφον ἐπιδείξεται Διόνικος ἐν τῇ πομπῇ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπειδὰν ὁρᾷ τοὺς οἰκέτας τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἀργύρῳ τοσούτῳ χρωμένους· τῇ πόλει δὲ ταῦτα ἐξαίρετα παρʼ ἐμοῦ ὑπῆρξεν ἄν, αἱ μὲν διανομαὶ κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον δραχμαὶ τῷ μὲν ἀστῷ ἑκατόν, τῷ δὲ μετοίκῳ ἥμισυ τούτων, θαυμάσια δὲ ἐς κάλλος θέατρα καὶ βαλανεῖα, καὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἄχρι πρὸς τὸ Δίπυλον ἥκειν κἀνταῦθά που λιμένα εἶναι ἐπαχθέντος ὀρύγματι μεγάλῳ τοῦ ὕδατος, ὡς τὸ πλοῖόν μου πλησίον ὁρμεῖν καταφανὲς ὂν ἐκ τοῦ Κεραμεικοῦ.

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 24 focus

ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ

οἱ δὲ νῦν πλούσιοι πρὸς ἐμὲ Ἶροι δηλαδὴ ἅπαντες, καὶ οὐκέτι τὸ ἀργυροῦν πινάκιον ἢ τὸν σκύφον ἐπιδείξεται Διόνικος ἐν τῇ πομπῇ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπειδὰν ὁρᾷ τοὺς οἰκέτας τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἀργύρῳ ¹ τοσούτῳ χρωμένους. τῇ πόλει δὲ ταῦτα ἐξαίρετα παρ' ἐμοῦ ὑπῆρξεν ἄν, αἱ μὲν διανομαὶ κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον δραχμαὶ τῷ μὲν ἀστῷ ἑκατόν, τῷ δὲ μετοίκῳ ἥμισυ τούτων, δημοσίᾳ δὲ ὅσα ² ἐς κάλλος θέατρα καὶ βαλανεῖα, καὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἄχρι πρὸς τὸ Δίπυλον ἥκειν κἀνταῦθά που λιμένα εἶναι ἐπαχθέντος ὀρύγματι μεγάλῳ τοῦ ὕδατος, ὡς τὸ πλοῖόν μου πλησίον ὁρμεῖν καταφανὲς ὂν ἐκ τοῦ Κεραμεικοῦ.

Translations (1)

The Ship: Or, the Wishes Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 24 focus

Adimantus

As to the people who now pass for rich, they, I need not say, will be paupers to me. Dionicus will give up displaying his silver plate and cup in processions, when he sees that my slaves eat off nothing but silver. I should set apart something for the public service, too; a monthly distribution of £4 a head to citizens, and half that to foreigners; and the most beautiful theatres and baths you can imagine; and the sea should be brought along a great canal up to the Double Gates, and there would be a harbour close by, so that my ship could be seen lying at anchor from the Ceramicus.

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The ship or the wishes

1. Irus, the beggar in the Odyssey.

Lucian of Samosata Navigium 24

Kenneth Kilburn (Translator)

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