Lucian of Samosata, Navigium, Kenneth Kilburn (Translator), 25

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ADIMANTUS

For you, my friends, I’d have told the steward to make an allotment of minted gold: twenty bushels for Samippus, five quarts for Timolaus, and one quart for Lycinus levelled off with a strickle at that, because he’s a babbler and makes fun of my prayer. This is the life I wish to live, extravagant in wealth and luxury, enjoying every pleasure in fullest measure. I have spoken, and may Hermes bring it to fulfilment!

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

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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.) — 25 focus

Ἀδείμαντος

τοῖς φίλοις δὲ ὑμῖν, Σαμίππῳ μὲν εἴκοσι μεδίμνους ἐπισήμου χρυσίου παραμετρῆσαι τὸν οἰκονόμον ἐκέλευσα ἄν, Τιμολάῳ δὲ πέντε χοίνικας, Λυκίνῳ δὲ χοίνικα, ἀπομεμαγμένην καὶ ταύτην, ὅτι λάλος ἐστὶ καὶ ἐπισκώπτει μου τὴν εὐχήν. τοῦτον ἐβουλόμην 265 βιῶναι τὸν βίον πλουτῶν ἐς ὑπερβολὴν καὶ τρυφῶν καὶ πάσαις ἡδοναῖς ἀφθόνως χρώμενος. εἴρηκα, καί μοι ὁ Ἑρμῆς τελεσιουργήσειεν αὐτά.

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 25 focus

ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ

τοῖς φίλοις δὲ ὑμῖν, Σαμίππῳ μὲν εἴκοσι μεδίμνους ἐπισήμου χρυσίου παραμετρῆσαι τὸν οἰκονόμον ἐκέλευσα ἄν, Τιμολάῳ δὲ πέντε χοίνικας, Λυκίνῳ δὲ χοίνικα, ἀπομεμαγμένην καὶ ταύτην, ὅτι λάλος ἐστὶ καὶ ἐπισκώπτει μου τὴν εὐχήν. τοῦτον ἐβουλόμην βιῶναι τὸν βίον πλουτῶν ἐς ὑπερβολὴν καὶ τρυφῶν καὶ πάσαις ἡδοναῖς ἀφθόνως χρώμενος. εἴρηκα, καί μοι ὁ Ἑρμῆς τελεσιουργήσειεν αὐτά.

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.) — 25 focus

Adimantus

And of you who are my friends, Samippus should have twenty bushels of coined gold paid out to him by my steward; Timolaus, five quarts; and Lycinus one quart, strict measure, because he talks too much, and sneers at my Wish. That is how I would live; revelling in every luxury without stint, superlatively rich. I have done. Hermes bring it all to pass!

Lucian of Samosata Navigium 25

Kenneth Kilburn (Translator)

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