Lucian of Samosata, Navigium, Kenneth Kilburn (Translator), 38

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SAMIPPUS

You I’ll rule in Greek manner under the title of sole commander. Then think how many cities I shall found and name after myself, and how many I shall storm and destroy that have been insolent to my empire! Of all men I’ll punish that rich Cydias in particular: he used to be my neighbour; he encroached on my property little by little and drove me from my land.

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.) — 38 focus

Σάμιππος

οἱ βάρβαροι προσκυνείτωσαν· ὑμῶν κατὰ τὸν Ἑλλήνων νόμον ἄρξω εἷς στρατηγὸς ὀνομαζόμενος. ἐπὶ τούτοις ἄρα ἐννοεῖτε ὅσας μὲν πόλεις ἐπωνύμους ἐπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ οἰκιῶ, ὅσας δὲ καὶ καθαιρήσω ἑλὼν κατὰ κράτος, αἳ ἂν ὑβρίσωσί τι ἐς τὴν ἀρχήν. ἁπάντων δὲ μάλιστα Κυδίαν τὸν πλούσιον μετελεύσομαι, ὃς ὅμορος ἔτι ὤν μοι ἐξέωσε τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐπιβαίνων κατʼ ὀλίγον ἐς τὸ εἴσω τῶν ὅρων.

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 38 focus

ΣΑΜΙΠΠΟΣ

ὑμῶν ¹ κατὰ τὸν Ἑλλήνων νόμον ἄρξω εἷς στρατηγὸς ὀνομαζόμενος. ἐπὶ τούτοις ἄρα ἐννοεῖτε ὅσας μὲν πόλεις ἐπωνύμους ἐπ' ἐμαυτοῦ οἰκιῶ, ὅσας δὲ καὶ καθαιρήσω ἑλὼν κατὰ κράτος, αἳ ἂν ὑβρίσωσί τι ἐς τὴν ἀρχήν. ἁπάντων δὲ μάλιστα Κυδίαν τὸν πλούσιον μετελεύσομαι, ὃς ὅμορος ² ὤν μοι ἐξέωσε τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐπιβαίνων κατ' ὀλίγον ἐς τὸ εἴσω τῶν ὅρων.

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.) — 38 focus

Samippus

That applies only to the barbarians; from you who are Greeks I shall have merely the usual title of commanderin-chief. You may imagine the rest: the Samippopolises I shall found, the cities I shall storm and destroy for slighting my ' supremacy. The wealthy Cydias will come in for the largest share of my attention; I have not forgotten his gradual encroachments on my property, in the days when we were neighbours.

Lucian of Samosata Navigium 38

Kenneth Kilburn (Translator)

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