Lucian of Samosata, Navigium, Kenneth Kilburn (Translator), 41

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LYCINUS

But now it’s your turn to make your request, Timolaus. See that you outdo them—as we expect from an intelligent man of the world.

TIMOLAUS

Well, Lycinus, see if my wish will be open to censure or possible correction. Gold, treasures and bushels of coin, kingdoms, wars and fears for empire you have rightly censured—I shall not ask for them. They are insecure, full of plots and give more grief than pleasure.

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.) — 41 focus

Λυκῖνος

ἀλλʼ ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβάλῃ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασι χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

Τιμόλαος

σκόπει γοῦν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, εἴ τι ἐπιλήψιμον εὔξομαι καὶ ὅ τι ἂν εὐθῦναί τις δυνηθείη. χρυσὸν μὲν οὖν καὶ θησαυροὺς καὶ μεδίμνους νομίσματος ἢ βασιλείας καὶ πολέμους καὶ δείματα ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρχῆς, ἃ εἰκότως διέβαλες, οὐκ αἰτήσομαι· ἀβέβαια γὰρ ταῦτά γε καὶ πολλὰς τὰς ἐπιβουλὰς ἔχοντα καὶ πλέον τοῦ ἡδέος τὸ ἀνιαρὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἦν.

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 41 focus

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἀλλ' ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβαλῇ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασιν χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ

Σκόπει γοῦν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, εἴ τι ἐπιλήψιμον εὔξομαι καὶ ὅ τι ἂν εὐθῦναί τις δυνηθείη. χρυσὸν μὲν οὖν καὶ θησαυροὺς καὶ μεδίμνους νομίσματος ἢ βασιλείας καὶ πολέμους καὶ δείματα ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρχῆς, εἰκότως ¹ διέβαλες, οὐκ αἰτήσομαι. ἀβέβαια γὰρ ταῦτά γε καὶ πολλὰς τὰς ἐπιβουλὰς ἔχοντα καὶ πλέον τοῦ ἡδέος τὸ ἀνιαρὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἦν.

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.) — 41 focus

Lycinus

Timolaus, the wish is with you. We shall expect better things from your judgement and experience.

Timolaus

See if you can find anything questionable or reprehensible in what I propose. As to treasure-heaps and bushels of coin, I will have none of them; nor monarchy, with the wars and terrors it involves. You rightly censured such things, precarious as they are, exposed to endless machinations, and bringing with them more vexation than pleasure.

Lucian of Samosata Navigium 41

Kenneth Kilburn (Translator)

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LYCINUS

But now it’s your turn to make your request, Timolaus. See that you outdo them—as we expect from an intelligent man of the world.

TIMOLAUS

Well, Lycinus, see if my wish will be open to censure or possible correction. Gold, treasures and bushels of coin, kingdoms, wars and fears for empire you have rightly censured—I shall not ask for them. They are insecure, full of plots and give more grief than pleasure.

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Λυκῖνος

ἀλλʼ ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβάλῃ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασι χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἀλλ' ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβαλῇ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασιν χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

Lycinus

Timolaus, the wish is with you. We shall expect better things from your judgement and experience.

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LYCINUS But now it’s your turn to make your request, Timolaus. See that you outdo them—as we expect from an intelligent man of the world.

TIMOLAUS Well, Lycinus, see if my wish will be open to censure or possible correction. Gold, treasures and bushels of coin, kingdoms, wars and fears for empire you have rightly censured—I shall not ask for them. They are insecure, full of plots and give more grief than pleasure.

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Λυκῖνος ἀλλʼ ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβάλῃ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασι χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Ἀλλ' ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβαλῇ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασιν χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

Lycinus Timolaus, the wish is with you. We shall expect better things from your judgement and experience.

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LYCINUS

But now it’s your turn to make your request, Timolaus. See that you outdo them—as we expect from an intelligent man of the world.

TIMOLAUS

Well, Lycinus, see if my wish will be open to censure or possible correction. Gold, treasures and bushels of coin, kingdoms, wars and fears for empire you have rightly censured—I shall not ask for them. They are insecure, full of plots and give more grief than pleasure.

Λυκῖνος

ἀλλʼ ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβάλῃ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασι χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ἀλλ' ἤδη σὸν αἰτεῖν, ὦ Τιμόλαε, καὶ ὅπως ὑπερβαλῇ τούτους, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἄνδρα συνετὸν καὶ πράγμασιν χρῆσθαι εἰδότα.

Lycinus

Timolaus, the wish is with you. We shall expect better things from your judgement and experience.