Lucian, Navigium, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 1

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Timolaus

Well, Lycinus, what do you expect? One has nothing to do, and just then one hears that a great monster of an Egyptian corn-ship has put in to Piraeus. What is more, I believe you and Samippus came down on precisely the same errand.

Lycinus

So we did, so we did, and Adimantus with us; only he has got lost somewhere in the crowd of spectators. We came all together to the ship; and going on board you were in front, Samippus, if I remember, and Adimantus next, and I was behind, hanging on to him for dear life; he gave me a hand all up the gangway, because I had never taken my shoes off, and he had; but I saw no more of him after that, either on board or when we came ashore.

Navigium. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.

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

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Πλοῖον ἢ Εὐχαί Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 3. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1913.) — 1 focus

Λυκῖνος

οὐκ ἐγὼ ʼλέγον ὅτι θᾶττον τοὺς γῦπας ἕωλος νεκρὸς ἐν φανερῷ κείμενος ἢ θέαμά τι τῶν παραδόξων Τιμόλαον διαλάθοι, κἂν εἰς Κόρινθον δέοι ἀπνευστὶ θέοντα ἀπιέναι διὰ τοῦτο; οὕτω φιλοθεάμων σύ γε καὶ ἄοκνος τὰ τοιαῦτα.

Τιμόλαος

τί γὰρ ἔδει καὶ ποιεῖν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, σχολὴν ἄγοντα πυθόμενον οὕτως ὑπερμεγέθη ναῦν καὶ πέρα τοῦ μέτρου ἐς τὸν Πειραιᾶ καταπεπλευκέναι μίαν τῶν ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου εἰς Ἰταλίαν σιταγωγῶν; οἶμαι δὲ καὶ σφώ, σέ τε καὶ Σάμιππον τουτονί, μὴ κατʼ ἄλλο τι ἐξ ἄστεος ἥκειν ἢ ὀψομένους τὸ πλοῖον.

Λυκῖνος

νὴ Δία, καὶ Ἀδείμαντος ὁ Μυρρινούσιος εἵπετο μεθʼ ἡμῶν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπου νῦν ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ἀποπλανηθεὶς ἐν τῷ πλήθει τῶν θεατῶν· ἄχρι μὲν γὰρ τῆς νεὼς ἅμα ἤλθομεν καὶ ἀνιόντες ἐς αὐτὴν σὺ μέν, οἶμαι, Σάμιππε, προῄεις, μετὰ σὲ δὲ ὁ Ἀδείμαντος ἦν, εἶτʼ ἐγὼ μετʼ ἐκεῖνον ἐχόμενος αὐτοῦ ἀμφοτέραις, καί με διὰ τῆς ἀποβάθρας ὅλης παρέπεμψε χειραγωγῶν ὑποδεδεμένον ἀνυπόδητος αὐτὸς ὤν, τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ οὐκέτι αὐτὸν εἶδον οὔτε ἔνδον οὔτε ἐπεὶ κατεληλύθαμεν. 248

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 1 focus

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Οὐκ ἐγὼ ἔλεγον ὅτι θᾶττον τοὺς γῦπας ἕωλος νεκρὸς ἐν φανερῷ κείμενος ἢ θέαμά τι τῶν παραδόξων Τιμόλαον διαλάθοι, κἂν εἰς Κόρινθον δέοι ἀπνευστὶ θέοντα ἀπιέναι διὰ τοῦτο; οὕτω φιλοθεάμων σύ γε καὶ ἄοκνος τὰ τοιαῦτα.

ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ

Τί γὰρ ἔδει ποιεῖν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, σχολὴν ἄγοντα πυθόμενον οὕτως ὑπερμεγέθη ναῦν καὶ πέρα τοῦ μέτρου ἐς τὸν Πειραιᾶ καταπεπλευκέναι μίαν τῶν ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου ἐς Ἰταλίαν σιταγωγῶν; οἶμαι δὲ καὶ σφώ, σέ τε καὶ Σάμιππον τουτονί, μὴ κατ' ἄλλο τι ἐξ ἄστεος ἥκειν ἢ ὀψομένους τὸ πλοῖον.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Νὴ Δία, καὶ Ἀδείμαντος ὁ Μυρρινούσιος εἵπετο μεθ' ἡμῶν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπου νῦν ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ἀποπλανηθεὶς ἐν τῷ πλήθει τῶν θεατῶν. ἄχρι μὲν γὰρ τῆς νεὼς ἅμα ἤλθομεν καὶ ἀνιόντες ἐς αὐτὴν, σὺ μέν, οἶμαι, Σάμιππε, προῄεις, μετὰ σὲ δὲ ὁ Ἀδείμαντος ἦν, εἶτ' ἐγὼ μετ' ἐκεῖνον ἐχόμενος αὐτοῦ ἀμφοτέραις, καί με διὰ τῆς ἀποβάθρας ὅλης παρέπεμψε χειραγωγῶν ὑποδεδεμένον ἀνυπόδητος αὐτὸς ὤν, τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ οὐκέτι αὐτὸν εἶδον οὔτε ἔνδον οὔτε ἐπεὶ κατεληλύθαμεν.

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The ship or the wishes Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 1 focus

LYCINUS

Didn’t I say that it was easier for vultures to miss a stinking corpse in the open than for Timolaus to miss an odd sight, even if he had to run off to Corinth for it without a pause for breath? You are so fond of shows, and so determined in such matters.

TIMOLAUS

What should I have done, then, Lycinus, having nothing to do, and hearing that such a huge boat, exceptionally large, had put into Piraeus, one of the Egyptian grain ships on its way to Italy? I fancy that you two, you and Samippus here, have come from Athens for exactly the same reason, to see the ship.

LYCINUS

That is so, and Adimantus of Myrrinous ¹ came along with us, but I don’t know where he is now; he has wandered off in the crowd of spectators. Until we reached the ship and went aboard, you, I think, Samippus, were in front, and then came Adimantus, and next I myself, holding on to him with both hands; he led me by the hand all the way up the gangway—I had shoes on, he was barefoot—but then I didn’t see him again either on board or when we came back to the shore.

Lucian Navigium 1

Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator)

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Lycinus

Said I not well? More easily shall a corpse lie mouldering in the sun, and the vulture mark it not, than any strange sight escape Timolaus, no matter though he must run all the way to Corinth at a stretch for it.—Indefatigable sightseer!

Timolaus

Well, Lycinus, what do you expect? One has nothing to do, and just then one hears that a great monster of an Egyptian corn-ship has put in to Piraeus. What is more, I believe you and Samippus came down on precisely the same errand.

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LYCINUS

Didn’t I say that it was easier for vultures to miss a stinking corpse in the open than for Timolaus to miss an odd sight, even if he had to run off to Corinth for it without a pause for breath? You are so fond of shows, and so determined in such matters.

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Lycinus Said I not well? More easily shall a corpse lie mouldering in the sun, and the vulture mark it not, than any strange sight escape Timolaus, no matter though he must run all the way to Corinth at a stretch for it.—Indefatigable sightseer!

Timolaus Well, Lycinus, what do you expect? One has nothing to do, and just then one hears that a great monster of an Egyptian corn-ship has put in to Piraeus. What is more, I believe you and Samippus came down on precisely the same errand.

Current edition Perseus

LYCINUS Didn’t I say that it was easier for vultures to miss a stinking corpse in the open than for Timolaus to miss an odd sight, even if he had to run off to Corinth for it without a pause for breath? You are so fond of shows, and so determined in such matters.

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Lycinus

Said I not well? More easily shall a corpse lie mouldering in the sun, and the vulture mark it not, than any strange sight escape Timolaus, no matter though he must run all the way to Corinth at a stretch for it.—Indefatigable sightseer!

Timolaus

Well, Lycinus, what do you expect? One has nothing to do, and just then one hears that a great monster of an Egyptian corn-ship has put in to Piraeus. What is more, I believe you and Samippus came down on precisely the same errand.

LYCINUS

Didn’t I say that it was easier for vultures to miss a stinking corpse in the open than for Timolaus to miss an odd sight, even if he had to run off to Corinth for it without a pause for breath? You are so fond of shows, and so determined in such matters.