Lucian, Navigium, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 21

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Lycinus

I daresay! And how is your cupbearer going to hand you a thing of that weight, when he has filled it? And how will you like taking it from him? It would tax the muscles of a Sisyphus, let alone a cupbearer’s.

Adimantus

Oh, don’t keep on picking holes in my Wish. I shall have tables and couches of solid gold, if I like; and servants too, if you say another word.

Lycinus

Well, take care, or you will be like Midas, with nothing but gold to eat and drink; and die of a right royal hunger, a martyr to superabundance.

Adimantus

Your turn will come presently, Lycinus, and then you can be as realistic as you like.

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

Current edition Perseus

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.)

Editions (2)

Πλοῖον ἢ Εὐχαί Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 3. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1913.) — 21 focus

Λυκῖνος

εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

Ἀδείμαντος

ἄνθρωπε, μή μʼ ἀνάλυε τὴν εὐχήν. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τραπέζας ὅλας χρυσᾶς ποιήσομαι καὶ τὰς κλίνας χρυσᾶς, εἰ δὲ μὴ σιωπήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς διακόνους αὐτούς.

Λυκῖνος

ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

Ἀδείμαντος

τὰ σὰ ῥυθμιεῖς πιθανώτερον, ὦ Λυκῖνε, μετʼ ὀλίγον, ἐπειδὰν αὐτὸς αἰτῇς.

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 21 focus

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ

Ἄνθρωπε, μή μοι ¹ ἀνάλυε τὴν εὐχήν. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τὰς ² τραπέζας ὅλας χρυσᾶς ποιήσομαι καὶ τὰς κλίνας χρυσᾶς, εἰ δὲ μὴ σιωπήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς διακόνους αὐτούς.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

Translations (1)

The ship or the wishes Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 21 focus

LYCINUS

Then how will the cup-bearer serve a full goblet as heavy as that? And how will you take it from him without an effort? It won’t be a cup he offers, but a weight as heavy as Sisyphus’s rock! ¹

ADIMANTUS

Man, don’t pick my wish to pieces. I’ll make my tables of solid gold too and my couches of gold and, if you don’t keep quiet, my servants as well.

LYCINUS

Take care you don’t become a Midas and have your bread and drink turned to gold, and wretched in your riches perish, destroyed by a famine of superabundance.

Lucian Navigium 21

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

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Lycinus

I daresay! And how is your cupbearer going to hand you a thing of that weight, when he has filled it? And how will you like taking it from him? It would tax the muscles of a Sisyphus, let alone a cupbearer’s.

Adimantus

Oh, don’t keep on picking holes in my Wish. I shall have tables and couches of solid gold, if I like; and servants too, if you say another word.

Lycinus

Well, take care, or you will be like Midas, with nothing but gold to eat and drink; and die of a right royal hunger, a martyr to superabundance.

Adimantus

Your turn will come presently, Lycinus, and then you can be as realistic as you like.

Current edition Perseus

Λυκῖνος

εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

Ἀδείμαντος

ἄνθρωπε, μή μʼ ἀνάλυε τὴν εὐχήν. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τραπέζας ὅλας χρυσᾶς ποιήσομαι καὶ τὰς κλίνας χρυσᾶς, εἰ δὲ μὴ σιωπήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς διακόνους αὐτούς.

Λυκῖνος

ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

Ἀδείμαντος

τὰ σὰ ῥυθμιεῖς πιθανώτερον, ὦ Λυκῖνε, μετʼ ὀλίγον, ἐπειδὰν αὐτὸς αἰτῇς.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

LYCINUS

Then how will the cup-bearer serve a full goblet as heavy as that? And how will you take it from him without an effort? It won’t be a cup he offers, but a weight as heavy as Sisyphus’s rock! ¹

ADIMANTUS

Man, don’t pick my wish to pieces. I’ll make my tables of solid gold too and my couches of gold and, if you don’t keep quiet, my servants as well.

LYCINUS

Take care you don’t become a Midas and have your bread and drink turned to gold, and wretched in your riches perish, destroyed by a famine of superabundance.

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Lycinus I daresay! And how is your cupbearer going to hand you a thing of that weight, when he has filled it? And how will you like taking it from him? It would tax the muscles of a Sisyphus, let alone a cupbearer’s.

Adimantus Oh, don’t keep on picking holes in my Wish. I shall have tables and couches of solid gold, if I like; and servants too, if you say another word.

Lycinus Well, take care, or you will be like Midas, with nothing but gold to eat and drink; and die of a right royal hunger, a martyr to superabundance.

Adimantus Your turn will come presently, Lycinus, and then you can be as realistic as you like.

Current edition Perseus

Λυκῖνος εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

Ἀδείμαντος ἄνθρωπε, μή μʼ ἀνάλυε τὴν εὐχήν. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τραπέζας ὅλας χρυσᾶς ποιήσομαι καὶ τὰς κλίνας χρυσᾶς, εἰ δὲ μὴ σιωπήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς διακόνους αὐτούς.

Λυκῖνος ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

Ἀδείμαντος τὰ σὰ ῥυθμιεῖς πιθανώτερον, ὦ Λυκῖνε, μετʼ ὀλίγον, ἐπειδὰν αὐτὸς αἰτῇς.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

LYCINUS Then how will the cup-bearer serve a full goblet as heavy as that? And how will you take it from him without an effort? It won’t be a cup he offers, but a weight as heavy as Sisyphus’s rock! 1

ADIMANTUS Man, don’t pick my wish to pieces. I’ll make my tables of solid gold too and my couches of gold and, if you don’t keep quiet, my servants as well.

LYCINUS Take care you don’t become a Midas and have your bread and drink turned to gold, and wretched in your riches perish, destroyed by a famine of superabundance.

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Lycinus

I daresay! And how is your cupbearer going to hand you a thing of that weight, when he has filled it? And how will you like taking it from him? It would tax the muscles of a Sisyphus, let alone a cupbearer’s.

Adimantus

Oh, don’t keep on picking holes in my Wish. I shall have tables and couches of solid gold, if I like; and servants too, if you say another word.

Lycinus

Well, take care, or you will be like Midas, with nothing but gold to eat and drink; and die of a right royal hunger, a martyr to superabundance.

Adimantus

Your turn will come presently, Lycinus, and then you can be as realistic as you like.

Λυκῖνος

εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

Ἀδείμαντος

ἄνθρωπε, μή μʼ ἀνάλυε τὴν εὐχήν. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τραπέζας ὅλας χρυσᾶς ποιήσομαι καὶ τὰς κλίνας χρυσᾶς, εἰ δὲ μὴ σιωπήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς διακόνους αὐτούς.

Λυκῖνος

ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

Ἀδείμαντος

τὰ σὰ ῥυθμιεῖς πιθανώτερον, ὦ Λυκῖνε, μετʼ ὀλίγον, ἐπειδὰν αὐτὸς αἰτῇς.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Εἶτα πῶς ὁ οἰνοχόος ὀρέξει πλῆρες οὕτω βαρὺ ἔκπωμα; ἢ σὺ δέξῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἀμογητὶ οὐ σκύφον, ἀλλὰ Σισύφειόν τι βάρος ἀναδιδόντος;

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ὅρα μόνον μὴ ὥσπερ τῷ Μίδᾳ καὶ ὁ ἄρτος σοι καὶ τὸ ποτὸν χρυσὸς γένηται καὶ πλουτῶν ἄθλιος ἀπόλῃ λιμῷ διαφθαρεὶς πολυτελεῖ.

LYCINUS

Then how will the cup-bearer serve a full goblet as heavy as that? And how will you take it from him without an effort? It won’t be a cup he offers, but a weight as heavy as Sisyphus’s rock! ¹

ADIMANTUS

Man, don’t pick my wish to pieces. I’ll make my tables of solid gold too and my couches of gold and, if you don’t keep quiet, my servants as well.

LYCINUS

Take care you don’t become a Midas and have your bread and drink turned to gold, and wretched in your riches perish, destroyed by a famine of superabundance.