Lucian, Navigium, Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator), 37

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Lycinus

Every single trooper of them is making straight for me, as if I were the only foeman worthy of their steel. If they go on like this, I think I shall have to turn tail and make for the gymnasium, and leave you to fight it out.

Samippus

Nonsense; you have almost beaten them already. Now, observe, the king challenges me to single combat; honour forbids that I should draw back; I accordingly engage him,

Lycinus

To be sure; and are promptly wounded. No king should omit to receive a wound, when empire is at stake.

Samippus

Well, yes; I do get just a scratch; it is well out of sight, however, so the scar will be no disfigurement. On the other hand, observe the fury of my charge: I send my spear through horse and rider at one stroke; cut off the royal head; remove the diadem therefrom, and am saluted as king with universal prostrations.

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.) — 37 focus

Λυκῖνος

ὢ τῆς τύχης· ἐπʼ ἐμὲ γὰρ οἱ ἱππεῖς ἅπαντες καὶ μόνος ἐπιτήδειος αὐτοῖς ἔδοξα ἐπελαύνεσθαι. καί μοι δοκῶ, ἢν βιάζωνται, αὐτομολήσειν προσδραμὼν ἐς τὴν παλαίστραν ἔτι πολεμοῦντας ὑμᾶς καταλιπών.

Σάμιππος

μηδαμῶς· κρατεῖς γὰρ αὐτῶν καὶ σὺ ἤδη τὸ μέρος. ἐγὼ δέ, ὡς ὁρᾷς, καὶ μονομαχήσω πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· προκαλεῖται γάρ με καὶ ἀναδῦναι πάντως αἰσχρόν. 273

Λυκῖνος

νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ· βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

Σάμιππος

εὖ λέγεις. ἐπιπόλαιον μέν μοι τὸ τραῦμα καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὰ φανερὰ τοῦ σώματος, ὡς μηδὲ τὴν οὐλὴν ὕστερον ἄμορφον γενέσθαι. πλὴν ἀλλὰ ὁρᾷς ὅπως ἐπελάσας μιᾷ πληγῇ αὐτόν τε καὶ τὸν ἵππον διέπειρα τὴν λόγχην ἀφείς, εἶτα τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτεμὼν καὶ ἀφελὼν τὸ διάδημα βασιλεὺς ἤδη γέγονα προσκυνούμενος ὑφʼ ἁπάντων;

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 37 focus

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Ὢ τῆς τύχης. ἐπ' ἐμὲ γὰρ οἱ ἱππεῖς ἅπαντες καὶ μόνος ἐπιτήδειος αὐτοῖς ἔδοξα ἐπελαύνεσθαι. καί μοι δοκῶ, ἢν βιάζωνται, αὐτομολήσειν προσδραμὼν ἐς τὴν παλαίστραν ἔτι πολεμοῦντας ὑμᾶς καταλιπών.

ΣΑΜΙΠΠΟΣ

Μηδαμῶς. κρατεῖς γὰρ αὐτῶν καὶ σὺ ἤδη τὸ μέρος. ἐγὼ δέ, ὡς ὁρᾷς, καὶ μονομαχήσω πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· προκαλεῖται γάρ με καὶ ἀναδῦναι πάντως αἰσχρόν.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ. βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

ΣΑΜΙΠΠΟΣ

Εὖ λέγεις. ἐπιπόλαιον μέντοι ¹ τὸ τραῦμα καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὰ φανερὰ τοῦ σώματος, ὡς μηδὲ τὴν οὐλὴν ὕστερον ἄμορφον γενέσθαι. πλὴν ἀλλὰ ὁρᾷς ὅπως ἐπελάσας μιᾷ πληγῇ αὐτόν τε καὶ τὸν ἵππον διέπειρα τὴν λόγχην ἀφείς, εἶτα τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτεμὼν καὶ ἀφελὼν τὸ διάδημα βασιλεὺς ἤδη γέγονα προσκυνούμενος ὑφ' ἁπάντων; οἱ βάρβαροι προσκυνείτωσαν.

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).) — 37 focus

LYCINUS

Oh, what luck! All the cavalry are charging against me, and they’ve thought me alone worth attacking. Well, if they press me hard, I fancy I shall desert and run away to the gymnasium and leave you behind still fighting your war.

SAMIPPUS

Don’t do that! You are already mastering them on your side. Now, as you see, I am going to fight the king in single combat. He is challenging me, and to refuse would be absolutely disgraceful.

LYCINUS

Yes, and you’ll be wounded by him in a moment. It’s a royal privilege to be wounded fighting for your empire.

SAMIPPUS

You are right. Still, it’s only a slight wound and not in an exposed place, so the scar won’t disfigure me afterwards. But did you see how I charged him and ran him through and his horse too with one throw of my spear, and then cut off his head and stripped him of his diadem and now I am the Great King with everyone doing obeisance? Let the barbarians do obeisance!

Lucian Navigium 37

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

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Lycinus

Every single trooper of them is making straight for me, as if I were the only foeman worthy of their steel. If they go on like this, I think I shall have to turn tail and make for the gymnasium, and leave you to fight it out.

Samippus

Nonsense; you have almost beaten them already. Now, observe, the king challenges me to single combat; honour forbids that I should draw back; I accordingly engage him,

Lycinus

To be sure; and are promptly wounded. No king should omit to receive a wound, when empire is at stake.

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Λυκῖνος

νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ· βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ. βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

LYCINUS

Oh, what luck! All the cavalry are charging against me, and they’ve thought me alone worth attacking. Well, if they press me hard, I fancy I shall desert and run away to the gymnasium and leave you behind still fighting your war.

SAMIPPUS

Don’t do that! You are already mastering them on your side. Now, as you see, I am going to fight the king in single combat. He is challenging me, and to refuse would be absolutely disgraceful.

LYCINUS

Yes, and you’ll be wounded by him in a moment. It’s a royal privilege to be wounded fighting for your empire.

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Lycinus Every single trooper of them is making straight for me, as if I were the only foeman worthy of their steel. If they go on like this, I think I shall have to turn tail and make for the gymnasium, and leave you to fight it out.

Samippus Nonsense; you have almost beaten them already. Now, observe, the king challenges me to single combat; honour forbids that I should draw back; I accordingly engage him,

Lycinus To be sure; and are promptly wounded. No king should omit to receive a wound, when empire is at stake.

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Λυκῖνος νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ· βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ. βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

LYCINUS Oh, what luck! All the cavalry are charging against me, and they’ve thought me alone worth attacking. Well, if they press me hard, I fancy I shall desert and run away to the gymnasium and leave you behind still fighting your war.

SAMIPPUS Don’t do that! You are already mastering them on your side. Now, as you see, I am going to fight the king in single combat. He is challenging me, and to refuse would be absolutely disgraceful.

LYCINUS Yes, and you’ll be wounded by him in a moment. It’s a royal privilege to be wounded fighting for your empire.

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Lycinus

Every single trooper of them is making straight for me, as if I were the only foeman worthy of their steel. If they go on like this, I think I shall have to turn tail and make for the gymnasium, and leave you to fight it out.

Samippus

Nonsense; you have almost beaten them already. Now, observe, the king challenges me to single combat; honour forbids that I should draw back; I accordingly engage him,

Lycinus

To be sure; and are promptly wounded. No king should omit to receive a wound, when empire is at stake.

Λυκῖνος

νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ· βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Νὴ Δία καὶ τετρώσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα πρὸς αὐτοῦ. βασιλικὸν γὰρ καὶ τὸ τρωθῆναι περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς μαχόμενον.

LYCINUS

Oh, what luck! All the cavalry are charging against me, and they’ve thought me alone worth attacking. Well, if they press me hard, I fancy I shall desert and run away to the gymnasium and leave you behind still fighting your war.

SAMIPPUS

Don’t do that! You are already mastering them on your side. Now, as you see, I am going to fight the king in single combat. He is challenging me, and to refuse would be absolutely disgraceful.

LYCINUS

Yes, and you’ll be wounded by him in a moment. It’s a royal privilege to be wounded fighting for your empire.