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Σάμιππος

οἶσθα, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ὅπου ἡμᾶς ἀπέλιπεν; ὁπότε, οἶμαι, τὸ ὡραῖον ἐκεῖνο μειράκιον ἐκ τῆς θαλάμης προῆλθε τὸ τὴν καθαρὰν ὀθόνην ἐνδεδυκός, ἀναδεδεμένον εἰς τοὐπίσω τὴν κόμην ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα τοῦ μετώπου ἀπηγμένην. εἰ τοίνυν ἐγὼ Ἀδείμαντον οἶδα, οἶμαι, γλαφυρὸν οὕτω θέαμα ἐκεῖνος ἰδὼν μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσας τῷ Αἰγυπτίῳ ναυπηγῷ περιηγουμένῳ το πλοῖον παρέστηκε δακρύων, ὥσπερ εἴωθε· ταχύδακρυς γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐς τὰ ἐρωτικά.

Λυκῖνος

καὶ μὴν οὐ πάνυ καλός, ὦ Σάμιππε, ὁ μειρακίσκος ἔδοξέ μοι, ὡς ἂν καὶ Ἀδείμαντον ἐκπλῆξαι, ᾧ τοσοῦτοι Ἀθήνησι καλοὶ ἕπονται, πάντες ἐλεύθεροι, στωμύλοι τὸ φθέγμα, παλαίστρας ἀποπνέοντες, οἷς καὶ παραδακρῦσαι οὐκ ἀγεννές· οὗτος δὲ πρὸς τῷ μελάγχρους εἶναι 249 καὶ πρόχειλός ἐστι καὶ λεπτὸς ἄγαν τοῖν σκελοῖν, καὶ ἐφθέγγετο ἐπισεσυρμένον τι καὶ συνεχὲς καὶ ἐπίτροχον, Ἑλληνιστὶ μέν, ἐς τὸ πάτριον δὲ τῷ ψόφῳ καὶ τῷ τῆς φωνῆς τόνῳ, ἡ κόμη δὲ καὶ ἐς τοὐπίσω ὁ πλόκαμος συνεσπειραμένος οὐκ ἐλεύθερον αὐτόν φησιν εἶναι.

Navigium. Lucian. ed. Karl Jacobitz. Leipzig. 1913.

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

Editions (1)

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 2 focus

ΣΑΜΙΠΠΟΣ

Οἶσθα οὖν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ὅπου ἡμᾶς ἀπέλιπεν; ὁπότε, οἶμαι, τὸ ὡραῖον ἐκεῖνο μειράκιον ἐκ τῆς θαλάμης προῆλθε τὸ τὴν καθαρὰν ὀθόνην ἐνδεδυκός, ἀναδεδεμένον ἐς τοὐπίσω τὴν κόμην ἐπ' ἀμφότερα τοῦ μετώπου ἀπηγμένην. εἰ τοίνυν ἐγὼ Ἀδείμαντον οἶδα, οἶμαι, γλαφυρὸν οὕτω θέαμα ἐκεῖνος ἰδὼν μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσας τῷ Αἰγυπτίῳ ναυπηγῷ περιηγουμένῳ τὸ πλοῖον παρέστηκε δακρύων, ὥσπερ εἴωθε. ταχύδακρυς γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐς τὰ ἐρωτικά.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Καὶ μὴν οὐ πάνυ καλός, ὦ Σάμιππε, ὁ μειρακίσκος ἔδοξέ μοι, ὡς ἂν καὶ Ἀδείμαντον ἐκπλῆξαι, ᾧ τοσοῦτοι Ἀθήνησι καλοὶ ἕπονται, πάντες ἐλεύθεροι, στωμύλοι τὸ φθέγμα, παλαίστρας ἀποπνέοντες, οἶς καὶ παραδακρῦσαι οὐκ ἀγεννές. οὗτος δὲ πρὸς τῷ μελάγχρους εἶναι καὶ πρόχειλός ἐστι καὶ λεπτὸς ἄγαν τοῖν σκελοῖν, καὶ ἐφθέγγετο ἐπισεσυρμένον τι καὶ συνεχὲς καὶ ἐπίτροχον, Ἑλληνιστὶ μέν, ἐς τὸ πάτριον δὲ τῷ ψόφῳ καὶ τῷ τῆς φωνῆς τόνῳ, ἡ κόμη δὲ καὶ ἐς τοὐπίσω ὁ πλόκαμος συνεσπειραμένος οὐκ ἐλεύθερόν ¹ φησιν αὐτὸν εἶναι.

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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).) — 2 focus

SAMIPPUS

Do you know at what point he left us, Lycinus? I think it was when that pretty lad came out of the hold, the one in pure white linen, with his hair tied back over both sides of his forehead. If I know Adimantus, I think that when he saw that dainty sight he bade a long farewell to the Egyptian shipwright who was showing us round the ship, and just stood there, weeping as usual. He’s quick at tears when Cupid’s about.

LYCINUS

Well, Samippus, the young lad didn’t seem to me very pretty, not enough to excite Adimantus at any rate. He has a crowd of beauties following him in Athens, all of them free-born, full of chatter, and breathing wrestling-schools; it wouldn’t be ignoble even to weep in their presence. This fellow is not only dark-skinned, but thick-lipped and too thin in the leg. He spoke in a slovenly manner, one long, continuous prattle; he spoke Greek, but his accent and intonation pointed to his native-land. His hair coiled in a plait behind shows he is not freeborn.

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.) — 2 focus

Samippus

You see when it was we lost him, Lycinus? It must have been when that nice-looking boy came up from the hold, you know, with the beautiful clean linen, and his hair parted in the middle and done up in a knot behind. If I know anything of Adimantus, he no sooner saw that charming sight, than he said good-bye to the Egyptian ship-wright who was showing us round; and now stands urging his tearful suit. You know his way; tears come natural to him in these affairs of the heart.

Lycinus

Well, but, Samippus, this boy was nothing great, that he should make such a conquest; Adimantus has the beauties of Athens at his beck; nice gentlemanly boys, with good Greek on their tongues, and the mark of the gymnasium on every muscle; a man may languish under their rigours with some credit. As for this fellow, to say nothing of his dark skin, and protruding lips, and spindle shanks, his words came tumbling out in a heap, one on the top of another; it was Greek, of course, but the voice, the accent were Egyptian born. And then his hair: no freeman ever had his hair tied up in a knot behind like that.

Lucian Navigium 2

ed. Karl Jacobitz

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