Lucian, Navigium, ed. Karl Jacobitz, 20

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Τιμόλαος

ἄμεινον ἦν πιθανώτερον αὐτὸ ποιεῖν καί τινα θησαυρὸν ὑπὸ τῇ κλίνῃ ἀνευρεῖν, ὡς μὴ πράγματα ἔχοις ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου μετατιθεὶς χρυσίον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ.

Ἀδείμαντος

εὖ λέγεις, καὶ ἀνορωρύχθω θησαυρὸς ὑπὸ τὸν Ἑρμῆν τὸν λίθινον, ὅς ἐστιν ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, μέδιμνοι χίλιοι χρυσίου ἐπισήμου. εὐθὺς οὖν κατὰ τὸν Ἡσίοδον οἶκος τὸ πρῶτον, ὡς ἂν ἐπισημότατα οἰκοίην, 262 καὶ τὰ περὶ τὸ ἄστυ πάντα ὠνησάμην ἤδη πλὴν ὅσα Ἰσθμοῖ καὶ Πυθοῖ, καὶ ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι ὅσα ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ καὶ περὶ τὸν Ἰσθμὸν ὀλίγα τῶν ἀγώνων ἕνεκα, εἴ ποτε δὴ τὰ Ἴσθμια ἐπιδημήσαιμι, καὶ τὸ Σικυώνιον πεδίον, καὶ ὅλως εἴ πού τι συνηρεφὲς ἢ ἔνυδρον ἢ εὔκαρπον ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι, πάντα ἐν ὀλίγῳ Ἀδειμάντου ἔστω. ὁ χρυσὸς δὲ κοῖλος ἡμῖν ἐμφαγεῖν, τὰ δὲ ἐκπώματα οὐ κοῦφα ὡς τὰ Ἐχεκράτους, ἀλλὰ διτάλαντον ἕκαστον τὴν ὁλκήν.

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.)

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Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 20 focus

ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ

Ἄμεινον γὰρ ἦν πιθανώτερον αὐτὸ ποιεῖν και τινα θησαυρὸν ὑπὸ τῇ κλίνῃ ἀνευρεῖν, ὡς μὴ πράγματα ἔχοις ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου μετατιθεὶς χρυσίον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ.

ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ

Εὖ λέγεις, καὶ ἀνορωρύχθω θησαυρὸς ὑπὸ τὸν Ἑρμῆν τὸν λίθινον, ὅς ἐστιν ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, μέδιμνοι χίλιοι ἐπισήμου χρυσίου. εὐθὺς οὖν κατὰ τὸν Ἡσίοδον οἶκος τὸ πρῶτον, ὡς ἂν ἐπισημότατα οἰκοίην, καὶ τὰ περὶ τὸ ἄστυ πάντα ὠνησάμην ἤδη πλὴν ὅσα θύμον καὶ λίθοι, ¹ καὶ ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι ὅσα ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ καὶ περὶ τὸν Ἰσθμὸν ὀλίγα τῶν ἀγώνων ἕνεκα, εἴ ποτε δὴ τὰ Ἴσθμια ἐπιδημήσαιμι, καὶ τὸ Σικυώνιον πεδίον, καὶ ὅλως εἴ πού τι ἢ συνηρεφὲς ἢ ἔνυδρον ἢ εὔκαρπον ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι, πάντα ἐν ὀλίγῳ Ἀδειμάντου ἔσται. ὁ χρυσὸς δὲ κοῖλος ἡμῖν ἐμφαγεῖν, τὰ δὲ ἐκπώματα οὐ κοῦφα ὡς τὰ Ἐχεκράτους, ἀλλὰ διτάλαντον ἕκαστον τὴν ὁλκήν.

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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).) — 20 focus

TIMOLAUS

Better make it more credible and find some treasure under your bed. Then you won’t have trouble in transferring the gold from the ship to Athens.

ADIMANTUS

You’re quite right. Let treasure be dug up under the stone Hermes that’s in my court, a thousand bushels of minted gold. Then immediately a house, as Hesiod says, ¹ first, that I may be housed most splendidly. I have already bought up all the land round the Acropolis, except for the thyme and stones, and the sea-front at Eleusis, and a few acres round the Isthmus for the games, in case I want to see them there, and the plain of Sicyon. In short every thickly-shaded, well-watered, or fruitful spot in Greece will soon belong to Adimantus. Let us have gold plate to eat from, and goblets—not light-weight pieces like those of Echecrates, but two talents each in weight.

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.) — 20 focus

Timolaus

You should make it more plausible. Find a treasure under your bed; that would save unloading the gold, and getting it up to town.

Adimantus

Oh yes! It shall be dug up from under the Hermes in our court; a thousand bushels of coined gold. Well; my first thought has been for a handsome house,—‘the homestead first and chiefest,’ says Hesiod; and my purchases in the neighbourhood are now complete; there remains my property at Delphi, and the sea-front at Eleusis; and a little something at the Isthmus (I might want to stop there for the games); and the plain of Sicyon; and in short every scrap of land in the country where there is nice shade, or a good stream, or fine fruit; I reserve them all. We will eat off gold plate; and our cups shall weigh 100 lb. apiece; I will have none of the flimsy ware that appears on Echecrates’s table.

Lucian Navigium 20

ed. Karl Jacobitz

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Τιμόλαος

ἄμεινον ἦν πιθανώτερον αὐτὸ ποιεῖν καί τινα θησαυρὸν ὑπὸ τῇ κλίνῃ ἀνευρεῖν, ὡς μὴ πράγματα ἔχοις ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου μετατιθεὶς χρυσίον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ.

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TIMOLAUS

Better make it more credible and find some treasure under your bed. Then you won’t have trouble in transferring the gold from the ship to Athens.

Timolaus

You should make it more plausible. Find a treasure under your bed; that would save unloading the gold, and getting it up to town.

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Τιμόλαος ἄμεινον ἦν πιθανώτερον αὐτὸ ποιεῖν καί τινα θησαυρὸν ὑπὸ τῇ κλίνῃ ἀνευρεῖν, ὡς μὴ πράγματα ἔχοις ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου μετατιθεὶς χρυσίον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ.

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TIMOLAUS Better make it more credible and find some treasure under your bed. Then you won’t have trouble in transferring the gold from the ship to Athens.

Timolaus You should make it more plausible. Find a treasure under your bed; that would save unloading the gold, and getting it up to town.

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Τιμόλαος

ἄμεινον ἦν πιθανώτερον αὐτὸ ποιεῖν καί τινα θησαυρὸν ὑπὸ τῇ κλίνῃ ἀνευρεῖν, ὡς μὴ πράγματα ἔχοις ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου μετατιθεὶς χρυσίον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ.

TIMOLAUS

Better make it more credible and find some treasure under your bed. Then you won’t have trouble in transferring the gold from the ship to Athens.

Timolaus

You should make it more plausible. Find a treasure under your bed; that would save unloading the gold, and getting it up to town.