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ΤΙΜΟΛΑΟΣ

τοιαῦτα καὶ σφᾶς καταλαβεῖν ἔφασκεν ὁ ναύκληρος ἔτι καὶ νυκτὸς οὔσης καὶ ζόφου ἀκριβοῦς. ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν οἰμωγὴν αὐτῶν ἐπικλασθέντας τοὺς θεοὺς πῦρ τε ἀναδεῖξαι ἀπὸ τῆς Λυκίας, ὡς γνωρίσαι τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον, καί τινα λαμπρὸν ἀστέρα Διοσκούρων τὸν ἕτερον ἐπικαθίσαι τῷ καρχησίῳ καὶ κατευθῦναι τὴν ναῦν ἐπὶ τὰ λαιὰ ἐς τὸ πέλαγος ἤδη τῷ κρημνῷ προσφερομένην. τοὐντεῦθεν δὲ ἅπαξ τῆς ὀρθῆς ἐκπεσόντας διὰ τοῦ Αἰγαίου πλεύσαντας ἑβδομηκοστῇ ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου ἡμέρᾳ πρὸς ἀντίους τοὺς ἐτησίας πλαγιάζοντας ἐς Πειραιᾶ χθὲς καθορμίσασθαι τοσοῦτον ἀποσυρέντας ἐς τὸ κάτω, οὓς ἔδει τὴν Κρήτην δεξιὰν λαβόντας ὑπὲρ τὴν ¹ Μαλέαν πλεύσαντας ἤδη εἶναι ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ.

ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη τῆς ὁδοῦ.

Navigium. Lucian of Samosata. ed. Kenneth Kilburn. Medford, MA. Perseus 5.0.

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

Editions (1)

Πλοῖον ἢ Εὐχαί Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 3. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1913.) — 9 focus

Τιμόλαος

τοιαῦτα καὶ σφᾶς καταλαβεῖν ἔφασκεν ὁ ναύκληρος ἔτι καὶ νυκτὸς οὔσης καὶ ζόφου ἀκριβοῦς· ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν οἰμωγὴν αὐτῶν ἐπικλασθέντας τοὺς θεοὺς πῦρ τε ἀναδεῖξαι ἀπὸ τῆς Λυκίας, ὡς γνωρίσαι τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον, καί τινα λαμπρὸν ἀστέρα Διοσκούρων τὸν ἕτερον ἐπικαθίσαι τῷ καρχησίῳ καὶ κατευθῦναι τὴν ναῦν ἐπὶ τὰ λαιὰ ἐς τὸ πέλαγος ἤδη τῷ κρημνῷ προσφερομένην· τοὐντεῦθεν δὲ ἅπαξ τῆς ὀρθῆς ἐκπεσόντας διὰ τοῦ Αἰγαίου πλεύσαντας ἑβδομηκοστῇ ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου ἡμέρᾳ πρὸς ἀντίους τοὺς ἐτησίας πλαγιάζοντας ἐς Πειραιᾶ χθὲς καθορμίσασθαι τοσοῦτον ἀποσυρέντας ἐς τὸ κάτω, οὓς ἔδει τὴν Κρήτην δεξιὰν λαβόντας ὑπὲρ τὴν Μαλέαν πλεύσαντας ἤδη εἶναι ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ.

Λυκῖνος

νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη 255 τῆς ὁδοῦ.

Translations (2)

The ship or the wishes Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 9 focus

TIMOLAUS

This is what the captain said they found when it was still night and pitch dark. But the gods were moved by their lamentations, and showed fire from Lycia, so that they knew the place. One of the Dioscuri ¹ put a bright star ² on the masthead, and guided the ship in a turn to port into the open sea, just as it was driving on to the cliff. Then, having now lost their course, they sailed across the Aegean beating up with the trade winds against them, and yesterday, seventy days after leaving Egypt, they anchored in Piraeus, after being driven so far downwind. They should have kept Crete to starboard, and sailed beyond Malea so as to be in Italy by now.

LYCINUS

Upon my word, that’s an amazing pilot you speak of, this Heron, as old as Nereus, ³ who went so far astray.

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.) — 9 focus

Timolaus

This was the kind of thing they found themselves in for, according to the master,—and ona pitch dark night! However, the Gods were moved by their distress, and showed them a fire that enabled them to identify the Lycian coast; and a bright star—either Castor or Pollux—appeared at the masthead, and guided the ship into the open sea on their left; just in time, for she was making straight for the cliff. Having once lost their proper course, they sailed on through the Aegean, bearing up against the Etesian winds, until they came to anchor in Piraeus yesterday, being the seventieth day of the voyage; you see how far they had been carried out of their way; whereas if they had taken Crete on their right, they would have doubled Malea, and been at Rome by this time.

Lycinus

A pretty pilot this Heron, and no mistake, to get so far out in his reckoning;

Notes on the current edition

Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί

1. τὴν Reitz: τὸν MSS.

Lucian of Samosata Navigium 9

ed. Kenneth Kilburn

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ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη τῆς ὁδοῦ.

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Λυκῖνος

νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη 255 τῆς ὁδοῦ.

LYCINUS

Upon my word, that’s an amazing pilot you speak of, this Heron, as old as Nereus, ³ who went so far astray.

Lycinus

A pretty pilot this Heron, and no mistake, to get so far out in his reckoning;

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ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη τῆς ὁδοῦ.

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Λυκῖνος νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη 255 τῆς ὁδοῦ.

LYCINUS Upon my word, that’s an amazing pilot you speak of, this Heron, as old as Nereus, 3 who went so far astray.

Lycinus A pretty pilot this Heron, and no mistake, to get so far out in his reckoning;

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ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ

Νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη τῆς ὁδοῦ.

Λυκῖνος

νὴ Δία, θαυμάσιόν τινα φὴς κυβερνήτην τὸν Ἥρωνα ἢ τοῦ Νηρέως ἡλικιώτην, ὃς τοσοῦτον ἀπεσφάλη 255 τῆς ὁδοῦ.

LYCINUS

Upon my word, that’s an amazing pilot you speak of, this Heron, as old as Nereus, ³ who went so far astray.

Lycinus

A pretty pilot this Heron, and no mistake, to get so far out in his reckoning;