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Hephaestus and Apollo

HEPHAESTUS

Have you seen how bonny Maia’s newborn baby ¹ is, Apollo, and what a nice smile it has for everyone? You can see already it’ll be a real treasure.

APOLLO

That baby a real treasure, Hephaestus? Why, it’s already older than Iapetus ² when it comes to mischief.

HEPHAESTUS

What harm could it do? It was born only the other day.

APOLLO

Ask Poseidon—it stole his trident—or Ares—it filched his sword out of his scabbard—not to mention myself—it disarmed me of my bow and arrows.

HEPHAESTUS

What? That newborn infant, which can hardly stand up, and is still in its baby-clothes?

APOLLO

You’ll see for yourself, my dear fellow, if he gets near you.

HEPHAESTUS

But he’s already been near me.

APOLLO

And what happened? Still got all your tools? None gone?

HEPHAESTUS

All present and correct, Apollo.

APOLLO

All the same, have a really good look.

HEPHAESTUS

Good heavens, I can’t see my tongs.

APOLLO

No, you’ll see them in his baby-clothes.

HEPHAESTUS

Can he have been practising stealing in his mother’s womb, that he’s so light-fingered?

APOLLO

Well, haven’t you heard him speaking? He already has a glib and fluent tongue. And he wants to be our message boy. And yesterday he challenged Eros to wrestle with him, and in no time at all took his feet from under him somehow and had him on the ground. When they were still congratulating him and Aphrodite gave him a hug for winning, he stole her girdle, and, before Zeus had stopped laughing, his sceptre into the bargain; and if his thunderbolt hadn’t been too heavy and scorching hot, he’d have had that too and nobody any the wiser.

HEPHAESTUS

The child’s too sharp for words, by your account.

APOLLO

Yes, and he’s already shown he’s musical.

HEPHAESTUS

How can you tell that?

APOLLO

He picked up a dead tortoise somewhere, and made himself a musical instrument out of it; he’s fitted arms to it, with a yoke across, then driven in pegs, fitted a bridge, and stretched seven strings across; he plays a dainty melody with it, Hephaestus, well in tune, so that even I am green with envy for all my years of practice on the harp. Even at night, Maia was telling me, he wouldn’t stay in heaven, but would go all the way down to Hades out of curiosity—to steal something from there, I’ve no doubt. He has wings on his feet, and has had someone make him a rod with marvellous powers, and with it leads down the souls of the dead.

HEPHAESTUS

I gave him that for a toy.

APOLLO

Well, he’s paid you back for that good and proper—the tongs, you know.

HEPHAESTUS

Thanks for reminding me. I’ll go and get them back, if they’re to be found, as you say, in his baby-clothes.

Dialogi deorum. Lucian of Samosata. Matthew Donald Macleod (Translator). Medford, MA. Perseus 5.0.

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Current edition Perseus

Dialogues of the Gods (English) (Lucian, Vol. 7. Macleod, Matthew Donald, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961 (unrenewed copyright).)

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Θεῶν Διάλογοι Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 1. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1909.) — 11 focus

Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Σελήνης

Ἀφροδίτη

τί ταῦτα, ὦ Σελήνη, φασὶ ποιεῖν σε; ὁπόταν κατὰ τὴν Καρίαν γένῃ, ἱστάναι μέν σε τὸ ζεῦγος ἀφορῶσαν ἐς τὸν Ἐνδυμίωνα καθεύδοντα ὑπαίθριον ἅτε κυνηγέτην ὄντα, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ καταβαίνειν παρʼ αὐτὸν ἐκ μέσης τῆς ὁδοῦ;

Σελήνης

ἐρώτα, ὦ Ἀφροδίτη, τὸν σὸν υἱόν, ὅς μοι τούτων αἴτιος.

Ἀφροδίτη

ἔα· ἐκεῖνος ὑβριστής ἐστιν· ἐμὲ γοῦν αὐτὴν τὴν μητέρα οἷα δέδρακεν, ἄρτι μὲν ἐς τὴν Ἴδην κατάγων Ἀγχίσου ἕνεκα τοῦ Ἰλιέως, ἄρτι δὲ ἐς τὸν Λίβανον ἐπὶ τὸ Ἀσσύριον ἐκεῖνο μειράκιον, ὃ καὶ τῇ Φερσεφάττῃ ἐπέραστον ποιήσας ἐξ ἡμισείας ἀφείλετό με τὸν ἐρώμενον· 232 ὥστε πολλάκις ἠπείλησα, εἰ μὴ παύσεται τοιαῦτα ποιῶν, κλάσειν μὲν αὐτοῦ τὰ τόξα καὶ τὴν φαρέτραν, περιαιρήσειν δὲ καὶ τὰ πτερά· ἤδη δὲ καὶ πληγὰς αὐτῷ ἐνέτεινα ἐς τὰς πυγὰς τῷ σανδάλῳ· ὁ δὲ οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπως τὸ παραυτίκα δεδιὼς καὶ ἱκετεύων μετʼ ὀλίγον ἐπιλέλησται ἁπάντων.

Ἀφροδίτη

ἀτὰρ εἰπέ μοι, καλὸς ὁ Ἐνδυμίων ἐστίν; εὐπαραμύθητον γὰρ οὕτως τὸ δεινόν.

Σελήνης

ἐμοὶ μὲν καὶ πάνυ καλός, ὦ Ἀφροδίτη, δοκεῖ, καὶ μάλιστα ὅταν ὑποβαλόμενος ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας τὴν χλαμύδα καθεύδῃ τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν ἔχων τὰ ἀκόντια ἤδη ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς ὑπορρέοντα, ἡ δεξιὰ δὲ περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐς τὸ ἄνω ἐπικεκλασμένη ἐπιπρέπῃ τῷ προσώπῳ περικειμένη, ὁ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου λελυμένος ἀναπνέῃ τὸ ἀμβρόσιον ἐκεῖνο ἆσθμα. τότε τοίνυν ἐγὼ ἀψοφητὶ κατιοῦσα ἐπʼ ἄκρων τῶν δακτύλων βεβηκυῖα, ὡς ἂν μὴ ἀνεγρόμενος ἐκταραχθείη — οἶσθα· τί οὖν ἄν σοι λέγοιμι τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα; πλὴν ἀπόλλυμαί γε ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος.

Θεῶν διάλογοι Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 7. Macleod, Matthew Donald, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961 (unrenewed copyright).) — 11 focus

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ

220

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Ἑώρακας, ὦ Ἄπολλον, τὸ τῆς Μαίας βρέφος τὸ ἄρτι τεχθέν, ὡς καλόν τέ ἐστι καὶ προσγελᾷ ¹ πᾶσι καὶ δηλοῖ ἤδη μέγα τι ἀγαθὸν ἀποβησόμενον;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Ἐκεῖνο τὸ βρέφος, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, ἦ μέγα ἀγαθόν, ὃ τοῦ Ἰαπετοῦ πρεσβύτερόν ἐστιν ὅσον ἐπὶ τῇ πανουργίᾳ;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Καὶ τί ² ἂν ἀδικῆσαι δύναιτο ἀρτίτοκον ὄν;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Ἐρώτα τὸν Ποσειδῶνα, οὗ τὴν τρίαιναν ἔκλεψεν, ἢ τὸν Ἄρη· καὶ τούτου γὰρ ἐξείλκυσε λαθὸν ἐκ τοῦ κολεοῦ τὸ ξίφος, ἵνα μὴ ἐμαυτὸν λέγω, ὃν ἀφώπλισε τοῦ τόξου καὶ τῶν βελῶν.

221

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Τὸ νεογνὸν ταῦτα, ὃ μόλις ἕστηκε, ³ τὸ ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Εἴσῃ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, ἤν ⁴ σοι προσέλθῃ μόνον.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Καὶ μὴν προσῆλθεν ἤδη.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Τί οὖν; πάντα ἔχεις τὰ ἐργαλεῖα καὶ οὐδὲν ἀπόλωλεν ⁵ αὐτῶν;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Πάντα, ὦ Ἄπολλον.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Ὅμως ἐπίσκεψαι ἀκριβῶς.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Μὰ Δία, τὴν πυράγραν οὐχ ὁρῶ.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Ἀλλ' ὄψει που ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις αὐτὴν τοῦ βρέφους.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Οὕτως ὀξύχειρ ἐστὶ καθάπερ ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ ἐκμελετήσας τὴν κλεπτικήν;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Οὐ γὰρ ἤκουσας αὐτοῦ καὶ λαλοῦντος ἤδη στωμύλα καὶ ἐπίτροχα· ὁ δὲ καὶ διακονεῖσθαι ἡμῖν ἐθέλει. χθὲς δὲ προκαλεσάμενος ⁶ τὸν Ἔρωτα κατεπάλαισεν εὐθὺς οὐκ οἶδ᾽. ὅπως ὑφελὼν ⁷ τὼ πόδε· εἶτα μεταξὺ ἐπαινούμενος τῆς Ἀφροδίτης μὲν τὸν κεστὸν ἔκλεψε προσπτυξαμένης αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῇ νίκῃ, τοῦ Διὸς δὲ γελῶντος ἔτι ⁸ τὸ σκῆπτρον· 222 εἰ δὲ μὴ βαρύτερος ὁ κεραυνὸς ἦν καὶ πολὺ τὸ πῦρ εἶχε, κἀκεῖνον ἂν ὑφείλετο.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Ὑπέρδριμύν ⁹ τινα τὸν παῖδα φῄς.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Οὐ μόνον, ἀλλ’ ἤδη καὶ μουσικόν.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Τῷ τοῦτο τεκμαίρεσθαι ἔχεις;

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ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Χελώνην που νεκρὰν ¹⁰ εὑρὼν ὄργανον ἀπ' αὐτῆς συνεπήξατο· πήχεις γὰρ ἐναρμόσας καὶ ζυγώσας, ἔπειτα κολλάβους ἐμπήξας καὶ μαγάδιον ¹¹ 224 ὑποθεὶς καὶ ἐντεινάμενος ἑπτὰ χορδὰς μελῳδεῖ πάνυ γλαφυρόν, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, καὶ ἐναρμόνιον, ὡς κἀμὲ αὐτῷ φθονεῖν πάλαι κιθαρίζειν ἀσκοῦντα. ¹² ἔλεγε δὲ ἡ Μαῖα, ὡς μηδὲ μένοι τὰς νύκτας ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ περιεργίας ἄχρι τοῦ ᾄδου κατίοι, κλέψων τι κἀκεῖθεν δηλαδή. ὑπόπτερος δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ ῥάβδον τινὰ πεποίηται θαυμασίαν τὴν δύναμιν, ᾗ ψυχαγωγεῖ καὶ κατάγει τοὺς νεκρούς.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Ἐγὼ ἐκείνην ἔδωκα αὐτῷ παίγνιον εἶναι.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Τοιγαροῦν ἀπέδωκέ σοι τὸν μισθόν, τὴν πυάγραν—

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Εὖ γε ὑπέμνησας· ὥστε βαδιοῦμαι ἀποληψόμενος αὐτήν, εἴ που ὡς φῂς εὑρεθείη ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις.

Translations (1)

Dialogues of the Gods Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 1. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 11 focus

XI

Aphrodite

Selene

Aphrodite

What is this I hear about you, Selene? When your car is over Caria, you stop it to gaze at Endymion sleeping hunter-fashion in the open; sometimes, they tell me, you actually get out and go down to him.

Selene

Ah, Aphrodite, ask that son of yours; it is he must answer for it all.

Aphrodite

Well now, what a naughty boy! he gets his own mother into all sorts of scrapes; I must go down, now to Ida for Anchises of Troy, now to Lebanon for my Assyrian stripling;—mine? no, he put Persephone in love with him too, and so robbed me of half my darling. I have told him many a time that if he would not behave himself I would break his artillery for him, and clip his wings; and before now I have smacked his little behind with my slipper. It is no use; he is frightened and cries for a minute or two, and then forgets all about it.

Aphrodite

But tell me, is Endymion handsome? That is always a comfort in our humiliation.

Selene

Most handsome, I think, my dear; you should see him when he has spread out his cloak on the rock and is asleep; his javelins in his left hand, just slipping from his grasp, the right arm bent upwards, making a bright frame to the face, and he breathing softly in helpless slumber. Then I come noiselessly down, treading on tiptoe not to wake and startle him— but there, you know all about it; why tell you the rest? I am dying of love, that is all.

Henry Watson Fowler

Notes on the current edition

Dialogues of the Gods

1. Hermes. For the subject-matter, cf. Homeric Hymn to Hermes and Sophocles’ Ichneutae.

2. Cf. Hesiod, Theogony, 134, and note on p. 263.

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Hephaestus and Apollo

HEPHAESTUS Have you seen how bonny Maia’s newborn baby 1 is, Apollo, and what a nice smile it has for everyone? You can see already it’ll be a real treasure.

APOLLO That baby a real treasure, Hephaestus? Why, it’s already older than Iapetus 2 when it comes to mischief.

HEPHAESTUS What harm could it do? It was born only the other day.

APOLLO Ask Poseidon—it stole his trident—or Ares—it filched his sword out of his scabbard—not to mention myself—it disarmed me of my bow and arrows.

HEPHAESTUS What? That newborn infant, which can hardly stand up, and is still in its baby-clothes?

APOLLO You’ll see for yourself, my dear fellow, if he gets near you.

HEPHAESTUS But he’s already been near me.

APOLLO And what happened? Still got all your tools? None gone?

HEPHAESTUS All present and correct, Apollo.

APOLLO All the same, have a really good look.

HEPHAESTUS Good heavens, I can’t see my tongs.

APOLLO No, you’ll see them in his baby-clothes.

HEPHAESTUS Can he have been practising stealing in his mother’s womb, that he’s so light-fingered?

HEPHAESTUS The child’s too sharp for words, by your account.

APOLLO Yes, and he’s already shown he’s musical.

HEPHAESTUS How can you tell that?

HEPHAESTUS I gave him that for a toy.

APOLLO Well, he’s paid you back for that good and proper—the tongs, you know.

HEPHAESTUS Thanks for reminding me. I’ll go and get them back, if they’re to be found, as you say, in his baby-clothes.

Current edition Perseus

Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Σελήνης

Σελήνης ἐρώτα, ὦ Ἀφροδίτη, τὸν σὸν υἱόν, ὅς μοι τούτων αἴτιος.

Ἀφροδίτη ἀτὰρ εἰπέ μοι, καλὸς ὁ Ἐνδυμίων ἐστίν; εὐπαραμύθητον γὰρ οὕτως τὸ δεινόν.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Ἑώρακας, ὦ Ἄπολλον, τὸ τῆς Μαίας βρέφος τὸ ἄρτι τεχθέν, ὡς καλόν τέ ἐστι καὶ προσγελᾷ 1 πᾶσι καὶ δηλοῖ ἤδη μέγα τι ἀγαθὸν ἀποβησόμενον;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Ἐκεῖνο τὸ βρέφος, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, ἦ μέγα ἀγαθόν, ὃ τοῦ Ἰαπετοῦ πρεσβύτερόν ἐστιν ὅσον ἐπὶ τῇ πανουργίᾳ;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Καὶ τί 2 ἂν ἀδικῆσαι δύναιτο ἀρτίτοκον ὄν;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Τὸ νεογνὸν ταῦτα, ὃ μόλις ἕστηκε, 3 τὸ ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Εἴσῃ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, ἤν 4 σοι προσέλθῃ μόνον.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Καὶ μὴν προσῆλθεν ἤδη.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Τί οὖν; πάντα ἔχεις τὰ ἐργαλεῖα καὶ οὐδὲν ἀπόλωλεν 5 αὐτῶν;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Πάντα, ὦ Ἄπολλον.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Ὅμως ἐπίσκεψαι ἀκριβῶς.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Μὰ Δία, τὴν πυράγραν οὐχ ὁρῶ.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Ἀλλ' ὄψει που ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις αὐτὴν τοῦ βρέφους.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Οὕτως ὀξύχειρ ἐστὶ καθάπερ ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ ἐκμελετήσας τὴν κλεπτικήν;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Ὑπέρδριμύν 9 τινα τὸν παῖδα φῄς.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Οὐ μόνον, ἀλλ’ ἤδη καὶ μουσικόν.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Τῷ τοῦτο τεκμαίρεσθαι ἔχεις;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Ἐγὼ ἐκείνην ἔδωκα αὐτῷ παίγνιον εἶναι.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Τοιγαροῦν ἀπέδωκέ σοι τὸν μισθόν, τὴν πυάγραν—

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ Εὖ γε ὑπέμνησας· ὥστε βαδιοῦμαι ἀποληψόμενος αὐτήν, εἴ που ὡς φῂς εὑρεθείη ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις.

XI

Aphrodite

Selene

Aphrodite What is this I hear about you, Selene? When your car is over Caria, you stop it to gaze at Endymion sleeping hunter-fashion in the open; sometimes, they tell me, you actually get out and go down to him.

Selene Ah, Aphrodite, ask that son of yours; it is he must answer for it all.

Aphrodite But tell me, is Endymion handsome? That is always a comfort in our humiliation.

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Stable identifiers

HEPHAESTUS

Have you seen how bonny Maia’s newborn baby ¹ is, Apollo, and what a nice smile it has for everyone? You can see already it’ll be a real treasure.

APOLLO

That baby a real treasure, Hephaestus? Why, it’s already older than Iapetus ² when it comes to mischief.

HEPHAESTUS

What harm could it do? It was born only the other day.

APOLLO

Ask Poseidon—it stole his trident—or Ares—it filched his sword out of his scabbard—not to mention myself—it disarmed me of my bow and arrows.

HEPHAESTUS

What? That newborn infant, which can hardly stand up, and is still in its baby-clothes?

APOLLO

You’ll see for yourself, my dear fellow, if he gets near you.

HEPHAESTUS

But he’s already been near me.

APOLLO

And what happened? Still got all your tools? None gone?

HEPHAESTUS

All present and correct, Apollo.

APOLLO

All the same, have a really good look.

HEPHAESTUS

Good heavens, I can’t see my tongs.

APOLLO

No, you’ll see them in his baby-clothes.

HEPHAESTUS

Can he have been practising stealing in his mother’s womb, that he’s so light-fingered?

HEPHAESTUS

The child’s too sharp for words, by your account.

APOLLO

Yes, and he’s already shown he’s musical.

HEPHAESTUS

How can you tell that?

HEPHAESTUS

I gave him that for a toy.

APOLLO

Well, he’s paid you back for that good and proper—the tongs, you know.

HEPHAESTUS

Thanks for reminding me. I’ll go and get them back, if they’re to be found, as you say, in his baby-clothes.

Σελήνης

ἐρώτα, ὦ Ἀφροδίτη, τὸν σὸν υἱόν, ὅς μοι τούτων αἴτιος.

Ἀφροδίτη

ἀτὰρ εἰπέ μοι, καλὸς ὁ Ἐνδυμίων ἐστίν; εὐπαραμύθητον γὰρ οὕτως τὸ δεινόν.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Ἑώρακας, ὦ Ἄπολλον, τὸ τῆς Μαίας βρέφος τὸ ἄρτι τεχθέν, ὡς καλόν τέ ἐστι καὶ προσγελᾷ ¹ πᾶσι καὶ δηλοῖ ἤδη μέγα τι ἀγαθὸν ἀποβησόμενον;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Ἐκεῖνο τὸ βρέφος, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, ἦ μέγα ἀγαθόν, ὃ τοῦ Ἰαπετοῦ πρεσβύτερόν ἐστιν ὅσον ἐπὶ τῇ πανουργίᾳ;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Καὶ τί ² ἂν ἀδικῆσαι δύναιτο ἀρτίτοκον ὄν;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Τὸ νεογνὸν ταῦτα, ὃ μόλις ἕστηκε, ³ τὸ ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις;

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Εἴσῃ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, ἤν ⁴ σοι προσέλθῃ μόνον.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Καὶ μὴν προσῆλθεν ἤδη.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Τί οὖν; πάντα ἔχεις τὰ ἐργαλεῖα καὶ οὐδὲν ἀπόλωλεν ⁵ αὐτῶν;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Πάντα, ὦ Ἄπολλον.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Ὅμως ἐπίσκεψαι ἀκριβῶς.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Μὰ Δία, τὴν πυράγραν οὐχ ὁρῶ.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Ἀλλ' ὄψει που ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις αὐτὴν τοῦ βρέφους.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Οὕτως ὀξύχειρ ἐστὶ καθάπερ ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ ἐκμελετήσας τὴν κλεπτικήν;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Ὑπέρδριμύν ⁹ τινα τὸν παῖδα φῄς.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Οὐ μόνον, ἀλλ’ ἤδη καὶ μουσικόν.

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Τῷ τοῦτο τεκμαίρεσθαι ἔχεις;

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Ἐγὼ ἐκείνην ἔδωκα αὐτῷ παίγνιον εἶναι.

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ

Τοιγαροῦν ἀπέδωκέ σοι τὸν μισθόν, τὴν πυάγραν—

ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ

Εὖ γε ὑπέμνησας· ὥστε βαδιοῦμαι ἀποληψόμενος αὐτήν, εἴ που ὡς φῂς εὑρεθείη ἐν τοῖς σπαργάνοις.

Aphrodite

What is this I hear about you, Selene? When your car is over Caria, you stop it to gaze at Endymion sleeping hunter-fashion in the open; sometimes, they tell me, you actually get out and go down to him.

Selene

Ah, Aphrodite, ask that son of yours; it is he must answer for it all.

Aphrodite

But tell me, is Endymion handsome? That is always a comfort in our humiliation.