Table Of ContentTHE"L OEB CLASSICALLI BRARY
FOUNDEDB Y JAMESL OEB
EDITED BY
G.P .G OOLD
PREVIOUS EDITORS
T.E .P AGE E.C APPS
W. H. D.R OUSE L.A .P OST
E.H . WARMINGTON
LUCIAN
VIII
LCL432
LUCIAN
VOLUME VIII
WITH AN ENGLISHT RANSLATIONBY
M.D.MACLEOD
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HARVA RDU NIVERSIPTRYE SS
CAMBRIMDAGSES,A CHUSETTS
LONDOENN,G LAND
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CONTENTS
oHfa rvCaorldl ege
Firpsutb lis1h9e6d7
LISOTFL UCIAWNO'RsK S
Reprin1t9e7d9 1,9 93 vii
PREFACE
ix
THES HASMO PHISTTH ES OLECIST
OR 2
LUCIUTSH EA SS
OR 47
AFFAOIFRT SH EH EAR(TA MORES)
147
INP RAIOSFDE E MOSTHENES
237
HALCYON
303
GOUT SWIFT-OF-FOOT
AND 319
THEC YNIC
379
THEP ATR(IPOHTI LOPATRIS)
413
CHARIDEMUS
467
NERO
505
EPIGRAMS
523
INDEX
528
PrintienGd r eaBtr itabiynS tE dmundsburPyr esLst d,
BuryS tE dmunds,S uffolokn,a cidjrpeaep er.
Bounbdy H unte&r F oulLitsd E,d inburSgcho,t land.
LISTO F LUCIAN'SW ORKS
SHOWING THEIR DIVISIONI NTO VOLUMES
IN THIS EDITION
VOLUMIE
PhalarIi sa nd II-Hippiaosr theB ath-Dionysus
Heracles-Ambeorr The Swans-TheF ly-Nigrinus
Demonax-TheH all-My NativeL and-Octogenarians
-A TrueS toryI and !I-Slander-ThCeo nsonantats
Law-The CarousoarlT heL apiths.
VOLUMIEI
The DownwardJ ourney or The Tyrat-n--ZeusC ate.
chized-ZeRuasn ts-TheD reamo rT heC ock-Prometheus
-Icaromenippours T he Sky-man-Timono r The Mis
anthrope-ChaorroT nh eI nspectors-PhilosfoopSrha ilees.
VOLUMIEl l
TheD eadC omet oL ifoer T heF isherman-TheD ouble
IndictmeonrtT riablysJ ury-OnS acrifices-TIhgen orant
Book Collector-TDhree am or Lucian'Csa reer-The
Parasite-TheL overo f Lies-TheJ udgemento f the
Goddesses-OSna lariPeods tsi nG reatH ouses.
VoLUMIVE
AnacharsoirsA thletics-MenioprpT uhse D escenitn to
Hades-On Funerals-PAr ofessoofrP ubliScp eaking
Alexandetrh eF alseP ropht-e-Essaysi n Portraiture-
Essayisn P ortraitDuerfee nded-ThGeo ddesosf S urrye.
VOLUMVE
The Passinogf Peregrinus-TRhuen aways-Toxaris
orF riendship-The Dance-Lexiphanes-The Eunuch
Astrolo!(y-TMhies takeCnr itic-ThPea rliameonftt he
Gods-TheT yrannicide-Disowned.
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LISTO F LUCIAN'SW ORKS
VOLUVMIE
Histoa-r-iDipsdaes-Satumaa-l-iHerodotus-Zeuxis PREFACE
Pro Lap�u-Apologia--Harmonides-Hesiodus-Scytha
-Hermotmius-PrometheuEss -Navigium.
VoLUVMIEI TheS olecTihseAt s,s A,ff airosft heHe a,r t
HalcyoDne,m osthPeondeasg,Or cyap,u sa ndT he
_
Dialoguoefs t heD ead-Dialoguoefs t heS ea-Gods Cynwice rree legtaott heivdso lubmeec atuhseer e
Dialoguoefst heG ods( excD.e arumJ udiciucmf .V ol. Ill)
-Dialogueosft heC ourtesans. arc goorde asfoondrso ubttihnLegu ciaanuitch or
shiopfs omienf o atl olft hewsoer ktsh,o utghhea yr e
VOLUVMIEI I
fouinnrd a nodt hgeorom da nuscrPihpitlso.p atris,
The Solecist-Lucoiru st he Ass--Amores-Demos CharidaenmduN se rtoo getwhiettrhh ee pigram
then:es--Ha�lyon-Podagra-Ocypus-TChyen ic-Philo "OnH iOsw nB ooka"r cee rtanionbtly Ly u cian
patrJs-Charidemus-Nero-Epigram.
andar oen lfyo uinnda f eiwn femrainours tcsr.i p
Ina dditviaornil oeutsth earvbsee eans critboe d
Luciianin n femrainours c;r fiopdrte st asielMe.s
WittLeiks'dtseMe sa nuscdreLi utcsii enSn c riptorium
195.2 Theasreie nt hmea iPnh alaLreitstw ehrisc,h
werneo d oubats critboLe udc ibaenc aoufsc eo n
fuswiiotnhh iP sh alaAr ainsBd ; hutth earreae l so
teSnc ythLieatntp eurrsp otroth iefn rgoA mn acharsis
to( 1t)h Aet heni(a2Sn)os l,o( n3,- v1a0r)i ootuhse r
invdiiduaTlhsse.t yolfte h eSscey thLieatnth earss
nothtiosn ugg gtehsaLttu ciiatsnh a eu thaonrtd,h e
fatchta tth eoyc cauttr h een odfL uciAanna'csh arsis
shohwoswt hefyo utnhde wiaryi ntLou ciwaonr'kss .
Howevaesor n,oe f t hmea nusccroinpttasit nhien g
ScythiLaent tiesrt sh er especLtaaubrleen tianus
57.(5L1)t ,h ehya vneo d oubatsg ooadc latiom
appeiantr h ivso luamses ucphs eudo-Lausc ianea
CharidePmhuisl,o paantdNr eirso.S. p ahcoew ever
doenso pte rmtiht;i t sh owsheo w isthor eatdh e
ScythiLaent tweirlfisln dt heomn p p1.0 2-o1f0 5
HerchEepri'sst olGorgareaocpriih nF,i. H .R euter's
DiBer iedfeAesn acha(rBseirs1l 9i6n3,) .
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PREFACE
Its houallds hoem entiontehdat th eL ucianmiacn u
scriptt iVcaanGursa ecu8s7c ontaian dsi alogeune
T�p.a�p7r l€wpvt K a-ra'v -rTT6avB 'lJp.d.-rwv'
titled T<OV
LUCIAN
hutt hiwso rki sB yzantianned c anh ed atetdo t he
twelfctehn tuAr.yD. Itf ounidt wsa yi ntVoa ticanus
87b ecausiet i s a satiridciaall oguset rongly
influencbeyLd u ciainng eneraanldt heN e cyomanteia
inp articulaSre.eH .F .T ozera'csc ouinntJ ournal
ofH elleSntiucd1 i8e8sp1,p, .2 41-270.
I haveb asemdy texfto rt heS oleocniN islte n's
Teuhnearn,d f orP odaganrdaO cypuosn Z immer
mann'esd itioEnl.s ewheIrh ea vep reparmeyd o wn
texbty collatoifot nh em anuscri;p thsIa veb een
considerhaebllpye idn t hitsa skb y useo fN ilen's
accuractoel latioofnr s, B andE . I havea lso
foundA lhersc'r iticeadli tioonf "Demosthenis
Encomi" uofmg reavta lueI. a lshoa dt heb enefit
ofH armon'tsr anslaotfit ohneS oleHcailscytoa,nn d
parotf A ffaiorfts h Hee a(rtth itsi tfloert heA mores
ish ist)o,g ethweirt hR ousev'esr sioofnp arotf T he
Ass.
I shoulldi kteo t hankt heR ev.J .H . Davies
forh ihse lwpi tPh hilopanadtM rr.iW s.J .F. D avies
forc orrecttihnepg r oofs.
X
THE SOLECIST
thema si nt heS loi�'nt Thoen g(vuoe6l,. P P·1 71"ff .),
whic' cha nh ardlrb ye'J a "r edu'c tadi o asb u ru md as
itw asa ddressteoad patrorna thetrh ant oc ritics.
THE SHAM SOPHISTo rT HE Lucianp'rso nouncemealnlts ese ms eri�uslmye ant,
SOLECIST andS ocratvieesw's s eemt ob eq uotewd1 tahp proval.
Moreoveirng, e nertahle,ay r ej ustth osvei ewwsh ich
omLfaTuLh ncuiaiycdsua ii otnatawh'nalnousl'ho rs oesagaibann suntteg t esdhieesgr e eesn ere s. tjom oeucsa cnr Hsntdiai oe trtiandtimns wu - hcou inLainmtwuts tbhocbe ohe riay firtag s hnr yei ecoPh44d nlo) ealwb, tdo�oetu Lnrs ulii hesdcoxa t wpgeaseeQ( s corscuet ffaLLn o.usryeo ctef ixp haa aarianntonspA,pSdi ec ool o.rc2sl trnb �iauF yomtr,os ne_.WebL s,c .j uo�oe mo�ccngmut, e�P sion·ae d ns ,
vieawn sdu ggetshtaiettmd a yh avbee etnh weo rk usagesa lreadoyb solesceInft s.o me LuC�iamc
ofa nu nknoswcnh oolmwahsoht aeldri vienEd g ypt usageasr ec riticiinst ehdid si alogw�ees ,h ouleda r
(ccf.5. ) a ndh arde aLde xiph(acncfe.l.s l )T.h is inm indt hatL uciawna sa prohfiacn da tt 1mes
viemwa yw elblec orreSceteh.,o wevmeyra ,r tich� carelewsrsi tewrh o coulbde hypocritiinch ails
inC lassQiucaarlt 1e9r5lw6yh,,e rIae r gtuhea tth is personfaelu dsa,n dt hatt her eferetnocE eg ypti n
dialcooguuilend d ebeebd yL uciaannid bs e stta ken c.5 perhapssu ggesat sla tdea tew henL ucian's
asa s pitaenfdau tlt imheysp ocraitttiacocanakl powerwse ref ailing. .
persoennaelm wyh oh aso ffendLeudc ibayn Iti si mpossitbopl reo duacnea deiflatter a�lnatlon
critihciiGssr ienegk . oft hidsi alogauses ,o meo ft hed elibernautset akes
Ana ttraaclttievreni anttievrep riesRt eaittizo'ns areo utrageogursolsyws h,i loet hecros ulodn lhya ve
suggestthiaiotftn, h Seo leicsib sytL uciatnh,e offendetdh eh ypercritiIch aalv.ec o?tentemdy� elf
contriboufLt uicoianansnSd o craartieen st entdoe d withi ntroducainno gb viobulsu ndme rt heE nglish,
bei ronainccdao ln stai tr"ue tdeu acdta ibos ur"d um wherevtehre rsee emst ob e a delibermaitset ake,
oft haec tivoiftt himeeo sre ex travAatgtaincotif s ts howevevre niailnt, h eG reek.I tis hardlnye cessary
thdea yT.h ivsi ehwa rse cebnetelsnyu ppobryt ed top oinotu tt haatn yb lundienrt heE ngliisshn ot
J.B ompai(rLeu ciEcerni vaainndB) . B aldwin identiwciatlth h ee rroirnt heG reek.T hen aturoef
(ClasRseivcia1el9w 6,w2 h)os uggetshtassto meone anyG reek bluinsed xeprl aineadr eilne vafnoto tnote.
likPeh ryniocfhB uist hyan icao,n tempoofr ary
LucioarMn o,e r(iousfn knodwantm ea)yh e s atirised.
Thivsi ehwa tsh aed vanotfam gaek itnhgde i alogue
reputsaabtlaienr adel asco counftotirhn cego ndem
natioofLn u ciaunsiacgb eusit,sp erhtaopsosu btle.
Lucidaindh avae g reiantt erienls itn guistic
minutainadwe a sc apaobflw er ittiendgi oouns ly
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2
'PEYiJO.EO([)J.ETH.E H .EOAOIKI.ETH.E THE SHAM SOPHIST or
THE SOLECIST
AOYKJANOZ:'
o
1. ., Apa ye yvwvat Tov uo>..oucl,ovTa SetVOS' LUCIAN 1
oVTOS' Ka~ cpv>ta~au8at p.T] uo>..otKluat Svva 6S';
7 1. Is the man who is clever at detecting howlers in
Z:OtPIZ:THZ: 1 the speech of another able to guard against making
them himself ?
SOPHIST
AOYKJANOZ: I for one think so.
" •0 SE ')'E P.TJ cpv>t~au8at ovcSE yvwvat TOV OVTWS' LUCIAN
exoVTa;
And the man who can't guard against howlers in
Z:Oti>IZ:THZ: his own speech can' t recogm.s e t h em I.D . anot he r ?•
SOPHIST
True enough.
AOYKIANOZ:
l),v' 8E'~ av'T O'S ' '.f1't.-flS ' OV' UO\I \OtK'Yt. ,ew, 7"J 'TTWS' ;\E')'WIJ.EV 2 And what about youLrUsCeIlAf N? Do you say that you
TTEpt uov;
don't make any 11 howlers, or how are wc to describe
Codices rett.uli FDSU'PN. FDS = y, U'P = fJ. you?
1 Personarum nomina AovKLavos et Z:otf>•arfJs {Jy: AvKivos
et. Z:oAoLKLarrfs edd. 2 Lit. solecisms, ignorant mistakes in gra~~r. ~~d
2 MywJL& Halm: MyoJL& fJr. speech, of the type for which the ~ple of Soh m CihCJa
were proverbially notorious. Sometrmes, though appar
1 !he only other instance of Lucianus as opposed t.~ ently not in this dialogue, .a dist~nction ~as drawn between
" barbarisms " (as meanmg m1stakes m the use of one
J.ycmus as a speaker's name in a dialogue is in The Fialier
where Lunian is defending his Sale of the Lives. Thi~ word) and " solecisms " (as being errors in the syntax of a
~o_u~d. mean tha~ here t.oo Lucian is replying in person t.o phrase). l'be
crttJ~llsm. (Or 1t could mean that the dialogue is not by #Js 0,} foro,} tf>iJs (cf. p. 26) is probably ~ot a de 1 .rate
LuCJan.) mistake; it cannot be one of the three mtstakes admttted
4 on p. 8 and t/>ilr I'~ is used seriously on p. 22.
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LUCIAN
THE SOLECIST
l:O<P/l:THl:
SOPHIST
:41Taf8t"VTOS yap av t"t7JV, t"l aoAmK{'O£JJ-£ TTJ~£- Well, I should be ignorant if I made them at my
"
KOV~ TOS WV. age.
AOYKIANOl: LUCIAN
Then you'll also be able to catch someone else out
OvKoiJv Kai €npov cpwpaaat 8vv~a77 -rovTo
when he makes them and prove your point when he
8pwVTa Kai eMyga£ TOV apVOVJl-EVOV;
denies it?
l:O<Pil:THl:
SOPHIST
llavni.1Taal yE. Certainly.
AOYKIANOl: LUCIAN
, lOt vvv EJl-OV ~a{3ov ao~O£Kl,oVTOS' apT£ 8 € Come now and catch me in my howlers ; I'll start
the 1 now.
ao~O£K£W.
SOPHIST
l:O<Pil:THl:
Start then.
LUCIAN
AOYKIANOl: But I've already perpetrated the enormity, though
:4M' eywyE ifoTJ TO 0E£VOV Etpyaa/1-a£, au 8 € OVK you didn't recognise it.
e1ry€ vws.
SOPHIST
l:O<P/l:THl: Are you always joking ?
LUCIAN
AOYKIANOl: Good heavens no ! You let me get away with a
howler because you didn't know any better. Pay
Ma TOUS 0Eovs· E7TEi ao~O£Klaas E~aOov UE ws
o € attention once more. I say you can't catch me,
OVK E1T£UTaJ1-EVOV. avOts UK01TE£' ov yap a €
cp7JJ1-' ovvaaOat KaTavoijaat, E7TEi a Jl-V€ olaO', a o' bwehcaatu syeo tuh edroen a'tr.e things what 2 you know and things
ovK olaOa.
2 a p.EV •.• a llE (for T(. p.Ev • •. • Ta ll~) is. fairly C?mmon
1 apT£ with the future is also condemned by Phrynichus iinn HTeimlleonni s5ti7c aGnrdee Ak; PLruocfeiassno hr iomfs ePluf bISli gc mSplteya ok~~ ntgh is1 5u.s aCgfe.
and not used by the best writers.
also The Ass 23.
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7
LUCIAN THE SOLECIST
:EO<PIJ:THJ: SOPHIST
El1r € p.ovov. Just say something.
AOYKIANOJ: LUCIAN
'AAAa Kat viJv UEuo>.olKUJTal JLO~, uu s· OVK But l've just made another howler, though you
£yvws. didn't notice it.
SOPHIST
:EO<PI:ETH:E
How so, when you say nothing ?
Jlws yap, uoiJ p.7JSv€ Myovros;
LUCIAN
AOYKIANOJ: I am saying things and making howlers, but you
a· don't keep up with me as I do it. I hopes 1 you can
'Eyw JLEV Myw Kat uo>.o~Kt,w, uu ovx E1T'{/
follow me this time.
TOVTO Spwvn. E7TEt ocpe>.ov Kat viJv aKo>.ov9fiua~
Svv~uv. SOPHIST
2. I'm surprised to hear you say I won't he able to
recognise a howler.
LUCIAN
How could you recognise one when m your
ignorance you've missed three?
AOYKIANOJ:
Kat 1TWS av Svva~o TOV eva p.a9e'iv TOUS rpe'is SOPHIST
ayvo~uas; What three?
LUCIAN
J:OtPIJ:TH:E
Three whole bearded monsters I've just perjured 2
Tlvas rpe'is;
up.
AOYKIANOJ: SOPHIST
I think you're joking.
"O>.ovs apnyevelovs.
1 A gross mistake involving (u) the late usage of o<fm\ov
:EOC/>IJ:TH:E for ~</>£>.£s, ~nd _(b) its combination ,with a _£u~~re indicativ~;
'Eyw p.lv ue 1ral'e~v SoKw. 2 aPT•Y£Vnovs IS wrongly used for apT•y£vus ( new-bearded
for" new-born ").
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