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 ==== Dialogues of the Dead ==== ==== Dialogues of the Dead ====
  
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 //Diogenes. Pollux// //Diogenes. Pollux//
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 //Diog// . Pollux, I have a commission for you; next time you go up - and I think it is your turn for earth tomorrow- if you come across Menippus the Cynic - you will find him about the Craneum at Corinth, or in the Lyceum, laughing at the philosophers' disputes - well, give him this message:- Menippus, Diogenes advises you, if mortal subjects for laughter begin to pall, to come down below, and find much richer material; where you are now, there is always a dash of uncertainty in it;the question will always intrude - who can be quite sure about the hereafter? Here, you can have your laugh out in security, like me; it is the best of sport to see millionaires, governors, despots, now mean and insignificant; you can only tell them by their lamentations, and the spiritless despondency which is the legacy of better days. Tell him this, and mention that he had better stuff his wallet with plenty of lupines, and any unconsidered trifles he can snap up in the way of pauper doles or lustral eggs. //Diog// . Pollux, I have a commission for you; next time you go up - and I think it is your turn for earth tomorrow- if you come across Menippus the Cynic - you will find him about the Craneum at Corinth, or in the Lyceum, laughing at the philosophers' disputes - well, give him this message:- Menippus, Diogenes advises you, if mortal subjects for laughter begin to pall, to come down below, and find much richer material; where you are now, there is always a dash of uncertainty in it;the question will always intrude - who can be quite sure about the hereafter? Here, you can have your laugh out in security, like me; it is the best of sport to see millionaires, governors, despots, now mean and insignificant; you can only tell them by their lamentations, and the spiritless despondency which is the legacy of better days. Tell him this, and mention that he had better stuff his wallet with plenty of lupines, and any unconsidered trifles he can snap up in the way of pauper doles or lustral eggs.
  
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 //Pol// . I will tell him, Diogenes. But give me some idea of his appearance. //Pol// . I will tell him, Diogenes. But give me some idea of his appearance.
  
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 //Before Pluto: Croesus, Midas, and Sardanapalus v. Menippus// //Before Pluto: Croesus, Midas, and Sardanapalus v. Menippus//
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 //Menippus. Amphilochus. Trophonius// //Menippus. Amphilochus. Trophonius//
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 //Hermes. Charon// //Hermes. Charon//
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 //Pluto. Hermes// //Pluto. Hermes//
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 //Terpsion. Pluto// //Terpsion. Pluto//
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 //Zenophantus. Callidemides// //Zenophantus. Callidemides//
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 //Cnemon. Damnippus// //Cnemon. Damnippus//
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 //Simylus. Polystratus// //Simylus. Polystratus//
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 //Charon. Hermes. Various Shades// //Charon. Hermes. Various Shades//
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 //Crates. Diogenes// //Crates. Diogenes//
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 //Alexander. Hannibal. Minos. Scipio// //Alexander. Hannibal. Minos. Scipio//
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 //Diogenes. Alexander// //Diogenes. Alexander//
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 //Philip. Alexander// //Philip. Alexander//
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 //Antilochus. Achilles// //Antilochus. Achilles//
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 //Diogenes. Heracles// //Diogenes. Heracles//
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 //Menippus. Tantalus// //Menippus. Tantalus//
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 //Menippus. Hermes// //Menippus. Hermes//
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 //Aeacus. Protesilaus. Menelaus. Paris// //Aeacus. Protesilaus. Menelaus. Paris//
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 //Menippus. Aeacus. Various Shades// //Menippus. Aeacus. Various Shades//
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 //Menippus. Cerberus// //Menippus. Cerberus//
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 //Charon. Menippus. Hermes// //Charon. Menippus. Hermes//
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 //Protesilaus. Pluto. Persephone// //Protesilaus. Pluto. Persephone//
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 //Diogenes. Mausolus// //Diogenes. Mausolus//
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 //Nireus. Thersites. Menippus// //Nireus. Thersites. Menippus//
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 //Menippus. Chiron// //Menippus. Chiron//
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 //Diogenes. Antisthenes. Crates// //Diogenes. Antisthenes. Crates//
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 //Menippus. Tiresias// //Menippus. Tiresias//
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 //Agamemnon. Ajax// //Agamemnon. Ajax//
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 //Minos. Sostratus// //Minos. Sostratus//
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