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| The Works of Lucian of Samosata. Translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1905. | The Works of Lucian of Samosata. Translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1905. | ||
| - | === I === | + | === 1 === |
| //Glycera. Thais// | //Glycera. Thais// | ||
| - | //Gly//. Thais, that Acarnanian soldier, who used to be so fond of Abrotonum, and then fell in love with me--he | + | //Gly//. Thais, that Acarnanian soldier, who used to be so fond of Abrotonum, and then fell in love with me--he |
| - | //Th//. Oh no, dear, I know; why, he shared our table last harvest festival. Well? you look as if you had somethingto | + | //Th//. Oh no, dear, I know; why, he shared our table last harvest festival. Well? you look as if you had something to tell me about him. |
| //Gly//. That wicked Gorgona (such a //friend// of mine, to be sure!)--she has stolen him away from me. | //Gly//. That wicked Gorgona (such a //friend// of mine, to be sure!)--she has stolen him away from me. | ||
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| //Th//. What! he has given you up, and taken her in your place? | //Th//. What! he has given you up, and taken her in your place? | ||
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| //Gly//. Yes, dear; isn't it //horrid// of her? | //Gly//. Yes, dear; isn't it //horrid// of her? | ||
| - | //Th//. Well, Glycera darling, it is wicked, of course; but it is not very surprising; it is what all we poor girlsdo. You mustn' | + | //Th//. Well, Glycera darling, it is wicked, of course; but it is not very surprising; it is what all we poor girls do. You mustn' |
| - | //Gly//. Oh, Thais, you don't think it was her //looks// caught him. Don't you know? her mother Chrysarium is awitch; she knows Thessalian charms, and can draw down the moon; they do say she flies o' nights. It was she bewitched | + | //Gly//. Oh, Thais, you don't think it was her //looks// caught him. Don't you know? her mother Chrysarium is a witch; she knows Thessalian charms, and can draw down the moon; they do say she flies o' nights. It was she bewitched |
| - | //Th//. Ah well, dear, you will get a harvest out of some one else; never mind him. | + | //Th//. Ah well, dear, you will get a harvest out of someone |
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| - | === II === | + | === 2 === |
| //Myrtium. Pamphilus. Doris// | //Myrtium. Pamphilus. Doris// | ||
| - | //Myr//. Well, Pamphilus? So I hear you are to marry Phido the shipmaster' | + | //Myr//. Well, Pamphilus? So I hear you are to marry Phido the shipmaster' |
| - | Pa. How much more nonsense are you going to talk about shipowners and marriages? What do I know about brides, ugly orpretty? If you mean Phido of Alopece, I never knew he had a grown-up daughter at all. Why, now I think of it, he is not evenon | + | Pa. How much more nonsense are you going to talk about shipowners and marriages? What do I know about brides, ugly or pretty? If you mean Phido of Alopece, I never knew he had a grown-up daughter at all. Why, now I think of it, he is not even on speaking terms with my father. They were at law not long ago--something about a shipping contract. He owed my father |
| //Myr//. Pamphilus! You mean to say you are not going to be married? | //Myr//. Pamphilus! You mean to say you are not going to be married? | ||
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| //Pa//. Are you mad, or what is the matter with you? We did not have much to drink yesterday. | //Pa//. Are you mad, or what is the matter with you? We did not have much to drink yesterday. | ||
| - | //Myr//. Ask Doris; it is all her fault. I sent her out to buy some wool, and to offer up prayer to Artemis for me.And she said that she met Lesbia, and Lesbia------Doris, | + | //Myr//. Ask Doris; it is all her fault. I sent her out to buy some wool, and to offer up prayer to Artemis for me. And she said that she met Lesbia, and Lesbia------Doris, |
| - | //Dor//. May I die, miss, if I said a word more than the truth! Just by the town-hall Lesbia met me, and ' | + | //Dor//. May I die, miss, if I said a word more than the truth! Just by the town-hall Lesbia met me, and ' |
| //Pa//. Well; and you did? | //Pa//. Well; and you did? | ||
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| //Dor//. That I did, sir; and it was all as Lesbia had said. | //Dor//. That I did, sir; and it was all as Lesbia had said. | ||
| - | //Pa//. Ah, now I see! You have told your mistress nothing but the truth; and there was some ground for what Lesbiatold | + | //Pa//. Ah, now I see! You have told your mistress nothing but the truth; and there was some ground for what Lesbia told you. However, it is a false alarm. The wedding is not at our house. I remember now. When I went back home yesterday, after leaving you, ' |
| //Myr//. I breathe again! Pamphilus, if it had been true, I should have killed myself! | //Myr//. I breathe again! Pamphilus, if it had been true, I should have killed myself! | ||
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| - | === III === | + | === 3 === |
| //Philinna. Her Mother// | //Philinna. Her Mother// | ||
| - | //Mother//. You must be mad, Philinna; what //was// the matter with you at the dinner last night? Diphilus | + | //Mother//. You must be mad, Philinna; what //was// the matter with you at the dinner last night? Diphilus |
| - | Phi. Ah, mother, he never told you how //he// behaved; if you knew how rude he was, you would not take his part. Heneglected | + | Phi. Ah, mother, he never told you how //he// behaved; if you knew how rude he was, you would not take his part. He neglected |
| //Mother//. You are too touchy, my lass; you should have taken no notice. But go on. | //Mother//. You are too touchy, my lass; you should have taken no notice. But go on. | ||
| - | //Phi//. Well, the others applauded, but Diphilus lay on his back and looked up at the ceiling, till I was tired andgave | + | //Phi//. Well, the others applauded, but Diphilus lay on his back and looked up at the ceiling, till I was tired and gave up. Mother. But what about kissing Lamprias? is that true? and going across and embracing him? Well, why don't you speak? Those are things I cannot forgive. |
| //Phi//. I wanted to pay him out. | //Phi//. I wanted to pay him out. | ||
| - | //Mother//. And then not sitting near him! singing while he was in tears! Think how poor we are, girl; you forgethow | + | //Mother//. And then not sitting near him! singing while he was in tears! Think how poor we are, girl; you forget how much we have had from him, and what last winter would have been if Aphrodite had not sent him to us. |
| //Phi//. I dare say! and I am to let him outrage my feelings just for that? | //Phi//. I dare say! and I am to let him outrage my feelings just for that? | ||
| - | //Mother//. Oh, be as angry as you like, but no tit for tat. You ought to know that if a lover' | + | //Mother//. Oh, be as angry as you like, but no tit for tat. You ought to know that if a lover' |
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| - | === IV === | + | === 4 === |
| //Melitta. Bacchis// | //Melitta. Bacchis// | ||
| - | //Me//. Bacchis, don't you know any of those old women--there are any number of them about, ' | + | //Me//. Bacchis, don't you know any of those old women--there are any number of them about, ' |
| - | //Ba//. Melitta! You mean to tell me that Charinus has gone off after Simiche, and that after making his people | + | //Ba//. Melitta! You mean to tell me that Charinus has gone off after Simiche, and that after making his people |
| - | //Me//. Oh, that is all over now; I have not had a glimpse of him for the last five days. No; he and Simiche | + | //Me//. Oh, that is all over now; I have not had a glimpse of him for the last five days. No; he and Simiche |
| //Ba//. Poor darling! But it can't have been a trifle that drove him away: what was it all about? | //Ba//. Poor darling! But it can't have been a trifle that drove him away: what was it all about? | ||
| - | //Me//. I don't know exactly. All I can say is, that he came back the other day from Piraeus (his father had senthim | + | //Me//. I don't know exactly. All I can say is, that he came back the other day from Piraeus (his father had sent him there to collect some money), and wouldn' |
| //Ba//. But you //did// know Hermotimus, I suppose? | //Ba//. But you //did// know Hermotimus, I suppose? | ||
| - | //Me//. My dear, if I ever so much as heard of a Hermotimus who was a ship-owner, may I be more wretched than I amnow!--Next morning, at rooster-crow, | + | //Me//. My dear, if I ever so much as heard of a Hermotimus who was a ship-owner, may I be more wretched than I amnow!--Next morning, at rooster-crow, |
| - | //Ba//. Ah, mischievous boys! I see what it is! Some one must have written it up to tease Charinus, knowing | + | //Ba//. Ah, mischievous boys! I see what it is! Someone |
| - | //Me//. If you see him, yes: but you are not likely to. He has shut himself up with Simiche; his people have beenasking | + | //Me//. If you see him, yes: but you are not likely to. He has shut himself up with Simiche; his people have been asking |
| - | //Ba//. Well, love, I know a capital witch; she comes from Syria, such a brisk, vigorous old thing! Once whenPhanias had quarrelled with me in the same way, all about nothing, she brought us together again, after four whole months; | + | //Ba//. Well, love, I know a capital witch; she comes from Syria, such a brisk, vigorous old thing! Once whenPhanias had quarrelled with me in the same way, all about nothing, she brought us together again, after four whole months; |
| //Me//. What was her fee? do you remember | //Me//. What was her fee? do you remember | ||
| - | //Ba//. Oh, she was most reasonable: one drachma, and a loaf of bread. Then you have to provide salt, of course, | + | //Ba//. Oh, she was most reasonable: one drachma, and a loaf of bread. Then you have to provide salt, of course, |
| //Me//. I have got his shoes. | //Me//. I have got his shoes. | ||
| - | //Ba//. She hangs them up on a peg, and fumigates them with the sulphur, throwing a little salt into the fire, andmuttering | + | //Ba//. She hangs them up on a peg, and fumigates them with the sulphur, throwing a little salt into the fire, and muttering |
| //Me//. Oh, Bacchis, dear, do be quick and fetch the witch. Acis, you see to the bread and sulphur and things. | //Me//. Oh, Bacchis, dear, do be quick and fetch the witch. Acis, you see to the bread and sulphur and things. | ||
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| - | === VII === | + | === 7 === |
| //Musarium. Her Mother// | //Musarium. Her Mother// | ||
| - | //Mother//. Well, child, if we get another gallant like Chaereas, we must make some offerings; the earthly Aphroditeshall have a white kid, the heavenly one in the Gardens a heifer, and our lady of windfalls a garland. How well off we shallbe, positively rolling in wealth! You see how much this boy brings in; not an obol, not a dress, not a pair of shoes, not abox of ointment, has he ever given you; it is all professions and promises and distant prospects; always, // | + | //Mother//. Well, child, if we get another gallant like Chaereas, we must make some offerings; the earthly Aphroditeshall have a white kid, the heavenly one in the Gardens a heifer, and our lady of windfalls a garland. How well off we shall be, positively rolling in wealth! You see how much this boy brings in; not an obol, not a dress, not a pair of shoes, not a box of ointment, has he ever given you; it is all professions and promises and distant prospects; always, // |
| //Mu//. Oh yes, mother, he swore it, by the two Goddesses [[# | //Mu//. Oh yes, mother, he swore it, by the two Goddesses [[# | ||
| - | //Mother//. And you believe it, no doubt. So much so that the other day, when he had a subscription to pay andnothing | + | //Mother//. And you believe it, no doubt. So much so that the other day, when he had a subscription to pay and nothing |
| - | //Mu//. He is so handsome with his smooth chin; and he loves me, and cries as he tells me so; and he is the son ofLaches | + | //Mu//. He is so handsome with his smooth chin; and he loves me, and cries as he tells me so; and he is the son of Laches |
| - | Mother. So when we want shoes, and the shoemaker expects to be paid, we are to tell him we have no money, 'but take a few expectations.' | + | Mother. So when we want shoes, and the shoemaker expects to be paid, we are to tell him we have no money, 'but take a few expectations.' |
| //Mu//. Oh well, mother, are the rest of them happier or better-looking than I am? | //Mu//. Oh well, mother, are the rest of them happier or better-looking than I am? | ||
| - | //Mother//. No; but they have more sense; they know their business better than to pin their faith to the idle wordsof | + | //Mother//. No; but they have more sense; they know their business better than to pin their faith to the idle words of a boy with a mouthful of lover' |
| - | //Mu//. Mother, you could not expect me to desert Chaereas and let that nasty working-man (faugh!) come near me.Poor Chaereas! he is a pet and a duck. | + | //Mu//. Mother, you could not expect me to desert Chaereas and let that nasty working-man (faugh!) come near me. Poor Chaereas! he is a pet and a duck. |
| - | //Mother//. Well, the Acharnian did smell rather of the farm. But there was Antiphon--son to Menecrates--and a wholemina; why not him? he is handsome, and a gentleman, and no older than Chaereas. | + | //Mother//. Well, the Acharnian did smell rather of the farm. But there was Antiphon--son to Menecrates--and a whole mina; why not him? he is handsome, and a gentleman, and no older than Chaereas. |
| //Mu//. Ah, but Chaereas vowed he would cut both our throats if he caught me with him. | //Mu//. Ah, but Chaereas vowed he would cut both our throats if he caught me with him. | ||
| - | //Mother//. The first time such a thing was ever threatened, I suppose. So you will go without your lovers for this,and be as good a girl as if you were a priestess of Demeter instead of what you are. And if that were all!--but to-day | + | //Mother//. The first time such a thing was ever threatened, I suppose. So you will go without your lovers for this, and be as good a girl as if you were a priestess of Demeter instead of what you are. And if that were all!--but to-day |
| //Mu//. Mammy dear, he has none to give. | //Mu//. Mammy dear, he has none to give. | ||
| - | //Mother//. They don't all find it so hard to get round their fathers; why can't he get a slave to wheedle him? whynot | + | //Mother//. They don't all find it so hard to get round their fathers; why can't he get a slave to wheedle him? why not tell his mother he will go off for a soldier if she doesn' |
| //Mu//. Oh yes, he will. They have done everything to make him marry now; and he wouldn' | //Mu//. Oh yes, he will. They have done everything to make him marry now; and he wouldn' | ||
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| - | === VIII === | + | === 8 === |
| //Ampelis. Chrysis// | //Ampelis. Chrysis// | ||
| - | //Am//. Well, but, Chrysis, I don't call a man in love at all, if he doesn' | + | //Am//. Well, but, Chrysis, I don't call a man in love at all, if he doesn' |
| //Ch//. Is that the only way to tell? | //Ch//. Is that the only way to tell? | ||
| - | //Am//. To tell a serious passion, yes. The kisses and tears and vows, the constant attendance, | + | //Am//. To tell a serious passion, yes. The kisses and tears and vows, the constant attendance, |
| //Ch//. Go on slapping me? | //Ch//. Go on slapping me? | ||
| - | //Am//. No, no; but getting angry if you ever look at any one else. If he were not in love with you, why should | + | //Am//. No, no; but getting angry if you ever look at anyone |
| - | //Ch//. Oh, but I // | + | //Ch//. Oh, but I // |
| - | //Am//. Well, that's very nice, too. You want him to think that there are rich men after you. It will make him allthe | + | //Am//. Well, that's very nice, too. You want him to think that there are rich men after you. It will make him all the more angry, and all the more liberal; he'll be afraid of being cut out by his rivals. |
| //Ch//. But Gorgias never gives me anything. He only storms and slaps. | //Ch//. But Gorgias never gives me anything. He only storms and slaps. | ||
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| //Ch//. Ampelis, I believe you //want// me to be slapped! | //Ch//. Ampelis, I believe you //want// me to be slapped! | ||
| - | //Am//. Nonsense! All I mean is this: if you want to make a man wildly in love with you, let him see that you can dowithout | + | //Am//. Nonsense! All I mean is this: if you want to make a man wildly in love with you, let him see that you can do without |
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| - | === IX === | + | === 9 === |
| //Dorcas. Pannychis. Philostratus. Polemon// | //Dorcas. Pannychis. Philostratus. Polemon// | ||
| - | //Dor//. Oh, miss, we are lost, lost! Here is Polemon back from the wars a rich man, they say. I saw him myself in amantle | + | //Dor//. Oh, miss, we are lost, lost! Here is Polemon back from the wars a rich man, they say. I saw him myself in a mantle |
| - | //Pa//. Ah, you should not have begun with that. Thanks to all the Gods you were not killed (you ought to havesaid), and most of all to Zeus who guards the stranger and Athene who rules the battle! My mistress was always trying | + | //Pa//. Ah, you should not have begun with that. Thanks to all the Gods you were not killed (you ought to have said), and most of all to Zeus who guards the stranger and Athene who rules the battle! My mistress was always trying |
| - | //Dor//. Oh, I said all that right at the beginning; but I never thought of telling you that; I wanted to get on tothe news. This was how I began to Parmenon: 'Did you and your master' | + | //Dor//. Oh, I said all that right at the beginning; but I never thought of telling you that; I wanted to get on to the news. This was how I began to Parmenon: 'Did you and your master' |
| //Pa//. Ah, that was right, Dorcas. | //Pa//. Ah, that was right, Dorcas. | ||
| - | //Dor//. And then after a little while I went on to the other questions. And he said, 'Oh, yes, we have come backgreat | + | //Dor//. And then after a little while I went on to the other questions. And he said, 'Oh, yes, we have come back great men.' |
| - | //Pa//. What, straight off like that? never a word of how Polemon had talked or thought of me, or prayed he mightfind | + | //Pa//. What, straight off like that? never a word of how Polemon had talked or thought of me, or prayed he might find me alive? |
| - | //Dor//. Yes, he said a good deal of that. But his real news was enormous riches--gold, | + | //Dor//. Yes, he said a good deal of that. But his real news was enormous riches--gold, |
| - | //Pa//. Oh, Dorcas, we //must// find some way out of it. It would be shabby to send Philostratus about hisbusiness | + | //Pa//. Oh, Dorcas, we //must// find some way out of it. It would be shabby to send Philostratus about his business |
| //Dor//. Here he comes. | //Dor//. Here he comes. | ||
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| //Pa//. (Now he has gone and done it!) Ah, Polemon, so you are back at last; are you well? | //Pa//. (Now he has gone and done it!) Ah, Polemon, so you are back at last; are you well? | ||
| - | //Po//. Who is this person coming to you? What, no answer? Oh, mighty fine, Pannychis! Here have I come on the wingsof | + | //Po//. Who is this person coming to you? What, no answer? Oh, mighty fine, Pannychis! Here have I come on the wings of love--the whole way from Thermopylae in five days; and all for a woman like this! But I deserve it; I ought to be grateful; I shall not be plundered any more, that is something. |
| //Phi//. And who may you be, good sir? | //Phi//. And who may you be, good sir? | ||
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| //Po//. Polemon, deme Stiria, tribe Pandionis; will that do for you? late colonel, now general of division, andPannychis' | //Po//. Polemon, deme Stiria, tribe Pandionis; will that do for you? late colonel, now general of division, andPannychis' | ||
| - | //Phi//. At present, however, sir free-lance, Pannychis is mine. She has had one talent, and will have another | + | //Phi//. At present, however, sir free-lance, Pannychis is mine. She has had one talent, and will have another |
| //Dor//. She is a free woman; it is for her to say whether she will come along or not. | //Dor//. She is a free woman; it is for her to say whether she will come along or not. | ||
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| //Pa//. Well, if you think so, let us go in. | //Pa//. Well, if you think so, let us go in. | ||
| - | //Po//. I give you both fair warning that you drink your last drink to-day; I ought to know by this time how to partsoul | + | //Po//. I give you both fair warning that you drink your last drink to-day; I ought to know by this time how to part soul from body. Parmenon, the Thracians. Full armour, battle array, this alley blocked. Pikemen in the centre, slingers |
| - | //Phi//. You take us for babies, Mr. Mercenary, to judge from your appeal to our imaginations. Now I wonder | + | //Phi//. You take us for babies, Mr. Mercenary, to judge from your appeal to our imaginations. Now I wonder |
| //Po//. You will know ere long, when you look upon our serried ranks of glittering steel. | //Po//. You will know ere long, when you look upon our serried ranks of glittering steel. | ||
| - | //Phi//. Oh, pack up your traps and come, by all means. I and my Tibius--I have only one man, you see--will | + | //Phi//. Oh, pack up your traps and come, by all means. I and my Tibius--I have only one man, you see--will |
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| - | === XI === | + | === 11 === |
| // | // | ||
| - | //Try//. Well, to be sure! Get a girl to keep company with you, and then turn your back on her! Nothing but tearsand | + | //Try//. Well, to be sure! Get a girl to keep company with you, and then turn your back on her! Nothing but tears and groans! The wine was not good enough, I suppose, and you didn't want a // |
| //Ch//. Love is killing me, Tryphaena; I can stand it no longer. | //Ch//. Love is killing me, Tryphaena; I can stand it no longer. | ||
| - | //Try//. It is not love for me, that is clear. You would not be so cold to me, and push me away when I want to putmy arms round you. It really is not fair to keep me off like this! Never mind, tell me who it is; perhaps I may help you toher; I know one ought to make oneself useful. | + | //Try//. It is not love for me, that is clear. You would not be so cold to me, and push me away when I want to put my arms round you. It really is not fair to keep me off like this! Never mind, tell me who it is; perhaps I may help you to her; I know one ought to make oneself useful. |
| //Ch//. Oh, you two know each other quite well; she is quite a celebrity. | //Ch//. Oh, you two know each other quite well; she is quite a celebrity. | ||
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| //Ch//. Well then--Philematium. | //Ch//. Well then--Philematium. | ||
| - | //Try//. Which? there are two of them; one in Piraeus, who has only just come there; Damyllus the governor' | + | //Try//. Which? there are two of them; one in Piraeus, who has only just come there; Damyllus the governor' |
| //Ch//. Yes, that is she; she has caught me and got me tight, poor mouse. | //Ch//. Yes, that is she; she has caught me and got me tight, poor mouse. | ||
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| //Ch//. Oh, it is nothing new. I saw her first at the Dionysia; that makes seven months. | //Ch//. Oh, it is nothing new. I saw her first at the Dionysia; that makes seven months. | ||
| - | //Try//. Had you a full view of her, or did you just see her face and as much as a woman of forty-five likes toshow? | + | //Try//. Had you a full view of her, or did you just see her face and as much as a woman of forty-five likes to show? |
| //Ch//. Oh, come! I have her word for it she will be two-and-twenty next birthday. | //Ch//. Oh, come! I have her word for it she will be two-and-twenty next birthday. | ||
| - | //Try//. Well, which are you going to trust--her word, or your own eyes? Just take a careful look at her templessome day; that is the only place where her own hair shows; all the rest is a thick wig; but at the temples, when the dyefades | + | //Try//. Well, which are you going to trust--her word, or your own eyes? Just take a careful look at her temples someday; that is the only place where her own hair shows; all the rest is a thick wig; but at the temples, when the dye fades a little, you can easily detect the grey. But that is nothing; insist on seeing more than her face. |
| //Ch//. Oh, but I am not favoured so far as that. | //Ch//. Oh, but I am not favoured so far as that. | ||
| - | //Try//. No, I should think not. She knows what the effect would be; why, she is all over--oh, talk ofleopard-skins! And it was she made you cry like that, was it? I dare say, now, she was very cruel and scornful? | + | //Try//. No, I should think not. She knows what the effect would be; why, she is all over--oh, talk of leopard-skins! And it was she made you cry like that, was it? I dare say, now, she was very cruel and scornful? |
| - | //Ch//. Yes, she was, dear; and such a lot of money as she has from me! Just now she wants a thousand drachmas; | + | //Ch//. Yes, she was, dear; and such a lot of money as she has from me! Just now she wants a thousand drachmas; well, I am dependent on my father, and he is very close, and I could not very well get it; so she is at home to Moschion, and will not see me. That is why you are here; I thought it might vex her. |
| - | //Try//. Well, I'm sure I never never would have come if I had been told what it was for--just to vex somebodyelse, and that somebody old coffin-ripe Philematium! I shall go away; for that matter the third rooster-crow is past. | + | //Try//. Well, I'm sure I never never would have come if I had been told what it was for--just to vex somebody else, and that somebody old coffin-ripe Philematium! I shall go away; for that matter the third rooster-crow is past. |
| - | //Ch//. No, no, not so fast, Tryphaena. If it is all true--the | + | //Ch//. No, no, not so fast, Tryphaena. If it is all true-- the wig, the dye, and the leopard-skin--I shall hate the sight of her. |
| - | //Try//. If your mother has ever seen her at the bath, ask her. As to the age, you had better ask your grandfatherabout | + | //Try//. If your mother has ever seen her at the bath, ask her. As to the age, you had better ask your grandfather about that, if he is alive. |
| - | //Ch//. Well, as that is what she is like, come up close to me. Give me your arms--and your lips--and let us befriends. Philematium be hanged! | + | //Ch//. Well, as that is what she is like, come up close to me. Give me your arms--and your lips--and let us be friends. Philematium be hanged! |
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| - | === XII === | + | === 12 === |
| //Joessa. Pythias. Lysias// | //Joessa. Pythias. Lysias// | ||
| - | //Jo//. Cross boy! But I deserve it all! I ought to have treated you as any other girl would do, | + | //Jo//. Cross boy! But I deserve it all! I ought to have treated you as any other girl would do, |
| - | //Py//. Monster! He cares nothing for her tears. He must be made of stone instead of flesh and blood. But the truthis, my dear, you have spoilt him, by letting him see how fond you are of him. It is a great mistake to make so much of them;they get uppish. Don't cry, dear: take my advice, and shut him out once or twice; it will be his turn to dote on youthen. | + | //Py//. Monster! He cares nothing for her tears. He must be made of stone instead of flesh and blood. But the truth is, my dear, you have spoilt him, by letting him see how fond you are of him. It is a great mistake to make so much of them; they get uppish. Don't cry, dear: take my advice, and shut him out once or twice; it will be his turn to dote on you then. |
| //Jo//. Shut him out? Don't breathe a word of such a thing! I only wish he would wait till I turned him out! | //Jo//. Shut him out? Don't breathe a word of such a thing! I only wish he would wait till I turned him out! | ||
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| //Jo//. Pythias! What //have// you done? If he should have overheard that about shutting him out! | //Jo//. Pythias! What //have// you done? If he should have overheard that about shutting him out! | ||
| - | //Ly//. I am coming back on your account, Pythias, not on hers; I will never look at heragain, after what she has done: but I don't want //you// to think badly of me; it shall not be said that Lysias | + | //Ly//. I am coming back on your account, Pythias, not on hers; I will never look at her again, after what she has done: but I don't want //you// to think badly of me; it shall not be said that Lysias |
| //Py//. Exactly what I //was// saying. | //Py//. Exactly what I //was// saying. | ||
| - | //Ly//. But what would you have me do? This girl, who is so tearful now, has been disloyal to me, and receivedanother | + | //Ly//. But what would you have me do? This girl, who is so tearful now, has been disloyal to me, and received another |
| //Py//. Well, after all------. But when did you make this discovery? | //Py//. Well, after all------. But when did you make this discovery? | ||
| - | //Ly//. It must have been something like five days ago; yes, it was, because it was on the second, and to-day | + | //Ly//. It must have been something like five days ago; yes, it was, because it was on the second, and today is the seventh. My father had found out about this precious Joessa, and how long it had been going on, and he locked me in, and gave the porter orders not to open to me. Well, I wasn't going to be kept away from her, so I told Dromo to slip along the courtyard |
| //Jo//. Good Heavens! What is coming? I am in torment! | //Jo//. Good Heavens! What is coming? I am in torment! | ||
| - | //Ly//. I perceived from the breathing that there was more than one person there, and thought at first that Lydemust be sleeping with her. Pythias, I was mistaken! My hands passed over a smooth, beardless // | + | //Ly//. I perceived from the breathing that there was more than one person there, and thought at first that Lydemust be sleeping with her. Pythias, I was mistaken! My hands passed over a smooth, beardless // |
| //Jo//. Oh, Lysias! is that all? Why, it was Pythias who was sleeping with me! | //Jo//. Oh, Lysias! is that all? Why, it was Pythias who was sleeping with me! | ||
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| //Py//. Joessa, don't tell him! | //Py//. Joessa, don't tell him! | ||
| - | //Jo//. Why not? Lysias, dear, it was Pythias; I had asked her to come and sleep with me; I was so lonely | + | //Jo//. Why not? Lysias, dear, it was Pythias; I had asked her to come and sleep with me; I was so lonely |
| //Ly//. Pythias? Then her hair has grown pretty fast in five days. | //Ly//. Pythias? Then her hair has grown pretty fast in five days. | ||
| - | //Jo//. She has been ill, and her hair was falling off, and she had to have it cropped. And now she has got falsehair. Pythias, show him that it is so. Behold your rival, Lysias! this is the young gentleman of whom you were jealous. | + | //Jo//. She has been ill, and her hair was falling off, and she had to have it cropped. And now she has got false hair. Pythias, show him that it is so. Behold your rival, Lysias! this is the young gentleman of whom you were jealous. |
| //Ly//. And what lover would not have been jealous? I had the evidence of my hands, remember. | //Ly//. And what lover would not have been jealous? I had the evidence of my hands, remember. | ||
| - | //Jo//. Well, you know better now. Suppose I were to return you evil for evil? What should you say to that? It is myturn | + | //Jo//. Well, you know better now. Suppose I were to return you evil for evil? What should you say to that? It is my turn to be angry with you now. |
| - | //Ly//. No, you mustn' | + | //Ly//. No, you mustn' |
| //Jo//. Of course not. A pretty scrape you have led me into, Pythias, you nice young man! | //Jo//. Of course not. A pretty scrape you have led me into, Pythias, you nice young man! | ||
| - | //Py//. The nice young man has led you out of it again too, so you must forgive him. I say, Lysias, you need nottell any one--about my hair, you know. | + | //Py//. The nice young man has led you out of it again too, so you must forgive him. I say, Lysias, you need not tell anyone--about my hair, you know. |
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| - | === XIII === | + | === 13 === |
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| - | //Le//. And then that battle with the Galatians; tell her about that, Chenidas--how I rode out in front on the grey,and the Galatians (brave fellows, those Galatians, too)--but they ran away directly they saw me; not a man stood his ground.That time, you know, I used my lance for a javelin, and sent it through their captain and his horse as well; and then, assome | + | //Le//. And then that battle with the Galatians; tell her about that, Chenidas--how I rode out in front on the grey, and the Galatians (brave fellows, those Galatians, too)--but they ran away directly they saw me; not a man stood his ground. That time, you know, I used my lance for a javelin, and sent it through their captain and his horse as well; and then, as some of them were left--the phalanx was broken up, you see, but a certain number had rallied--well, |
| //Che//. Oh, but that duel of yours with the satrap in Paphlagonia! that was a fine display, too. | //Che//. Oh, but that duel of yours with the satrap in Paphlagonia! that was a fine display, too. | ||
| - | //Le//. Well remembered; yes, that was not so bad, either. A great big fellow that satrap was, supposed to be achampion fighter too--thought nothing of Greek science. Out he came, and challenged all corners to single combat. There wasconsternation | + | //Le//. Well remembered; yes, that was not so bad, either. A great big fellow that satrap was, supposed to be a achampion fighter too--thought nothing of Greek science. Out he came, and challenged all corners to single combat. There was consternation |
| - | //Che//. Yes, //I// was afraid that time; you remember how I clung to you and besought you not to sacrificeyourself; life would not have been worth living, if you had fallen. | + | //Che//. Yes, //I// was afraid that time; you remember how I clung to you and besought you not to sacrifice yourself; life would not have been worth living, if you had fallen. |
| - | //Le//. I ventured it, though. Out I went, as well armed as the Paphlagonian, | + | //Le//. I ventured it, though. Out I went, as well armed as the Paphlagonian, |
| - | //Che//. Why, who should it be? Achilles, of course; the son of Peleus and Thetis, of course. Your helmet was somagnificent, your purple so rich, your buckler so dazzling. | + | //Che//. Why, who should it be? Achilles, of course; the son of Peleus and Thetis, of course. Your helmet was so magnificent, your purple so rich, your buckler so dazzling. |
| - | //Le//. We met. The barbarian drew first blood--just a scratch with his lance a little above the knee; but my greatspear drove through his shield and right into the breast-bone. Then I ran up, just sliced his headoff with my sword, and came back carrying his arms, the head spiked on my spear dripping gore upon me. | + | //Le//. We met. The barbarian drew first blood--just a scratch with his lance a little above the knee; but my greatspear drove through his shield and right into the breast-bone. Then I ran up, just sliced his headoff with my sword, and came back carrying his arms, the head spiked on my spear dripping gore upon me. |
| - | //Hym//. How horrid, Leontichus! what disgusting frightful tales you tell about yourself! What girl would look at aman who likes such nastiness--let alone drink or sleep with him? I am going away. | + | //Hym//. How horrid, Leontichus! what disgusting frightful tales you tell about yourself! What girl would look at a man who likes such nastiness--let alone drink or sleep with him? I am going away. |
| //Le//. Pooh! I double your pay. | //Le//. Pooh! I double your pay. | ||
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| //Le//. Don't be afraid, my dear. All that was in Paphlagonia. I am a man of peace now. | //Le//. Don't be afraid, my dear. All that was in Paphlagonia. I am a man of peace now. | ||
| - | //Hym//. No, you are unclean; the blood of the barbarian' | + | //Hym//. No, you are unclean; the blood of the barbarian' |
| //Le//. I am certain you would be in love with me if you had seen me in my armour. | //Le//. I am certain you would be in love with me if you had seen me in my armour. | ||
| - | //Hym//. I tell you it makes me sick and frightened even to hear of such things; I see the shades and ghosts of theslain; that poor officer with his head cloven! what would it be if I saw the thing done, and the blood, and the bodies | + | //Hym//. I tell you it makes me sick and frightened even to hear of such things; I see the shades and ghosts of the slain; that poor officer with his head cloven! what would it be if I saw the thing done, and the blood, and the bodies |
| //Le//. Such a coward, girl? so poor of heart? I thought you would like to hear it. | //Le//. Such a coward, girl? so poor of heart? I thought you would like to hear it. | ||
| - | //Hym//. Well, try the Lemnian women, or the daughters of Danaus, if you want to please with that sort of tale. Ishall | + | //Hym//. Well, try the Lemnian women, or the daughters of Danaus, if you want to please with that sort of tale. I shall run home to my mother, while there is some daylight left. Come along, Grammis. Good-bye, mightiest of colonels, |
| //Le//. Stay, girl, stay.--Why, she is gone! | //Le//. Stay, girl, stay.--Why, she is gone! | ||
| - | //Che//. Well, Leontichus, you frightened the simple little thing with your nodding plumes and your incredibleexploits. I saw her getting pale as far back as the officer story; her face was all puckered up andquivering | + | //Che//. Well, Leontichus, you frightened the simple little thing with your nodding plumes and your incredible exploits. I saw her getting pale as far back as the officer story; her face was all puckered up and quivering |
| //Le//. I thought it would make me more attractive. Well, but it was your fault too; you started the duel. | //Le//. I thought it would make me more attractive. Well, but it was your fault too; you started the duel. | ||
| - | //Che//. Well, I had to chime in when I saw what you were bragging for. But you laid it on so thick. Pass thecutting | + | //Che//. Well, I had to chime in when I saw what you were bragging for. But you laid it on so thick. Pass the cutting |
| - | //Le//. That was a bit too strong, I admit; the rest was rather well put together. Well, go and persuade her to comeback. | + | //Le//. That was a bit too strong, I admit; the rest was rather well put together. Well, go and persuade her to come back. |
| //Che//. Shall I tell her you lied to make her think you a fine fellow? | //Che//. Shall I tell her you lied to make her think you a fine fellow? | ||
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| //Dorion. Myrtale// | //Dorion. Myrtale// | ||
| - | //Do//. So, Myrtale! You ruin me first, and then close your doors on me! It was another tale when I brought you allthose | + | //Do//. So, Myrtale! You ruin me first, and then close your doors on me! It was another tale when I brought you all those presents: I was your love, then; your lord, your life. But you have squeezed me dry now, and have got hold of that Bithynian |
| - | //Myr//. Come, Dorion, that is too much! Ruined you, indeed! A lot you ever gave me! Let us go through the list ofyour | + | //Myr//. Come, Dorion, that is too much! Ruined you, indeed! A lot you ever gave me! Let us go through the list of your presents, from the very beginning. |
| //Do//. Very well; let us. First, a pair of shoes from Sicyon, two drachmae. Remember two drachmae. | //Do//. Very well; let us. First, a pair of shoes from Sicyon, two drachmae. Remember two drachmae. | ||
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| //Myr//. Ah, but you were here for two nights. | //Myr//. Ah, but you were here for two nights. | ||
| - | //Do//. A box of Phoenician ointment, when I came back from Syria; the box of alabaster. The same price, as I' | + | //Do//. A box of Phoenician ointment, when I came back from Syria; the box of alabaster. The same price, as I' |
| - | //Myr//. Well, and when you sailed again, didn't I give you that waistcoat, that you might have something to wearwhen | + | //Myr//. Well, and when you sailed again, didn't I give you that waistcoat, that you might have something to wear when you were rowing? It was Epiurus the boatswain' |
| - | //Do//. Epiurus recognized it, and took it away from me in Samos, only the other day; and a rare tussle we hadbefore | + | //Do//. Epiurus recognized it, and took it away from me in Samos, only the other day; and a rare tussle we had before |
| //Myr//. Say five drachmae the lot. | //Myr//. Say five drachmae the lot. | ||
| - | //Do//. It was all that my pay would run to, Myrtale; I was but a common seaman in those days. I have risen to bemate | + | //Do//. It was all that my pay would run to, Myrtale; I was but a common seaman in those days. I have risen to be mate now, my haughty miss. And didn't I put down a solid drachma for you at the feet of Aphrodite' |
| //Myr//. Onions and haddocks. | //Myr//. Onions and haddocks. | ||
| - | //Do//. Yes; ’twas all I had; if I were rich, I should not be a sailor. I have never brought my own mother so muchas | + | //Do//. Yes; ’twas all I had; if I were rich, I should not be a sailor. I have never brought my own mother so much as a head of garlic. I should like to know what sort of presents the Bithynian makes you? |
| //Myr//. Look at this dress: he bought it me; and this necklace, the thick one. | //Myr//. Look at this dress: he bought it me; and this necklace, the thick one. | ||
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| //Do//. Pooh, you have had that for years. | //Do//. Pooh, you have had that for years. | ||
| - | //Myr//. No, the one you knew was much lighter, and it had no emeralds. My earrings were a present of his too, andso was that rug; and he gave me two minae the other day, besides paying our rent. Rather different from Patara slippers, | + | //Myr//. No, the one you knew was much lighter, and it had no emeralds. My earrings were a present of his too, and so was that rug; and he gave me two minae the other day, besides paying our rent. Rather different from Patara slippers, |
| - | //Do//. And how do you like him for a lover? you say nothing about that. He is fifty years old if he is a day; hishair | + | //Do//. And how do you like him for a lover? you say nothing about that. He is fifty years old if he is a day; his hair is all gone in front, and he has the complexion of a lobster. Did you ever notice his teeth? And so accomplished too!it is a treat to hear him when he sings and tries to make himself agreeable; what is it they tell me about an ass that would learn the lyre? Well, I wish you joy of him; you deserve no better luck; and may the child be like his father! As for me, I'll find some Delphis or Cymbalium that's more in my line; your neighbour, perhaps, the flute-girl; anyhow, I shall get some one. We can't all afford necklaces and rugs and two minae presents. |
| - | //Myr//. How I envy the lucky girl who gets you, Dorion! What onions she will have from Cyprus! what cheeses | + | //Myr//. How I envy the lucky girl who gets you, Dorion! What onions she will have from Cyprus! what cheeses |
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| //Cochlis. Parthenis// | //Cochlis. Parthenis// | ||
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| //Co//. Crying, Parthenis! what is it? how do your pipes come to be broken? | //Co//. Crying, Parthenis! what is it? how do your pipes come to be broken? | ||
| - | //Par//. Oh! oh! I have been beaten by Crocale' | + | //Par//. Oh! oh! I have been beaten by Crocale' |
| //Co//. Is the man mad? or was it just a drunken freak? | //Co//. Is the man mad? or was it just a drunken freak? | ||
| - | //Par//. All jealousy, my dear--love run wild. Crocale had asked two talents, I believe, if Dinomachus wanted | + | //Par//. All jealousy, my dear--love run wild. Crocale had asked two talents, I believe, if Dinomachus wanted |
| - | //Co//. Yes, bruises and the courts--that is all we get out of the military. They tell you they are generals | + | //Co//. Yes, bruises and the courts--that is all we get out of the military. They tell you they are generals |
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