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title: "Dialogues of the Sea-Gods · Ἐνάλιοι διάλογοι"
author: "Lucian"
translator: "Matthew Donald Macleod"
languages: [grc, en]
shelf: "Classical Greek"
url: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/
cite: "Lucian, tr. Matthew Donald Macleod, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods · Ἐνάλιοι διάλογοι. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/"
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# Dialogues of the Sea-Gods · Ἐνάλιοι διάλογοι

*Lucian, tr. Matthew Donald Macleod*

Short scenes among the gods of the sea: the Cyclops, Galatea, Andromeda and the dolphin of Arion.

> Greek: ed. Matthew Donald Macleod, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0062.tlg067, CC BY-SA 4.0).

> English: Matthew Donald Macleod, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0062.tlg067.perseus-eng3). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the references the two texts share (books, chapters and sections), cut where both reach the end of a sentence.

## Contents

1. [Dialogue 1](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/1.md)
2. [Dialogue 2](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/2.md)
3. [Dialogue 3](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/3.md)
4. [Dialogue 4](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/4.md)
5. [Dialogue 5](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/5.md)
6. [Dialogue 6](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/6.md)
7. [Dialogue 7](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/7.md)
8. [Dialogue 8](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/8.md)
9. [Dialogue 9](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/9.md)
10. [Dialogue 10](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/10.md)
11. [Dialogue 11](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/11.md)
12. [Dialogue 12](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/12.md)
13. [Dialogue 13](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/13.md)
14. [Dialogue 14](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/14.md)
15. [Dialogue 15](https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/15.md)

## 1. Dialogue 1

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/1/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/1/#p-N

[¶0] 1. DORIS: A good-looking lover they say you have, Galatea, in this Sicilian shepherd who’s so mad about you! GALATEA: None of your jokes, Doris. He’s Poseidon’s son, whatever he looks like.

> Greek: 1. ΔΩΡΙΣ: Καλὸν ἐραστήν, ὦ Γαλάτεια, τὸν Σικελὸν τοῦτον ποιμένα φασὶν ἐπιμεμηνέναι σοί. ΓΑΛΑΤΕΙΑ: Μὴ σκῶπτε, Δωρί· Ποσειδῶνος γὰρ υἱός ἐστιν, ὁποῖος ἂν ᾖ.

[¶1] DORIS: What of it? Though it was a son of Zeus himself that had so wild and hairy an appearance and, most hideous thing of all, only one eye, do you think his birth would help him to be any better-looking? GALATEA: His wild and hairy appearance, as you call it, isn’t ugly. It’s manly. And his eye goes very nicely with his forehead, and it sees just as well as if it were two.

> Greek: ΔΩΡΙΣ: Τί οὖν; εἰ καὶ τοῦ Διὸς αὐτοῦ παῖς ὢν ἄγριος οὕτως καὶ λάσιος ἐφαίνετο καί, τὸ πάντων ἀμορφότατον, μονόφθαλμος, οἴει τὸ γένος ἄν τι ὀνῆσαι αὐτὸν πρὸς τὴν μορφήν; ΓΑΛΑΤΕΙΑ: Οὐδὲ τὸ λάσιον αὐτοῦ καί, ὡς φῄς, ἄγριον ἄμορφόν ἐστιν—ἀνδρῶδες γάρ—ὅ τε ὀφθαλμὸς ἐπιπρέπει τῷ μετώπῳ οὐδὲν ἐνδεέστερον ὁρῶν ἢ εἰ δύ' ἦσαν.

[¶2] DORIS: My dear Galatea, from the way you’re praising him, it looks as if your Polyphemus is more loved than loving.

> Greek: ΔΩΡΙΣ: Ἔοικας, ὦ Γαλάτεια, οὐκ ἐραστὴν ἀλλ’ ἐρώμενον ἔχειν τὸν Πολύφημον, οἷα ἐπαινεῖς αὐτόν.

[¶3] 2. GALATEA: That’s not true; but the way you all criticise him annoys me. If you ask me, I think you’re jealous of the day when, looking after his sheep, he caught sight of us from his watch-point, as we were playing on the shore at the foot of Etna, where there’s a long stretch of beach between the mountain and the sea. He didn’t even look at you, but thought me the prettiest of us all, and was all eye for me and me only. That’s what’s annoying you; because it proves that I’m better than any of you, and that I deserve to be loved. None of you got so much as a glance. DORIS: Do you think people should be jealous of you, just because a shepherd with bad eyesight thought you pretty? Anyhow, what could he see to praise in you but your white skin? And he only likes that, I imagine, because he’s used to cheese and milk, and so thinks everything like them pretty..

> Greek: 2. ΓΑΛΑΤΕΙΑ: Οὐκ ἐρώμενον, ἀλλὰ τὸ πάνυ ὀνειδιστικὸν τοῦτο οὐ φέρω ὑμῶν, καί μοι δοκεῖτε ὑπὸ φθόνου αὐτὸ ποιεῖν, ὅτι ποιμαίνων ποτὲ ἀπὸ τῆς σκοπῆς παιζούσας ἡμᾶς ἰδὼν ἐπὶ τῆς ἠϊόνος ἐν τοῖς πρόποσι τῆς Αἴτνης, καθ' ὃ μεταξὺ τοῦ ὄρους καὶ τῆς θαλάσσης αἰγιαλὸς ἀπομηκύνεται, ὑμᾶς μὲν οὐδὲ προσέβλεψεν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐξ ἁπασῶν ἡ καλλίστη ἔδοξα, καὶ μόνῃ ἐμοὶ ἐπεῖχε τὸν ὀφθαλμόν. ταῦτα ὑμᾶς ἀνιᾷ· δεῖγμα γάρ, ὡς ἀμείνων εἰμὶ καὶ ἀξιέραστος, ὑμεῖς δὲ παρώφθητε. ΔΩΡΙΣ: Εἰ ποιμένι καὶ ἐνδεεῖ τὴν ὄψιν καλὴ ἔδοξας, ἐπίφθονος οἴει γεγονέναι; καίτοι τί ἄλλο ἐν σοὶ ἐπαινέσαι εἶχεν ἢ τὸ λευκὸν μόνον; καὶ τοῦτο, οἶμαι, ὅτι συνήθης ἐστὶ τυρῷ καὶ γάλακτι· πάντα οὖν τὰ ὅμοια τούτοις ἡγεῖται καλά.

[¶4] 3. DORIS: Apart from all that, any time you want to find out what your face really looks like, take a peep into the water from a rock when it’s calm and look at yourself. You’re nothing but white skin. Nobody thinks much of that, unless there’s some rosy colour as well to show it off. GALATEA: Still, though I am unrelieved white, I have got a lover, even if it’s only Polyphemus. But not one of you has any shepherd or sailor or boatman to admire her. Besides, Polyphemus is musical.

> Greek: 3. ΔΩΡΙΣ: ἐπεὶ τά γε ἄλλα ὁπόταν ἐθελήσῃς μαθεῖν, οἵα τυγχάνεις οὖσα τὴν ὄψιν, ἀπὸ πέτρας τινός, εἴ ποτε γαλήνη εἴη, ἐπικύψασα ἐς τὸ ὕδωρ ἰδὲ σεαυτὴν οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ χροίαν λευκὴν ἀκριβῶς· οὐκ ἐπαινεῖται δὲ τοῦτο, ἢν μὴ ἐπιπρέπῃ αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἐρύθημα. ΓΑΛΑΤΕΙΑ: Καὶ μὴν ἐγὼ μὲν ἡ ἀκράτως λευκὴ ὅμως ἐραστὴν ἔχω κἂν τοῦτον, ὐμῶν δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ἥντινα ἢ ποιμὴν ἢ ναύτης ἢ πορθμεὺς ἐπαινεῖ· ὁ δέ γε Πολύφημος τά τε ἄλλα καὶ μουσικός ἐστι.

[¶5] 4. DORIS: You’d better not talk about that, Galatea. We heard his singing the other day, when he came serenading you. Gracious Aphrodite! Anyone would have taken it for the braying of an ass. And as for the lyre itself! What a thing it was! The fleshless skull of a stag! Its horns served as the arms of the lyre and he’d joined them with a yoke, and fitted on his strings, without bothering to twist them round a peg, so that his performance was scarcely tuneful or harmonious, with him roaring away himself in one key, and his lyre accompanying him in another. So we just couldn’t help laughing at such attempts at a love song. For even Echo, who’s such a chatterbox, wouldn’t so much as answer his bellowing, but was ashamed to be caught imitating such a rough, ridiculous song.

> Greek: 4. ΔΩΡΙΣ: Σιώπα, ὦ Γαλάτεια· ἠκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ ᾄδοντος ὁπότε ἐκώμασε πρῴην ἐπὶ σέ· Ἀφροδίτη φίλη, ὄνον ἄν τις ὀγκᾶσθαι ἔδοξεν. καὶ αὐτὴ δὲ ἡ πηκτὶς οἵα; κρανίον ἐλάφου γυμνὸν τῶν σαρκῶν, καὶ τὰ μὲν κέρατα πήχεις ὥσπερ ἦσαν, ζυγώσας δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ ἐνάψας τὰ νεῦρα, οὐδὲ κολλάβοις περιστρέψας, ἐμελῴδει ἄμουσόν τι καὶ ἀπῳδόν, ἄλλο μὲν αὐτὸς βοῶν, ἄλλο δὲ ἡ λύρα ὑπήχει, ὥστε οὐδὲ κατέχειν τὸν γέλωτα ἐδυνάμεθα ἐπὶ τῷ ἐρωτικῷ ἐκείνῳ ᾄσματι· ἡ μὲν γὰρ Ἠχὼ οὐδὲ ἀποκρίνεσθαι αὐτῷ ἤθελεν οὕτω λάλος οὖσα βρυχομένῳ, ἀλλ’ ᾐσχύνετο, εἰ φανείη μιμουμένη τραχεῖαν ᾠδὴν καὶ καταγέλαστον.

[¶6] 5. DORIS: And your Prince Charming was carrying in his arms as his little plaything a bear-cub just as hairy as himself. Who wouldn’t envy you such a lover, Galatea? GALATEA: Well, Doris, let us see your own lover. Obviously he’s handsomer, more musical and a better player of the harp.

> Greek: 5. ΔΩΡΙΣ: ἔφερεν δὲ ὁ ἐπέραστος ἐν ταῖς ἀγκάλαις ἀθυρμάτιον ἄρκτου σκύλακα τὸ λάσιον αὐτῷ προσεοικότα. τίς οὐκ ἂν φθονήσειέ σοι, ὦ Γαλάτεια, τοιούτου ἐραστοῦ; ΓΑΛΑΤΕΙΑ: Οὐκοῦν σύ, Δωρί, δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν σεαυτῆς, καλλίω δῆλον ὅτι ὄντα καὶ ᾠδικώτερον καὶ κιθαρίζειν ἄμεινον ἐπιστάμενον.

[¶7] DORIS: I’ve not got one. I don’t pride myself on being a charmer. But as for a fellow like your Cyclops, that smells as rank as any he-goat, and, by all accounts, eats his meat raw, and makes a meal of visiting strangers—may you keep him for yourself, and ever return his affection.

> Greek: ΔΩΡΙΣ: Ἀλλὰ ἐραστὴς μὲν οὐδεὶς ἔστι μοι οὐδὲ σεμνύνομαι ἐπέραστος εἶναι· τοιοῦτος δὲ οἷος ὁ Κύκλωψ ἐστί, κινάβρας ἀπόζων ὥσπερ ὁ τράγος, ὠμοβόρος, ὥς φασι, καὶ σιτούμενος τοὺς ἐπιδημοῦντας τῶν ξένων, σοὶ γένοιτο καὶ πάντοτε σὺ ἀντερῴης αὐτοῦ.

## 2. Dialogue 2

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/2/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/2/#p-N

[¶0] 1. CYCLOPS: What terrible treatment, father, I’ve had from that foreigner, curse him! Made me drunk and blinded me, setting on me in my sleep!

> Greek: 1. ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Ὦ πάτερ, οἷα πέπονθα ὑπὸ τοῦ καταράτου ξένου, ὃς μεθύσας ἐξετύφλωσέ με κοιμωμένῳ ἐπιχειρήσας.

[¶1] POSEIDON: Who dared to do that, Polyphemus?

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Τίς δὲ ἦν ὁ ταῦτα τολμήσας, ὦ Πολύφημε;

[¶2] CYCLOPS: At first he called himself Noman, but once he’d escaped and was out of range, he said his name was Odysseus.

> Greek: ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Τὸ μὲν πρῶτον Οὖτιν ἑαυτὸν ἀπεκάλει, ἐπεὶ δὲ διέφυγε καὶ ἔξω ἦν βέλους, Ὀδυσσεὺς ὀνομάζεσθαι ἔφη.

[¶3] POSEIDON: I know whom you mean—the fellow from Ithaca. He was sailing back from Troy. But how did he manage it, for he’s no hero?

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Οἶδα ὃν λέγεις, τὸν Ἰθακήσιον· ἐξ Ἰλίου δ’ ἀνέπλει. ἀλλὰ πῶς ταῦτα ἔπραξεν οὐδὲ πάνυ εὐθαρσὴς ὤν;

[¶4] 2. CYCLOPS: When I got back from the pastures, I caught quite a few of them in my cave, obviously with designs on my flocks. For after I’d put the lid on my doorway—I’ve a huge rock for that—and had got my fire going with a tree I had with me from the mountain, I saw them, though they were trying to hide. I grabbed a few of them and ate them up, as was only natural, seeing that they were robbers. Then that out-and-out scoundrel, be his name Noman or Odysseus, gave me a drink which he’d drugged. It tasted and smelt nice, but was right treacherous and landed me in a heap of trouble. For the moment I’d drunk it, everything seemed to whirl round and round, and the cave itself started to turn upside down, and I began to lose my bearings, and in the end was overcome by sleep. And he, after sharpening that stake, yes, and making it red-hot in the fire, blinded me while I was asleep, and it’s thanks to him that you’ve a blind son, Poseidon.

> Greek: 2. ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Κατέλαβον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ἄντρῳ ἀπὸ τῆς νομῆς ἀναστρέψας πολλούς τινας, ἐπιβουλεύοντας δῆλον ὅτι τοῖς ποιμνίοις· ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἐπέθηκα τῇ θύρᾳ τὸ πῶμα—πέτρα δέ ἐστί μοι παμμεγέθης—καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἀνέκαυσα ἐναυσάμενος ὃ ἔφερον δένδρον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους, ἐφάνησαν ἀποκρύπτειν αὑτοὺς πειρώμενοι· ἐγὼ δὲ συλλαβών τινας αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἦν, κατέφαγον λῃστάς γε ὄντας. ἐνταῦθα ὁ πανουργότατος ἐκεῖνος, εἴτε Οὖτις εἴτε Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦν, δίδωσί μοι πιεῖν φάρμακόν τι ἐγχέας, ἡδὺ μὲν καὶ εὔοσμον, ἐπιβουλότατον δὲ καὶ ταραχωδέστατον· ἅπαντα γὰρ εὐθὺς ἐδόκει μοι περιφέρεσθαι πιόντι καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον αὐτὸ ἀνεστρέφετο καὶ οὐκέτι ὅλως ἐν ἐμαυτοῦ ἤμην, τέλος δὲ εἰς ὕπνον κατεσπάσθην. ὁ δὲ ἀποξύνας τὸν μοχλὸν καὶ πυρώσας προσέτι ἐτύφλωσέ με καθεύδοντα, καὶ ἀπ' ἐκείνου τυφλός εἰμί σοι, ὦ Πόσειδον.

[¶5] 3. POSEIDON: How soundly you must have slept, my son, if you didn’t jump up while he was blinding you! But how did Odysseus escape? I’m sure he couldn’t have moved the rock from the doorway.

> Greek: 3. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ὡς βαθὺν ἐκοιμήθης, ὦ τέκνον, ὃς οὐκ ἐξέθορες μεταξὺ τυφλούμενος. ὁ δ’ οὖν Ὀδυσσεὺς πῶς διέφυγεν; οὐ γὰρ ἂν εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι ἠδυνήθη ἀποκινῆσαι τὴν πέτραν ἀπὸ τῆς θύρας.

[¶6] CYCLOPS: No, I did that myself; I thought it’d be easier for me to catch him as he went out. I sat down by the doorway, with my hands stretched out to feel for them. It was only my sheep I let out to the pasture, and I told my ram everything he’d to do for me.

> Greek: ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Ἀλλ' ἐγὼ ἀφεῖλον, ὡς μᾶλλον αὐτὸν λάβοιμι ἐξιόντα, καὶ καθίσας παρὰ τὴν θύραν ἐθήρων τὰς χεῖρας ἐκπετάσας, μόνα παρεὶς τὰ πρόβατα εἰς τὴν νομήν, ἐντειλάμενος τῷ κριῷ ὅσα ἐχρῆν πράττειν αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ.

[¶7] 4. POSEIDON: I see it all. They slipped out under your sheep. But you should have called in the other Cyclopes to look for him.

> Greek: 4. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Μανθάνω· ὑπ' ἐκείνοις ἔλαθον ὑπεξελθόντες· σὲ δὲ τοὺς ἄλλους Κύκλωπας ἔδει ἐπιβοήσασθαι ἐπ' αὐτόν.

[¶8] CYCLOPS: So I did, father, and they came. But when they asked the name of the fellow responsible for the trick, and I said it was Noman, they thought I was out of my mind and went off home. Thus he outwitted me by that name, curse him. But what’s annoyed me most of all, is that he taunted me with my misfortune and said, “Not even your father, Poseidon himself, will be able to cure you”.

> Greek: ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: Συνεκάλεσα, ὦ πάτερ, καὶ ἧκον· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤροντο τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύοντος τοὔνομα κἀγὼ ἔφην ὅτι Οὖτίς ἐστι, μελαγχολᾶν οἰηθέντες με ἀπιόντες ᾤχοντο. οὕτω κατεσοφίσατό με ὁ κατάρατος τῷ ὀνόματι. καὶ ὃ μάλιστα ἠνίασέ με, ὅτι καὶ ὀνειδίζων ἐμοὶ τὴν συμφοράν, Οὐδὲ ὁ πατήρ, φησίν, ὁ Ποσειδῶν ἰάσεται σε.

[¶9] POSEIDON: Cheer up, son. I’ll punish him. I’ll teach him that, though I can’t cure blindness, I do have control over the fortunes of sailors. He’s still at sea, remember.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Θάρρει, ὦ τέκνον· ἀμυνοῦμαι γὰρ αὐτόν, ὡς μάθῃ ὅτι, εἰ καὶ πήρωσίν μοι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἰᾶσθαι ἀδύνατον, τὰ γοῦν τῶν πλεόντων [τὸ σῴζειν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀπολλύναι] ἐπ' ἐμοί ἐστι· πλεῖ δὲ ἔτι.

## 3. Dialogue 3

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/3/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/3/#p-N

[¶0] 1. POSEIDON: What’s all this, Alpheus? When you run into the sea, you’re the only one that doesn’t mix with the salt water like all the other rivers! You don’t disperse and give yourself a rest, but go through the sea without disintegrating, and keep your water fresh! You dive right down like a gull or a heron, and hurry on, I don’t know where, undiluted and pure. I suppose you’ll pop up again somewhere and show yourself once more. ALPHEUS: It’s a matter of love, Poseidon; so no questions, please; you’ve been in love often enough yourself.

> Greek: 1. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Τί τοῦτο, ὦ Ἀλφειέ; μόνος τῶν ἄλλων ἐμπεσὼν ἐς τὸ πέλαγος οὔτε ἀναμίγνυσαι τῇ ἅλμῃ, ὡς νόμος ποταμοῖς ἅπασιν, οὔτε ἀναπαύεις σεαυτὸν διαχυθείς, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς θαλάσσης συνεστὼς καὶ γλυκὺ φυλάττων τὸ ῥεῖθρον, ἀμιγὴς ἔτι καὶ καθαρὸς ἐπείγῃ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπου βύθιος ὑποδὺς καθάπερ οἱ λάροι καὶ ἐρωδιοί; καὶ ἔοικας ἀνακύψειν που καὶ αὖθις ἀναφανεῖν σεαυτόν. ΑΛΦΕΙΟΣ: Ἐρωτικόν τι τὸ πρᾶγμά ἐστιν, ὦ Πόσειδον, ὥστε μὴ ἔλεγχε· ἠράσθης δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς πολλάκις.

[¶1] POSEIDON: Is it a woman you love, Alpheus, or a Nymph or a Nereid from the sea? ALPHEUS: No, Poseidon, a fountain.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Γυναικός, ὦ Ἀλφειέ, ἢ νύμφης ἐρᾷς ἢ καὶ τῶν Νηρεΐδων ἁλίας; ΑΛΦΕΙΟΣ: Οὔκ, ἀλλὰ πηγῆς, ὦ Πόσειδον.

[¶2] POSEIDON: And where on earth does she have her waters? ALPHEUS: In an island—in Sicily; they call her Arethusa.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ἡ δὲ ποῦ σοι γῆς αὕτη ῥεῖ; ΑΛΦΕΙΟΣ: Νησιῶτίς ἐστι Σικελή· Ἀρέθουσαν αὐτὴν ὀνομάζουσιν.

[¶3] 2. POSEIDON: I know Arethusa, and she’s not at all bad-looking. She’s translucent and gushes up pure. Her water makes a pretty picture along with her pebbles, all of it gleaming above them like silver. ALPHEUS: You certainly do know my fountain, Poseidon. Well, I’m off to her.

> Greek: 2. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Οἶδα οὐκ ἄμορφον, ὦ Ἀλφειέ, τὴν Ἀρέθουσαν, ἀλλὰ διαυγής ἐστι καὶ διὰ καθαροῦ ἀναβλύζει καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπιπρέπει ταῖς ψηφῖσιν ὅλον ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν φαινόμενον ἀργυροειδές. ΑΛΦΕΙΟΣ: Ὡς ἀληθῶς οἶσθα τὴν πηγήν, ὦ Πόσειδον· παρ' ἐκείνην οὖν ἀπέρχομαι.

[¶4] POSEIDON: Off with you, then, and good luck in your love. But tell me, where did you see her? You’re from Arcadia, and she’s at Syracuse. ALPHEUS: I’m in a hurry, Poseidon, and you’re delaying me with these pointless questions.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ἀλλ' ἄπιθι μὲν καὶ εὐτύχει ἐν τῷ ἔρωτι· ἐκεῖνο δέ μοι εἰπέ, ποῦ τὴν Ἀρέθουσαν εἶδες αὐτὸς μὲν Ἀρκὰς ὤν, ἡ δὲ ἐν Συρακούσαις ἐστίν; ΑΛΦΕΙΟΣ: Ἐπειγόμενόν με κατέχεις, ὦ Πόσειδον, περίεργα ἐρωτῶν.

[¶5] POSEIDON: Well spoken. Away with you to your beloved, come up from the sea, mingle with your fountain and become one water.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Εὖ λέγεις· χώρει παρὰ τὴν ἀγαπωμένην, καὶ ἀναδὺς ἀπὸ τῆς θαλάσσης συναναμίγνυσο τῇ πηγῇ καὶ ἓν ὕδωρ γίγνεσθε.

## 4. Dialogue 4

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/4/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/4/#p-N

[¶0] 1. MENELAUS: I’m willing to believe you turn into water, Proteus, since you come from the sea, and I can even put up with your becoming a tree, and even your changing into a lion is not quite beyond the bounds of belief—but that you can actually become fire, although you live in the sea, I find quite amazing and incredible. PROTEUS: Well you mustn’t, Menelaus, for it’s true enough. MENELAUS: I saw it with my own eyes. But I’ll tell you what I think. I think it’s all a trick, and you cheat the eyes of the onlookers, and don’t turn into any of these things.

> Greek: 1. ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΣ: Ἀλλὰ ὕδωρ μέν σε γενέσθαι, ὦ Πρωτεῦ, οὐκ ἀπίθανον, ἐνάλιόν γε ὄντα, καὶ δένδρον, ἔτι φορητόν, καὶ εἰς λέοντα δὲ εἰ ἀλλαγείης, ὅμως οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἔξω πίστεως· εἰ δὲ καὶ πῦρ γίγνεσθαι δυνατὸν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ οἰκοῦντά σε, τοῦτο πάνυ θαυμάζω καὶ ἀπιστῶ. ΠΡΩΤΕΥΣ: Μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ὦ Μενέλαε· γίγνομαι γάρ. ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΣ: Εἶδον καὶ αὐτός· ἀλλά μοι δοκεῖς—εἰρήσεται γὰρ πρὸς σέ—γοητείαν τινὰ προσάγειν τῷ πράγματι καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐξαπατᾶν τῶν ὁρώντων αὐτὸς οὐδὲν τοιοῦτο γιγνόμενος.

[¶1] 2. PROTEUS: How could there be any deception when everything’s so clearly visible? Weren’t your eyes open when you saw all my changes? If you don’t believe it, and think it’s all a fraud and an optical illusion, just try touching me with your hand, my fine fellow, when I turn myself into fire. That will teach you whether I’m only to be seen with the eyes or can burn as well. MENELAUS: That would be dangerous, Proteus.

> Greek: 2. ΠΡΩΤΕΥΣ: Καὶ τίς ἂν ἡ ἀπάτη ἐπὶ τῶν οὕτως ἐναργῶν γένοιτο; οὐκ ἀνεῳγμένοις τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδες, εἰς ὅσα μετεποίησα ἐμαυτόν; εἰ δὲ ἀπιστεῖς καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμά σοι ψευδὲς εἶναι δοκεῖ, καὶ φαντασία τις πρὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἱσταμένη, ἐπειδὰν πῦρ γένωμαι, προσένεγκέ μοι, ὦ γενναῖε, τὴν χεῖρα· εἴσῃ γάρ, εἰ ὁρῶμαι μόνον ἢ καὶ τὸ κάειν τότε μοι πρόσεστιν. ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΣ: Οὐκ ἀσφαλὴς ἡ πεῖρα, ὦ Πρωτεῦ.

[¶2] PROTEUS: I don’t suppose you’ve ever seen an octopus, Menelaus, or know what happens to that sort of fish? MENELAUS: I have seen one, but please tell me what happens to it.

> Greek: ΠΡΩΤΕΥΣ: Σὺ δέ μοι, ὦ Μενέλαε, δοκεῖς οὐδὲ πολύποδα ἑωρακέναι πώποτε οὐδὲ ἃ πάσχει ὁ ἰχθῦς οὗτος εἰδέναι. ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΣ: Ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν πολύποδα εἶδον, ἃ δὲ πάσχει, ἡδέως ἂν μάθοιμι παρὰ σοῦ.

[¶3] 3. PROTEUS: Whenever it goes to a rock and puts its suckers on it, clinging tight with the full length of its arms, it makes itself just like that rock, changing its colour to match it; thus it escapes the notice of fishermen, by blending with its surroundings, thereby remaining inconspicuous and looking just like the stone. MENELAUS: So people say. But your goings on, Proteus, are much harder to believe.

> Greek: 3. ΠΡΩΤΕΥΣ: Ὁποίᾳ ἂν πέτρᾳ προσελθὼν ἁρμόσῃ τὰς κοτύλας καὶ προσφὺς ἔχηται κατὰ τὰς πλεκτάνας, ἐκείνῃ ὅμοιον ἐργάζεται ἑαυτὸν καὶ μεταβάλλει τὴν χροίαν μιμούμενος τὴν πέτραν, ὡς λανθάνειν τοὺς ἁλιέας μὴ διαλλάττων μηδὲ ἐπίσημος ὢν διὰ τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ ἐοικὼς τῷ λίθῳ. ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΣ: Φασὶ ταῦτα· τὸ δὲ σὸν πολλῷ παραδοξότερον, ὦ Πρωτεῦ.

[¶4] PROTEUS: I don’t know what else will convince you, Menelaus, if you won’t believe your own eyes. MENELAUS: I admit I saw it. But it’s quite miraculous for one and the same person to be fire and water.

> Greek: ΠΡΩΤΕΥΣ: Οὐκ οἶδα, ὦ Μενέλαε, ᾥτινι ἂν ἄλλῳ πιστεύσειας τοῖς σεαυτοῦ ὀφθαλμοῖς ἀπιστῶν. ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΣ: Εἶδον· ἀλλὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα τεράστιον, ὁ αὐτὸς πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ.

## 5. Dialogue 5

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/5/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/5/#p-N

[¶0] 1. POSEIDON: It’s greatly to the credit of you dolphins, that you’ve always been kind to men. Long ago you caught up Ino’s son after his fall with his mother from the Scironian cliffs, and carried him to the Isthmus. And now one of you has picked up this harper from Methymna, and swum away with him to Taenarum, robes and harp and all, stopping those seamen from murdering him. DOLPHIN: Don’t be surprised, Poseidon, that we’re kind to men. We were men ourselves, before we became fishes. It wasn’t very nice of Dionysus to change our shape after he’d beaten us in that sea-battle; he ought merely to have reduced us to submission as he did to all the others.

> Greek: 1. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Εὖ γε, ὦ Δελφῖνες, ὅτι ἀεὶ φιλάνθρωποί ἐστε, καὶ πάλαι μὲν τὸ τῆς Ἰνοῦς παιδίον ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσθμὸν ἐκομίσατε ὑποδεξάμενοι ἀπὸ τῶν Σκειρωνίδων μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἐμπεσόν, καὶ νῦν σὺ τὸν κιθαρῳδὸν τουτονὶ τὸν ἐκ Μηθύμνης ἀναλαβὼν ἐξενήξω ἐς Ταίναρον αὐτῇ σκευῇ καὶ κιθάρᾳ, οὐδὲ περιεῖδες κακῶς ὑπὸ τῶν ναυτῶν ἀπολλύμενον. ΔΕΛΦΙΝΕΣ: Μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ὦ Πόσειδον, εἰ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εὖ ποιοῦμεν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων γε καὶ αὐτοὶ ἰχθύες γενόμενοι. Καὶ μέμφομαί γε τῷ Διονύσῳ, ὅτι ἡμᾶς καταναυμαχήσας καὶ μετέβαλε, δέον χειρώσασθαι μόνον, ὥσπερ τοὺς ἄλλους ὑπηγάγετο.

[¶1] POSEIDON: But what’s the true story about Arion, my dear dolphin?

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Πῶς δ’ οὖν τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἀρίονα τοῦτον ἐγένετο, ὦ Δελφίν;

[¶2] 2. DOLPHIN: Periander was fond of him, I believe, and would be continually sending for him to perform. But when the tyrant had made him a rich man, Arion became eager to sail off home to Methymna and show off his riches. So he embarked on a passage-boat, but the crew were scoundrels, and, when he let them see that he had a great deal of gold and silver with him, they plotted against him in mid Aegean. But—I heard it all, for I was swimming alongside the ship—he said to them, “Since your minds are made up, at least allow me to put on my robes and sing my own dirge, and then I’ll be willing to throw myself into the sea.” The crew agreed; he dressed up and sang a beautiful song, and jumped into the sea to ensure a quick death if nothing else. But I caught him up, and put him on my back and swam all the way to Taenarum with him. POSEIDON: Your love of music does you great credit. You paid him well for the song you heard.

> Greek: 2. ΔΕΛΦΙΝΕΣ: Ὁ Περίανδρος, οἶμαι, ἔχαιρεν αὐτῷ καὶ πολλάκις μετεπέμπετο αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῇ τέχνῃ, ὁ δὲ πλουτήσας παρὰ τοῦ τυράννου ἐπεθύμησεν πλεύσας οἴκαδε εἰς τὴν Μήθυμναν ἐπιδείξασθαι τὸν πλοῦτον, καὶ ἐπιβὰς πορθμείου τινὸς κακούργων ἀνδρῶν ὡς ἔδειξεν πολὺν ἄγων χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον, ἐπεὶ κατὰ μέσον τὸ Αἰγαῖον ἐγένετο, ἐπιβουλεύουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ ναῦται· ὁ δὲ—ἠκροώμην γὰρ ἅπαντα παρανέων τῷ σκάφει—Ἐπεὶ ταῦτα ὑμῖν δέδοκται, ἔφη, ἀλλὰ τὴν σκευὴν ἀναλαβόντα με καὶ ᾄσαντα θρῆνόν τινα ἐπ' ἐμαυτῷ ἑκόντα ἐάσατε ῥῖψαι ἐμαυτόν. ἐπέτρεψαν οἱ ναῦται καὶ ἀνέλαβε τὴν σκευὴν καὶ ᾖσε πάνυ λιγυρόν, καὶ ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ὡς αὐτίκα πάντως ἀποθανούμενος· ἐγὼ δὲ ὑπολαβὼν καὶ ἀναθέμενος αὐτὸν ἐξενηξάμην ἔχων εἰς Ταίναρον. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ἐπαινῶ σε τῆς φιλομουσίας· ἄξιον γὰρ τὸν μισθὸν ἀπέδωκας αὐτῷ τῆς ἀκροάσεως.

## 6. Dialogue 6

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/6/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/6/#p-N

[¶0] 1. POSEIDON: Let this strait, where the girl fell from the skies, be called Hellespont after her. You, Nereids, take the body to the Troad, so that it can be buried by people there. AMPHITRITE: Please not that, Poseidon, but let her be buried here in the sea named after her. We feel very sorry for the pitiable way she was treated by her step-mother.

> Greek: 1. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Τὸ μὲν στενὸν τοῦτο, ἔνθα ἡ παῖς κατηνέχθη, Ἑλλήσποντος ἀπ' αὐτῆς καλείσθω· τὸν δὲ νεκρὸν ὑμεῖς, ὦ Νηρεΐδες, παραλαβοῦσαι τῇ Τρῳάδι προσενέγκατε, ὡς ταφείη ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων. ΑΜΦΙΤΡΙΤΗ: Μηδαμῶς, ὦ Πόσειδον, ἀλλ’ ἐνταῦθα ἐν τῷ ἐπωνύμῳ πελάγει τεθάφθω· ἐλεοῦμεν γὰρ αὐτὴν οἴκτιστα ὑπὸ τῆς μητρυιᾶς πεπονθυῖαν.

[¶1] POSEIDON: That would be wrong, Amphitrite, and it’s not quite the thing either to leave her lying here under the sand; no, she’ll be buried, as I said, in the Troad or the Chersonese. She’ll find it no small consolation that, before long, the same thing will happen to Ino; she’ll be pursued by Athamas, and plunge into the sea with her child in her arms from the heights of Cithaeron where a ridge runs down into the sea. But we must save Ino to please Dionysus; for she was his nurse and his nanny.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Τοῦτο μέν, ὦ Ἀμφιτρίτη, οὐ θέμις· οὐδὲ ἄλλως καλὸν ἐνταῦθά που κεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῇ ψάμμῳ αὐτήν, ἀλλ’ ὅπερ ἔφην ἐν τῇ Τρῳάδι ἢ ἐν Χερρονήσῳ τεθάψεται. ἐκεῖνο δὲ παραμύθιον οὐ μικρὸν ἔσται αὐτῇ, ὅτι μετ' ὀλίγον τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ ἡ Ἰνὼ πείσεται καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀθάμαντος διωκομένη ἐς τὸ πέλαγος ἀπ' ἄκρου τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος, καθ' ὅπερ καθήκει ἐς τὴν θάλασσαν, ἔχουσα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγκάλης. ἀλλὰ κἀκείνην σῶσαι δεήσει χαρισαμένους τῷ Διονύσῳ· τροφὸς γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ τίτθη ἡ Ἰνώ.

[¶2] 2. AMPHITRITE: You shouldn’t save a bad woman like that!
POSEIDON: But, Amphitrite, we mustn’t offend Dionysus. NEREIDS: But what came over her that she fell from the ram, while Phrixus, her brother, is having a safe ride?

> Greek: 2. ΑΜΦΙΤΡΙΤΗ: Οὐκ ἐχρῆν οὕτω πονηρὰν οὖσαν.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ἀλλὰ τῷ Διονύσῳ ἀχαριστεῖν, ὦ Ἀμφιτρίτη, οὐκ ἄξιον. ΝΗΡΕΙΔΕΣ: Αὕτη δὲ ἄρα τί παθοῦσα κατέπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κριοῦ, ὁ ἀδελφὸς δὲ ὁ Φρίξος ἀσφαλῶς ὀχεῖται;

[¶3] POSEIDON: That’s natural; he’s a young man and can withstand the speed; but she has no experience, and when she got on that strange mount, and looked down into the gaping depths beneath her, she was terrified, and, overcome at the same time by the heat, and growing dizzy at the speed of the flight, lost hold of the ram’s horns, to which she’d been clinging, and fell into the sea. NEREIDS: But shouldn’t Nephele, her mother, have helped her when she was falling?

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Εἰκότως· νεανίας γὰρ καὶ δύναται ἀντέχειν πρὸς τὴν φοράν, ἡ δὲ ὑπ' ἀηθείας ἐπιβᾶσα ὀχήματος παραδόξου καὶ ἀπιδοῦσα ἐς βάθος ἀχανές, ἐκπλαγεῖσα καὶ τῷ θάλπει ἅμα συσχεθεῖσα καὶ ἰλιγγιάσασα πρὸς τὸ σφοδρὸν τῆς πτήσεως ἀκρατὴς ἐγένετο τῶν κεράτων τοῦ κριοῦ, ὧν τέως ἐπείληπτο, καὶ κατέπεσεν ἐς τὸ πέλαγος. ΝΗΡΕΙΔΕΣ: Οὔκουν ἐχρῆν τὴν μητέρα τὴν Νεφέλην βοηθῆσαι πιπτούσῃ;

[¶4] POSEIDON: Yes, indeed, but Fate is far stronger than Nephele.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ἐχρῆν· ἀλλ’ ἡ Μοῖρα τῆς Νεφέλης πολλῷ δυνατωτέρα.

## 7. Dialogue 7

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/7/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/7/#p-N

[¶0] 1. PANOPE: Did you see, Galene, what Discord did yesterday at the banquet in Thessaly, because she wasn’t invited? GALENE: I wasn’t with you people in person at the banquet. For Poseidon had told me, my dear Panope, to keep the sea calm while it lasted. But what did the absent Discord do?

> Greek: 1. ΠΑΝΟΠΗ: Εἶδες, ὦ Γαλήνη, χθὲς οἷα ἐποίησεν ἡ Ἔρις παρὰ τὸ δεῖπνον ἐν Θετταλίᾳ, διότι μὴ καὶ αὐτὴ ἐκλήθη εἰς τὸ συμπόσιον; ΓΑΛΗΝΗ: Οὐ συνειστιώμην ὑμῖν ἔγωγε· ὁ γὰρ Ποσειδῶν ἐκέλευσέ με, ὦ Πανόπη, ἀκύμαντον ἐν τοσούτῳ φυλάττειν τὸ πέλαγος. τί δ’ οὖν ἐποίησεν ἡ Ἔρις μὴ παροῦσα;

[¶1] PANOPE: Thetis and Peleus had already left and gone to their chamber, escorted by Amphitrite and Poseidon. Meanwhile Discord had crept in unseen by all—that was easy enough, with the guests drinking, applauding, or listening to Apollo’s playing or the Muses’ singing—and she threw a beautiful apple amongst the guests—an apple of solid gold, my dear, with the inscription “For the queen of Beauty”. The apple rolled, as if aimed, to where Hera, Aphrodite and Athena were at table.

> Greek: ΠΑΝΟΠΗ: Ἡ Θέτις μὲν ἤδη καὶ ὁ Πηλεὺς ἀπεληλύθεσαν ἐς τὸν θάλαμον ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀμφιτρίτης καὶ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος παραπεμφθέντες, ἡ Ἔρις δὲ ἐν τοσούτῳ λαθοῦσα πάντας—ἐδυνήθη δὲ ῥᾳδίως, τῶν μὲν πινόντων, ἐνίων δὲ κροτούντων ἢ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι κιθαρίζοντι ἢ ταῖς Μούσαις ᾀδούσαις προσεχόντων τὸν νοῦν—ἐνέβαλεν ἐς τὸ συμπόσιον μῆλόν τι πάγκαλον, χρυσοῦν ὅλον, ὦ Γαλήνη· ἐπεγέγραπτο δὲ “ἡ καλὴ λαβέτω.” κυλινδούμενον δὲ τοῦτο ὥσπερ ἐξεπίτηδες ἧκεν ἔνθα Ἥρα τε καὶ Ἀφροδίτη καὶ Ἀθηνᾶ κατεκλίνοντο.

[¶2] 2. PANOPE: Then Hermes picked it up, and read out the inscription, but we Nereids held our tongues. What could we do when such august ladies were present? Each of them laid claim to the apple, insisting it should rightly be hers, and it would have come to blows, if Zeus hadn’t parted them, saying, “I won’t judge this matter myself”,—though they kept insisting he should—“but you go to Priam’s son on Ida. He knows how to decide between beauties, for he’s a connoisseur of beauty; his verdict is bound to be right.” GALENE: And what have the goddesses done, Panope?

> Greek: 2. ΠΑΝΟΠΗ: κἀπειδὴ ὁ Ἑρμῆς ἀνελόμενος ἐπελέξατο τὰ γεγραμμένα, αἱ μὲν Νηρεΐδες ἡμεῖς ἐσιωπήσαμεν. τί γὰρ ἔδει ποιεῖν ἐκείνων παρουσῶν; αἱ δὲ ἀντεποιοῦντο ἑκάστη καὶ αὑτῆς εἶναι τὸ μῆλον ἠξίουν, καὶ εἰ μή γε ὁ Ζεὺς διέστησεν αὐτάς, καὶ ἄχρι χειρῶν ἂν τὸ πρᾶγμα προὐχώρησεν. ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνος, Αὐτὸς μὲν οὐ κρινῶ, φησί, περὶ τούτου,—καίτοι ἐκεῖναι αὐτὸν δικάσαι ἠξίουν—ἄπιτε δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἴδην παρὰ τὸν Πριάμου παῖδα, ὃς οἶδέ τε διαγνῶναι τὸ κάλλιον φιλόκαλος ὤν, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐκεῖνος κρίναι κακῶς. ΓΑΛΗΝΗ: Τί οὖν αἱ θεαί, ὦ Πανόπη;

[¶3] PANOPE: They’ll be going to Ida today, I believe, and we’ll soon have a messenger with news of the winner. GALENE: I can tell you that now. Only Aphrodite can win, if she competes—unless the umpire is very short-sighted.

> Greek: ΠΑΝΟΠΗ: Τήμερον, οἶμαι, ἀπίασιν εἰς τὴν Ἴδην, καί τις ἥξει μετὰ μικρὸν ἀπαγγέλλων ἡμῖν τὴν κρατοῦσαν. ΓΑΛΗΝΗ: Ἤδη σοί φημι, οὐκ ἄλλη κρατήσει τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ἀγωνιζομένης, ἢν μὴ πάνυ ὁ διαιτητὴς ἀμβλυώττῃ.

## 8. Dialogue 8

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/8/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/8/#p-N

[¶0] 1. TRITON: Poseidon, there’s a girl who comes to Lerna for water every day—ever such a pretty little thing. I don’t know that I ever saw a prettier girl.

> Greek: 1. ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Ἐπὶ τὴν Λέρναν, ὦ Πόσειδον, παραγίνεται καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ὑδρευσομένη παρθένος, πάγκαλόν τι χρῆμα· οὐκ οἶδα ἔγωγε καλλίω παῖδα ἰδών.

[¶1] POSEIDON: Free, do you say, Triton, or a serving water-girl?

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ἐλευθέραν τινά, ὦ Τρίτων, λέγεις, ἢ θεράπαινά τις ὑδροφόρος ἐστίν;

[¶2] TRITON: No servant, but a daughter of that Egyptian. She’s another of those fifty sisters, and is called Amymone. I asked after her name and family. Danaus brings up his daughters the hard way, and teaches them to fend for themselves, sending them for water and training them not to shirk hard work.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Οὐ μὲν οὖν, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου ἐκείνου θυγάτηρ, μία τῶν πεντήκοντα καὶ αὐτή, Ἀμυμώνη τοὔνομα· ἐπυθόμην γὰρ ἥτις καλεῖται καὶ τὸ γένος. ὁ Δαναὸς δὲ σκληραγωγεῖ τὰς θυγατέρας καὶ αὐτουργεῖν διδάσκει καὶ πέμπει ὕδωρ τε ἀρυσομένας καὶ πρὸς τὰ ἄλλα παιδεύει ἀόκνους εἶναι αὐτάς.

[¶3] 2. POSEIDON: Does she come all that long way from Argos to Lerna alone?

> Greek: 2. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Μόνη δὲ παραγίνεται μακρὰν οὕτω τὴν ὁδὸν ἐξ Ἄργους εἰς Λέρναν;

[¶4] TRITON: Indeed she does, and Argos is a pretty thirsty place, as you know, so that she must for ever be carrying water.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Μόνη· πολυδίψιον δὲ τὸ Ἄργος, ὡς οἶσθα· ὥστε ἀνάγκη ἀεὶ ὑδροφορεῖν.

[¶5] POSEIDON: My dear fellow, I’m really excited at what you’ve told me about her. Let’s go and find her.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ὦ Τρίτων, οὐ μετρίως με διετάραξας περὶ τῆς παιδὸς εἰπών· ὥστε ἴωμεν ἐπ' αὐτήν.

[¶6] TRITON: Let’s do that. It’s just the time for her to be getting her water. She must be about halfway to Lerna by now.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Ἴωμεν· ἤδη γὰρ καιρὸς τῆς ὑδροφορίας· καὶ σχεδόν που κατὰ μέσην τὴν ὁδόν ἐστιν ἰοῦσα ἐς τὴν Λέρναν.

[¶7] POSEIDON: Then get the horses into my chariot, or rather, since it takes too long harnessing the horses and getting the chariot ready, fetch me a quick dolphin. Riding on that, I’ll be able to get away most quickly.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Οὐκοῦν ζεῦξον τὸ ἅρμα· ἢ τοῦτο μὲν πολλὴν ἔχει τὴν διατριβὴν ὑπάγειν τοὺς ἵππους τῇ ζεύγλῃ καὶ τὸ ἅρμα ἐπισκευάζειν, σὺ δὲ ἀλλὰ δελφῖνά μοί τινα τῶν ὠκέων παράστησον· ἀφιππάσομαι γὰρ ἐπ' αὐτοῦ τάχιστα.

[¶8] TRITON: Look, here’s the fastest dolphin you have.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Ἰδού σοι οὑτοσὶ δελφίνων ὁ ὠκύτατος.

[¶9] POSEIDON: Capital. Let’s be on our way; you can swim alongside, my good fellow.... Well, now that we’re at Lerna, I’ll lie in wait here somewhere, and you’ll have to keep a look-out, and when you see her coming— TRITON: Here she is now, not far off.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Εὖ γε· ἀπελαύνωμεν· σὺ δὲ παρανήχου, ὦ Τρίτων. κἀπειδὴ πάρεσμεν εἰς τὴν Λέρναν, ἐγὼ μὲν λοχήσω ἐνταῦθά που, σὺ δὲ ἀποσκόπει· ὁπόταν αἴσθῃ προσιοῦσαν αὐτὴν— ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Αὕτη σοι πλησίον.

[¶10] 3. POSEIDON: She is pretty, my dear fellow, a real beauty. We must get hold of her. AMYMONE: Where are you carrying me off to, fellow? You’re a kidnapper, that’s what you are. I’ve an idea Uncle Egyptus sent you. I’m going to scream for my father.

> Greek: 3. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Καλή, ὦ Τρίτων, καὶ ὡραία παρθένος· ἀλλὰ συλληπτέα ἡμῖν ἐστιν. ΑΜΥΜΩΝΗ: Ἄνθρωπε, ποῖ με συναρπάσας ἄγεις; ἀνδραποδιστὴς εἶ, καὶ ἔοικας ἡμῖν ὑπ' Αἰγύπτου τοῦ θείου ἐπιπεμφθῆναι· ὥστε βοήσομαι τὸν πατέρα.

[¶11] TRITON: Silence, Amymone, it’s Poseidon. AMYMONE: Why do you say Poseidon? Why this force, fellow? Why are you dragging me into the sea? Oh, dear me, I’ll drown if I go under.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Σιώπησον, ὦ Ἀμυμώνη· Ποσειδῶν ἐστι. ΑΜΥΜΩΝΗ: Τί Ποσειδῶν λέγεις; τί βιάζῃ με, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, καὶ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καθέλκεις; ἐγὼ δὲ ἀποπνιγήσομαι ἡ ἀθλία καταδῦσα.

[¶12] POSEIDON: Don’t worry, you’re in no danger. I’ll give the rock a tap with my trident near the beach, and start a fountain that will have your name. You’ll be happy, and, unlike any of your sisters, you won’t have to carry water after death.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Θάρρει, οὐδὲν δεινὸν μὴ πάθῃς· ἀλλὰ καὶ πηγὴν ἐπώνυμον ἀναδοθῆναί σοι ποιήσω ἐνταῦθα πατάξας τῇ τριαίνῃ τὴν πέτραν πλησίον τοῦ κλύσματος, καὶ σὺ εὐδαίμων ἔσῃ καὶ μόνη τῶν ἀδελφῶν οὐχ ὑδροφορήσεις ἀποθανοῦσα.

## 9. Dialogue 9

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/9/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/9/#p-N

[¶0] 1. IRIS: That wandering island, Poseidon, which was broken off from Sicily, and is still propelling itself about under water—Zeus says you are to make it stop now, and bring it into view. You are to fix it quite securely, and make it stand firm, clearly visible from now on in the middle of the Aegean. He wants it for something.
POSEIDON: It will be done, Iris. But what use will it be to him by coming to light and ceasing its seafaring? IRIS: Leto must be delivered upon it. She’s already in distress from her birth pangs.

> Greek: 1. ΙΡΙΣ: Τὴν νῆσον τὴν πλανωμένην, ὦ Πόσειδον, ἣν ἀποσπασθεῖσαν τῆς Σικελίας ὕφαλον ἔτι νήχεσθαι συμβέβηκεν, ταύτην, φησὶν ὁ Ζεύς, στῆσον ἤδη καὶ ἀνάφηνον καὶ ποίησον ἤδη δῆλον ἐν τῷ Αἰγαίῳ μέσῳ βεβαίως μένειν στηρίξας πάνυ ἀσφαλῶς· δεῖται γάρ τι αὐτῆς.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Πεπράξεται ταῦτα, ὦ Ἶρι. τίνα δ’ ὅμως παρέξει τὴν χρείαν αὐτῷ ἀναφανεῖσα καὶ μηκέτι πλέουσα; ΙΡΙΣ: Τὴν Λητὼ ἐπ' αὐτῆς δεῖ ἀποκυῆσαι· ἤδη δὲ πονήρως ὑπὸ τῶν ὠδίνων ἔχει.

[¶1] POSEIDON: What of it? Hasn’t heaven room enough for bearing children? If not heaven, couldn’t all the earth accommodate her for the birth? IRIS: No, Poseidon. Hera has laid the earth under strict oath not to give Leto anywhere for her travail; thus this island is not bound by the oath, for it was not visible.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Τί οὖν; οὐχ ἱκανὸς ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐντεκεῖν; εἰ δὲ μὴ οὗτος, ἀλλ’ ἥ γε γῆ πᾶσα οὐκ ἂν ὑποδέξασθαι δύναιτο τὰς γονὰς αὐτῆς; ΙΡΙΣ: Οὔκ, ὦ Πόσειδον· ἡ Ἥρα γὰρ ὅρκῳ μεγάλῳ κατέλαβε τὴν γῆν, μὴ παρασχεῖν τῇ Λητοῖ τῶν ὠδίνων ὑποδοχήν. ἡ τοίνυν νῆσος αὕτη ἀνώμοτός ἐστιν· ἀφανὴς γὰρ ἦν.

[¶2] 2. POSEIDON: I see. Stop still, island. Come up again from the deep, and drift below the surface no more. Remain in a fixed position, and receive, most lucky of islands, my brother’s two children, the most beautiful of all the gods. And you, Tritons, give Leto passage to the island, and let all be calm. And the moment the babes are born, they’ll pursue the serpent that’s now maddening Leto with fright, and exact vengeance for their mother. And you, Iris, go and tell Zeus that all is ready. Delos is stationary. Let Leto come now and have her children.

> Greek: 2. ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Συνίημι. στῆθι, ὦ νῆσε, καὶ ἀνάδυθι αὖθις ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ καὶ μηκέτι ὐποφέρου, ἀλλὰ βεβαίως μένε καὶ ὑπόδεξαι, ὦ εὐδαιμονεσάτη, τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τα τέκνα δύο, τοὺς καλλίστους τῶν θεῶν· καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὦ Τρίτωνες, διαπορθμεύσατε τὴν Λητὼ ἐς αὐτήν· καὶ γαληνὰ ἅπαντα ἔστω. τὸν δράκοντα δέ, ὃς νῦν ἐξοιστρεῖ αὐτὴν φοβῶν, τὰ νεογνὰ ἐπειδὰν τεχθῇ, αὐτίκα μέτεισι καὶ τιμωρήσει τῇ μητρί. σὺ δὲ ἀπάγγελλε τῷ Διὶ ἅπαντα εἶναι εὐτρεπῆ· ἕστηκεν ἡ Δῆλος· ἡκέτω ἡ Λητὼ ἤδη καὶ τικτέτω.

## 10. Dialogue 10

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/10/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/10/#p-N

[¶0] 1. XANTHUS: Take me to you, Sea, for I’ve suffered terribly. Please put a stop to my burning wounds. SEA: What’s this, Xanthus? Who has burnt you?

> Greek: 1. ΞΑΝΘΟΣ: Δέξαι με, ὦ θάλασσα, δεινὰ πεπονθότα καὶ κατάσβεσόν μου τὰ τραύματα. ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ: Τί τοῦτο, ὦ Ξάνθε; τίς σε κατέκαυσεν;

[¶1] XANTHUS: Hephaestus. See how I’ve been charred to cinders all over, poor thing that I am, and am at boiling point. SEA: Whatever made him attack you with his fire?

> Greek: ΞΑΝΘΟΣ: Ὁ Ἥφαιστος. ἀλλ’ ἀπηνθράκωμαι ὅλος ὁ κακοδαίμων καὶ ζέω. ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ: Διὰ τί δαί σοι καὶ ἐνέβαλε τὸ πῦρ;

[¶2] XANTHUS: It’s all because of the son of Thetis here. He was butchering the Phrygians, and I begged him to relent from his anger, but he wouldn’t; he only blocked up my stream with their bodies. Out of pity for the poor wretches, I attacked him, hoping to swallow him in a flood, and frighten him away from them.

> Greek: ΞΑΝΘΟΣ: Διὰ τὸν ταύτης υἱὸν τῆς Θέτιδος· ἐπεὶ γὰρ φονεύοντα τοὺς Φρύγας ἱκετεύσας οὐκ ἔπαυσα τῆς ὀργῆς, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν ἐνέφραττέ μοι τὸν ῥοῦν, ἐλεήσας τοὺς ἀθλίους ἐπῆλθον ἐπικλύσαι ἐθέλων, ὡς φοβηθεὶς ἀπόσχοιτο τῶν ἀνδρῶν.

[¶3] 2. XANTHUS: Then Hephaestus, happening to be near, attacked me, with all the fire he had in his forge it seemed to me, yes, with all his fire in Etna, and burnt my elms and tamarisks, roasting my unhappy fish and my eels, and making me myself bubble all over, and nearly dry all up. You can see the state I’m in from my burns. SEA: You’re muddy and hot, Xanthus, as is only natural, what with the blood from the bodies and the heat from that fire you’ve been talking about—and quite right too, when you had the cheek to attack my grandson though he was the son of a Nereid!

> Greek: 2. ΞΑΝΘΟΣ: ἐνταῦθα ὁ Ἥφαιστος—ἔτυχε γὰρ πλησίον που ὤν—πᾶν οἶμαι ὅσον ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ πῦρ εἶχεν καὶ ὅσον ἐν τῇ Αἴτνῃ φέρων ἐπῆλθέ μοι, καὶ ἔκαυσε μὲν τὰς πτελέας μου καὶ μυρίκας, ὤπτησε δὲ καὶ τοὺς κακοδαίμονας ἰχθῦς καὶ τὰς ἐγχέλεις, αὐτὸν δὲ ἐμὲ ὑπερκαχλάσαι ποιήσας μικροῦ δεῖν ὅλον ξηρὸν εἴργασται. ὁρᾷς γοῦν ὅπως διάκειμαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐγκαυμάτων. ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ: Θολερός, ὦ Ξάνθε, καὶ θερμός, ὡς εἰκός, τὸ αἷμα μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἡ θέρμη δέ, ὡς φῄς, ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρός· καὶ εἰκότως, ὦ Ξάνθε, ὃς ἐπὶ τὸν ἐμὸν υἱ⟨ων⟩ὸν ὥρμησας οὐκ αἰδεσθεὶς ὅτι Νηρεΐδος υἱὸς ἦν.

[¶4] XANTHUS: Was it wrong for me, then, to feel sorry for my neighbours of Phrygia? SEA: Or wrong for Hephaestus to be sorry for Thetis’ son, Achilles?

> Greek: ΞΑΝΘΟΣ: Οὐκ ἔδει οὖν ἐλεῆσαι γείτονας ὄντας τοὺς Φρύγας; ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ: Τὸν Ἥφαιστον δὲ οὐκ ἔδει ἐλεῆσαι Θέτιδος υἱὸν ὄντα τὸν Ἀχιλλέα;

## 11. Dialogue 11

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/11/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/11/#p-N

[¶0] 1. SOUTH WIND: Is it true, Zephyrus, about Zeus and this heifer that Hermes is escorting by sea to Egypt? Did he fall for her and have his way with her?

> Greek: 1. ΝΟΤΟΣ: Ταύτην, ὦ Ζέφυρε, τὴν δάμαλιν, ἣν διὰ τοῦ πελάγους εἰς Αἴγυπτον ὁ Ἑρμῆς ἄγει, ὁ Ζεὺς διεκόρησεν ἁλοὺς ἔρωτι;

[¶1] WEST WIND: Yes, Notus; only she wasn’t a heifer then, but the daughter of Inachus, the river. But now Hera, in her jealousy, has turned her into this, because she saw Zeus was very much in love with her.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Ναί, ὦ Νότε· οὐ δάμαλις δὲ τότε, ἀλλὰ παῖς ἦν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Ἰνάχου· νῦν δὲ ἡ Ἥρα τοιαύτην ἐποίησεν αὐτὴν ζηλοτυπήσασα, ὅτι πάνυ ἑώρα ἐρῶντα τὸν Δία.

[¶2] SOUTH WIND: Is he still in love with her now she’s a heifer?

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Νῦν δὲ ἔτι ἐρᾷ τῆς βοός;

[¶3] WEST WIND: Very much so, my good fellow. That’s why he’s sent her to Egypt, and told us he doesn’t want any rough seas, until she swims across, so that, when she has her baby there—she’s expecting at the moment—both mother and child may become gods.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Καὶ μάλα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὴν εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἔπεμψεν καὶ ἡμῖν προσέταξε μὴ κυμαίνειν τὴν θάλασσαν ἔστ' ἂν διανήξεται, ὡς ἀποτεκοῦσα ἐκεῖ—κυεῖ δὲ ἤδη—θεὸς γένοιτο καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ τὸ τεχθέν.

[¶4] 2. SOUTH WIND: The heifer a god?

> Greek: 2. ΝΟΤΟΣ: Ἡ δάμαλις θεός;

[¶5] WEST WIND: Indeed she will be. According to Hermes, she’ll have power over those at sea and be our mistress, choosing for herself which of us to send out or to stop from blowing.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Καὶ μάλα, ὦ Νότε· ἄρξει τε, ὡς ὁ Ἑρμῆς ἔφη, τῶν πλεόντων καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται δέσποινα, ὅντινα ἂν ἡμῶν ἐθέλῃ ἐκπέμψαι ἢ κωλῦσαι ἐπιπνεῖν.

[¶6] SOUTH WIND: In that case we’d better be attentive to her, if she’s now our mistress. Then we’ll be sure of her good-will.

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Θεραπευτέα τοιγαροῦν, ὦ Ζέφυρε, ἤδη δέσποινά γε οὖσα. εὐνουστέρα γὰρ ἂν οὕτως γένοιτο.

[¶7] WEST WIND: But look, she’s over now, and has swum ashore. See how she no longer walks on all fours, but has been straightened up by Hermes and changed back again into a most attractive woman.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Ἀλλ' ἤδη γὰρ διεπέρασε καὶ ἐξένευσεν ἐς τὴν γῆν. ὁρᾷς ὅπως οὐκέτι μὲν τετραποδητὶ βαδίζει, ἀνορθώσας δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ Ἑρμῆς γυναῖκα παγκάλην αὖθις ἐποίησεν;

[¶8] SOUTH WIND: How very strange, Zephyrus. No horns now, or tail or cloven hooves, but instead a lovely girl. But what’s come over Hermes, that he’s changed himself and given up his own fine face for that of a dog?

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Παράδοξα γοῦν ταῦτα, ὦ Ζέφυρε· οὐκέτι τὰ κέρατα οὐδὲ οὐρὰ καὶ δίχηλα τὰ σκέλη, ἀλλ’ ἐπέραστος κόρη. ὁ μέντοι Ἑρμῆς τί παθὼν μεταβέβληκεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀντὶ νεανίου κυνοπρόσωπος γεγένηται;

[¶9] WEST WIND: Let’s not be inquisitive. He knows his business better than we do.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Μὴ πολυπραγμονῶμεν, ὅτι ἄμεινον ἐκεῖνος οἶδε τὸ πρακτέον.

## 12. Dialogue 12

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/12/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/12/#p-N

[¶0] 1. DORIS: Why are you crying, Thetis? THETIS: Oh, Doris, I’ve just seen a lovely girl put into a box by her father along with her newborn baby. He told his sailors to take the box and, when well away from land, to drop it into the sea, so that the mother should be killed, poor thing, herself and her baby.

> Greek: 1. ΔΩΡΙΣ: Τί δακρύεις, ὦ Θέτι; ΘΕΤΙΣ: Καλλίστην, ὦ Δωρί, κόρην εἶδον ἐς κιβωτὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐμβληθεῖσαν, αὐτήν τε καὶ βρέφος αὐτῆς ἀρτιγέννητον· ἐκέλευσεν δὲ ὁ πατὴρ τοὺς ναύτας ἀναλαβόντας τὸ κιβώτιον, ἐπειδὰν πολὺ τῆς γῆς ἀποσπάσωσιν, ἀφεῖναι εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ὡς ἀπόλοιτο ἡ ἀθλία, καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ τὸ βρέφος.

[¶1] DORIS: Why, sister? Please tell me, if you have any definite information. THETIS: I have the whole story. Because she was ever so beautiful, her father Acrisius locked her up in a brazen room to keep her away from lovers. Then—I can’t say whether it’s true but it’s what they say—Zeus turned himself into gold and came pouring through the roof at her, and she received the god in her bosom as he came showering down, and became pregnant. When her father found out, the cruel, jealous old creature flew into a temper and, thinking she’d had a lover, threw her into the box just after her baby was born.

> Greek: ΔΩΡΙΣ: Τίνος ἕνεκα, ὦ ἀδελφή; εἰπέ, εἴ τι ἔμαθες ἀκριβῶς. ΘΕΤΙΣ: Ἅπαντα. ὁ γὰρ Ἀκρίσιος ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆς καλλίστην οὖσαν ἐπαρθένευεν ἐς χαλκοῦν τινα θάλαμον ἐμβαλών· εἶτα, εἰ μὲν ἀληθὲς οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν, φασὶ δ’ οὖν τὸν Δία χρυσὸν γενόμενον ῥυῆναι διὰ τοῦ ὀρόφου ἐπ' αὐτήν, δεξαμένην δὲ ἐκείνην ἐς τὸν κόλπον καταρρέοντα τὸν θεὸν ἐγκύμονα γενέσθαι. τοῦτο αἰσθόμενος ὁ πατήρ, ἄγριός τις καὶ ζηλότυπος γέρων, ἠγανάκτησε καὶ ὑπό τινος μεμοιχεῦσθαι οἰηθεὶς αὐτὴν ἐμβάλλει εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν ἄρτι τετοκυῖαν.

[¶2] 2. DORIS: And what did she do, Thetis, when they were putting her there? THETIS: She kept quiet about herself, submitting to her sentence, but she kept pleading for her child’s life, weeping and showing it to its grandad, for it was a lovely baby. And it, unaware of its troubles, was looking at the sea with a smile on its face. Remembering them brings tears again to my eyes.

> Greek: 2. ΔΩΡΙΣ: Ἡ δὲ τί ἔπραττεν, ὦ Θέτι, ὁπότε καθίετο; ΘΕΤΙΣ: Ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς μὲν ἐσίγα, ὦ Δωρί, καὶ ἔφερε τὴν καταδίκην. τὸ βρέφος δὲ παρῃτεῖτο μὴ ἀποθανεῖν δακρύουσα καὶ τῷ πάππῳ δεικνύουσα αὐτό, κάλλιστον ὄν· τὸ δὲ ὑπ' ἀγνοίας τῶν κακῶν ὑπεμειδία πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν. ὑποπίμπλαμαι αὖθις τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς δακρύων μνημονεύσασα αὐτῶν.

[¶3] DORIS: You’ve made me weep, too. But are they dead now? THETIS: Oh, no! The box is still floating round Seriphos, and keeping them alive and safe.

> Greek: ΔΩΡΙΣ: Κἀμὲ δακρῦσαι ἐποίησας. ἀλλ’ ἤδη τεθνᾶσιν; ΘΕΤΙΣ: Οὐδαμῶς· νήχεται γὰρ ἔτι ἡ κιβωτὸς ἀμφὶ τὴν Σέριφον ζῶντας αὐτοὺς φυλάττουσα.

[¶4] DORIS: Well, why don’t we save them by bringing them into the nets of these fishermen here from Seriphos? They’ll be sure to pull them up and save them. THETIS: A good idea, let’s do that. I wouldn’t like the mother to die, or the baby either. It’s so pretty.

> Greek: ΔΩΡΙΣ: Τί οὖν οὐχὶ σῴζομεν αὐτοὺς τοῖς ἁλιεῦσι τούτοις ἐμβαλοῦσαι ἐς τὰ δίκτυα τοῖς Σεριφίοις; οἱ δὲ ἀνασπάσαντες σώσουσι δῆλον ὅτι. ΘΕΤΙΣ: Εὖ λέγεις, οὕτω ποιῶμεν· μὴ γὰρ ἀπολέσθω μήτε αὐτὴ μήτε τὸ παιδίον οὕτως ὂν καλόν.

## 13. Dialogue 13

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/13/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/13/#p-N

[¶0] 1. ENIPEUS: I won’t mince words, Poseidon. Your behaviour’s been disgraceful—tricking my sweetheart by impersonating me, and leading the child astray. She thought I was doing it and submitted.

> Greek: 1. ΕΝΙΠΕΥΣ: Οὐ καλὰ ταῦτα, ὦ Πόσειδον· εἰρήσεται γὰρ τἀληθές· ὑπελθών μου τὴν ἐρωμένην εἰκασθεὶς ἐμοὶ διεκόρησας τὴν παῖδα· ἡ δὲ ᾤετο ὑπ' ἐμοῦ αὐτὸ πεπονθέναι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο παρεῖχεν ἑαυτήν.

[¶1] POSEIDON: You were so proud and so slow, Enipeus. A pretty girl like that came to you every day, dying of love, and you wouldn’t look at her, but enjoyed tormenting her! She would wander about your banks, putting her feet in and washing sometimes, praying for your love, but you always turned up your nose at her.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Σὺ γάρ, ὦ Ἐνιπεῦ, ὑπεροπτικὸς ἦσθα καὶ βραδύς, ὃς κόρης οὕτω καλῆς φοιτώσης ὁσημέραι παρὰ σέ, ἀπολλυμένης ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος, ὑπερεώρας καὶ ἔχαιρες λυπῶν αὐτήν, ἡ δὲ περὶ τὰς ὄχθας ἁλύουσα καὶ ἐπεμβαίνουσα καὶ λουομένη ἐνίοτε ηὔχετό σοι ἐντυχεῖν, σὺ δὲ ἐθρύπτου πρὸς αὐτήν.

[¶2] 2. ENIPEUS: Even if I did, what right had you to forestall me and steal her love, pretending to be Enipeus rather than Poseidon, and winning a simple girl like Tyro by a trick?

> Greek: 2. ΕΝΙΠΕΥΣ: Τί οὖν; διὰ τοῦτο ἐχρῆν σε προαρπάσαι τὸν ἔρωτα καὶ καθυποκρίνασθαι Ἐνιπέα ἀντὶ Ποσειδῶνος εἶναι καὶ κατασοφίσασθαι τὴν Τυρὼ ἀφελῆ κόρην οὖσαν;

[¶3] POSEIDON: It’s too late to be jealous now, Enipeus. You despised her before. Tyro’s suffered no harm. She thought it was you.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ὀψὲ ζηλοτυπεῖς, ὦ Ἐνιπεῦ, ὑπερόπτης πρότερον ὤν· ἡ Τυρὼ δὲ οὐδὲν δεινὸν πέπονθεν οἰομένη ὑπὸ σοῦ διακεκορῆσθαι.

[¶4] ENIPEUS: Oh, no! When you left her, you said you were Poseidon, and that upset her very much. It was unfair to me, too, for you to enjoy pleasures that should be mine, making a blue wave arch above you and hide you both, and making love to the girl in my place.

> Greek: ΕΝΙΠΕΥΣ: Οὐ μὲν οὖν· ἔφησθα γὰρ ἀπιὼν ὅτι Ποσειδῶν ἦσθα. ὃ καὶ μάλιστα ἐλύπησεν αὐτήν· καὶ ἐγὼ τοῦτο ἠδίκημαι, ὅτι τὰ ἐμὰ σὺ ηὐφραίνου τότε καὶ περιστήσας πορφύρεόν τι κῦμα, ὅπερ ὑμᾶς συνέκρυπτεν ἅμα, συνῆσθα τῇ παιδὶ ἀντ' ἐμοῦ.

[¶5] POSEIDON: Yes, but only because you didn’t want her, Enipeus.

> Greek: ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ: Ναί· σὺ γὰρ οὐκ ἤθελες, ὦ Ἐνιπεῦ.

## 14. Dialogue 14

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/14/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/14/#p-N

[¶0] 1. TRITON: Your monster of the deep, my dear Nereids, the one of you sent against Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus, didn’t harm the girl, as you’ve been thinking it would, but is now dead itself. NEREIDS: Who killed it, Triton? Did Cepheus set the girl there like a bait, and then attack and kill it, after lying in wait for it with a large force?

> Greek: 1. ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Τὸ κῆτος ὑμῶν, ὦ Νηρεΐδες, ὃ ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ Κηφέως θυγατέρα τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν ἐπέμψατε, οὔτε τὴν παῖδα ἠδίκησεν, ὡς οἴεσθε, καὶ αὐτὸ ἤδη τέθνηκεν. ΝΗΡΕΙΔΕΣ: Ὑπὸ τίνος, ὦ Τρίτων; ἢ ὁ Κηφεὺς καθάπερ δέλεαρ προθεὶς τὴν κόρην ἀπέκτεινεν ἐπιών, λοχήσας μετὰ πολλῆς δυνάμεως;

[¶1] TRITON: No. But I imagine, Iphianassa, you all know what happened to Perseus, Danae’s child, whom his mother’s father threw into the sea in a chest with his mother, and you saved out out of pity. IPHIANASSA: I know whom you mean. He must be a young man by now, and a very fine handsome fellow.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Οὔκ· ἀλλὰ ἴστε, οἶμαι, ὦ Ἰφιάνασσα, τὸν Περσέα, τὸ τῆς Δανάης παιδίον, ὃ μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ ἐμβληθὲν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ μητροπάτορος ἐσώσατε οἰκτείρασαι αὐτούς. ΙΦΙΑΝΑΣΣΑ: Οἶδα ὃν λέγεις· εἰκὸς δὲ ἤδη νεανίαν εἶναι καὶ μάλα γενναῖόν τε καὶ καλὸν ἰδεῖν.

[¶2] TRITON: It was he who killed the monster. IPHIANASSA: Why, Triton? He shouldn’t have paid us in this coin for saving him.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Οὗτος ἀπέκτεινεν τὸ κῆτος. ΙΦΙΑΝΑΣΣΑ: Διὰ τί, ὦ Τρίτων; οὐ γὰρ δὴ σῶστρα ἡμῖν τοιαῦτα ἐκτίνειν αὐτὸν ἐχρῆν.

[¶3] 2. TRITON: I’ll tell you everything, just as it happened. He was sent against the Gorgons, to carry out a task for the king. But when he reached Libya— IPHIANASSA: How did he do it, Triton? By himself? Did he take others to help him? Otherwise it’s a difficult journey.

> Greek: 2. ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Ἐγὼ ὑμῖν φράσω τὸ πᾶν ὡς ἐγένετο· ἐστάλη μὲν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὰς Γοργόνας ἆθλόν τινα τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπιτελῶν, ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀφίκετο εἰς τὴν Λιβύην— ΙΦΙΑΝΑΣΣΑ: Πῶς, ὦ Τρίτων; μόνος; ἢ καὶ ἄλλους συμμάχους ἦγεν; ἄλλως γὰρ δύσπορος ἡ ὁδός.

[¶4] TRITON: He went through the air. Athena had given him wings on his feet. Well, when he’d reached where they lived, they must all have been asleep, and Perseus cut off Medusa’s head and flew away. IPHIANASSA: How could he see? They are not for the eye to behold. Anyone who sees them won’t see anything afterwards.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Διὰ τοῦ ἀέρος· ὑπόπτερον γὰρ αὐτὸν ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ ἔθηκεν. ἐπεὶ δ’ οὖν ἧκεν ὅπου διῃτῶντο, αἱ μὲν ἐκάθευδον, οἶμαι, ὁ δὲ ἀποτεμὼν τῆς Μεδούσης τὴν κεφαλὴν ᾤχετο ἀποπτάμενος. ΙΦΙΑΝΑΣΣΑ: Πῶς ἰδών; ἀθέατοι γάρ εἰσιν· ἢ ὃς ἂν ἴδῃ, οὐκ ἄν τι ἄλλο μετὰ ταύτας ἴδοι.

[¶5] TRITON: Athena held up her shield—I heard him describe it to Andromeda and later to Cepheus—and let him see the reflection of Medusa on that bright shield as though on a mirror; then, looking at the reflection, he caught her hair in his left hand, and holding his scimitar in his right, cut off her head, and flew away before her sisters woke up.

> Greek: ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: Ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ τὴν ἀσπίδα προφαίνουσα—τοιαῦτα γὰρ ἤκουσα διηγουμένου αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν καὶ πρὸς τὸν Κηφέα ὕστερον—ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ δὴ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος ἀποστιλβούσης ὥσπερ ἐπὶ κατόπτρου παρέσχεν αὐτῷ ἰδεῖν τὴν εἰκόνα τὴς Μεδούσης· εἶτα λαβόμενος τῇ λαιᾷ τῆς κόμης, ἐνορῶν δ’ ἐς τὴν εἰκόνα, τῇ δεξιᾷ τὴν ἅρπην ἔχων, ἀπέτεμεν τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῆς, καὶ πρὶν ἀνεγρέσθαι τὰς ἀδελφὰς ἀνέπτατο.

[¶6] 3. TRITON: When he was at the Ethiopian shore here, and now flying low, he saw Andromeda lying fastened to a projecting rock—ye gods, what a beautiful sight she was!—with her hair let down, but largely uncovered from the breasts downwards. At first he pitied her fate and asked the reason for her punishment, but little by little he succumbed to love, and decided to help, since she had to be saved. So when the monster came—a fearsome sight it was too!—to gulp her down, the young man hovered above it with his scimitar unsheathed, and, striking with one hand, showed it the Gorgon with the other, and turned it into stone. At one and the same time was the monster killed, and most of it, all of it that faced Medusa, petrified. Then Perseus undid the maiden’s chains, and supported her with his hand as she tip-toed down from the slippery rock. Now he’s marrying her in Cepheus’ palace and will take her away to Argos, so that, instead of dying, she’s come by an uncommonly good marriage.

> Greek: 3. ΤΡΙΤΩΝ: ἐπεὶ δὲ κατὰ τὴν παράλιον ταύτην Αἰθιοπίαν ἐγένετο, ἤδη πρόσγειος πετόμενος, ὁρᾷ τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν προκειμένην ἐπί τινος πέτρας προβλῆτος προσπεπατταλευμένην, καλλίστην, ὦ θεοί, καθειμένην τὰς κόμας, ἡμίγυμνον πολὺ ἔνερθε τῶν μαστῶν· καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον οἰκτείρας τὴν τύχην αὐτῆς ἀνηρώτα τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς καταδίκης, κατὰ μικρὸν δὲ ἁλοὺς ἔρωτι—ἐχρῆν γὰρ σεσῶσθαι τὴν παῖδα—βοηθεῖν διέγνω· καὶ ἐπειδὴ τὸ κῆτος ἐπῄει μάλα φοβερὸν ὡς καταπιόμενον τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν, ὑπεραιωρηθεὶς ὁ νεανίσκος πρόκωπον ἔχων τὴν ἅρπην τῇ μὲν καθικνεῖται, τῇ δὲ προδεικνὺς τὴν Γοργόνα λίθον ἐποίει αὐτό, τὸ δὲ τέθνηκεν ὁμοῦ καὶ πέπηγεν αὐτοῦ τὰ πολλά, ὅσα εἶδε τὴν Μέδουσαν· ὁ δὲ λύσας τὰ δεσμὰ τῆς παρθένου, ὑποσχὼν τὴν χεῖρα ὑπεδέξατο ἀκροποδητὶ κατιοῦσαν ἐκ τῆς πέτρας ὀλισθηρᾶς οὔσης, καὶ νῦν γαμεῖ ἐν τοῦ Κηφέως καὶ ἀπάξει αὐτὴν εἰς Ἄργος, ὥστε ἀντὶ θανάτου γάμον οὐ τὸν τυχόντα εὕρετο.

[¶7] 4. IPHIANASSA: I, for one, am not sorry to hear it. What harm did the girl do to us, if her mother was always boasting and claiming to be more beautiful than we are? DORIS: Well that way as a mother she would have suffered through her daughter. IPHIANASSA: Let’s forget all that, Doris, if a barbarian woman’s talk has been too big. She’s paid us penalty enough by being frightened for her daughter. So let’s accept the marriage with a good grace.

> Greek: 4. ΙΦΙΑΝΑΣΣΑ: Ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ πάνυ τῷ γεγονότι ἄχθομαι· τί γὰρ ἡ παῖς ἠδίκει ἡμᾶς, εἰ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῆς, ἐμεγαλαυχεῖτο καὶ ἠξίου εἶναι καλλίων; ΔΩΡΙΣ: Ὅτι οὕτως ἂν ἤλγησεν ἐπὶ τῇ θυγατρὶ μήτηρ γε οὖσα. ΙΦΙΑΝΑΣΣΑ: Μηκέτι μεμνώμεθα, ὦ Δωρί, ἐκείνων, εἴ τι βάρβαρος γυνὴ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀξίαν ἐλάλησεν· ἱκανὴν γὰρ ἡμῖν τιμωρίαν ἔδωκεν φοβηθεῖσα ἐπὶ τῇ παιδί. χαίρωμεν οὖν τῷ γάμῳ.

## 15. Dialogue 15

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/15/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/lucian-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods/15/#p-N

[¶0] 1. WEST WIND: I’ve never seen a more magnificent pageant on the sea, ever since I began to live and blow. Didn’t you see it, Notus?

> Greek: 1. ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Οὐ πώποτε πομπὴν ἐγὼ μεγαλοπρεπεστέραν εἶδον ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, ἀφ' οὗ γέ εἰμι καὶ πνέω. σὺ δὲ οὐκ εἶδες, ὦ Νότε;

[¶1] SOUTH WIND: What pageant do you mean, Zephyrus? Who were in it?

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Τίνα ταύτην λέγεις, ὦ Ζέφυρε, τὴν πομπήν; ἢ τίνες οἱ πέμποντες ἦσαν;

[¶2] WEST WIND: You missed a most delightful spectacle, the like of which you’ll never see again.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Ἡδίστου θεάματος ἀπελείφθης, οἷον οὐκ ἂν ἄλλο ἴδοις ἔτι.

[¶3] SOUTH WIND: Well, I was at work about the Red Sea, and I blew also over the parts of India near the coast. So I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Περὶ τὴν ἐρυθρὰν γὰρ θάλασσαν εἰργαζόμην, ἐπέπνευσα δὲ καὶ μέρος τῆς Ἰνδικῆς, ὅσα παράλια τῆς χώρας· οὐδὲν οὖν οἶδα ὧν λέγεις.

[¶4] WEST WIND: But you do know Agenor of Sidon?

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Ἀλλὰ τὸν Σιδώνιόν γε Ἀγήνορα οἶδας;

[¶5] SOUTH WIND: Yes, Europa’s father. Of course I do.

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Ναί· τὸν τῆς Εὐρώπης πατέρα. τί μήν;

[¶6] WEST WIND: I’ll tell you something about the girl herself.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Περὶ αὐτῆς ἐκείνης διηγήσομαί σοι.

[¶7] SOUTH WIND: Not that Zeus has long been in love with her? I’ve known that for ages.

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Μῶν ὅτι ὁ Ζεὺς ἐραστὴς τῆς παιδὸς ἐκ πολλοῦ; τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ πάλαι ἠπιστάμην.

[¶8] WEST WIND: Well, you may know about his love, but let me now tell you what followed.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Οὐκοῦν τὸν μὲν ἔρωτα οἶσθα, τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ ἤδη ἄκουσον.

[¶9] 2. WEST WIND: Europa in her play had come down to the beach with her companions, and Zeus took the shape of a bull, and started playing with them, looking magnificent, for he was all white with nice curly horns and gentle eyes. Well, he too started skipping about on the beach, and bellowed most charmingly, so that Europa even dared to climb up on to him. Thereupon Zeus galloped off to the sea with her on his back, plunged in and began to swim; she was quite terrified, and clutched his horn with her left hand so as not to slip off, while she held her robe down against the wind with her right hand.

> Greek: 2. ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: ἡ μὲν Εὐρώπη κατεληλύθει ἐπὶ τὴν ἠϊόνα παίζουσα τὰς ἡλικιώτιδας παραλαβοῦσα, ὁ Ζεὺς δὲ ταύρῳ εἰκάσας ἑαυτὸν συνέπαιζεν αὐταῖς κάλλιστος φαινόμενος· λευκός τε γὰρ ἦν ἀκριβῶς καὶ τὰ κέρατα εὐκαμπὴς καὶ τὸ βλέμμα ἥμερος· ἐσκίρτα οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τῆς ἠϊόνος καὶ ἐμυκᾶτο ἥδιστον, ὥστε τὴν Εὐρώπην τολμῆσαι καὶ ἀναβῆναι αὐτόν. ὡς δὲ τοῦτο ἐγένετο, δρομαῖος μὲν ὁ Ζεὺς ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν φέρων αὐτὴν καὶ ἐνήχετο ἐμπεσών, ἡ δὲ πάνυ ἐκπλαγὴς τῷ πράγματι τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν εἴχετο τοῦ κέρατος, ὡς μὴ ἀπολισθάνοι, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ δὲ ἠνεμωμένον τὸν πέπλον συνεῖχεν.

[¶10] 3. SOUTH WIND: Indeed a delightful spectacle for you, my dear Zephyrus—a real love-scene! Zeus swimming along and carrying off his beloved!

> Greek: 3. ΝΟΤΟΣ: Ἡδὺ τοῦτο θέαμα εἶδες, ὦ Ζέφυρε, καὶ ἐρωτικόν, νηχόμενον τὸν Δία καὶ φέροντα τὴν ἀγαπωμένην.

[¶11] WEST WIND: But what followed was far more delightful, Notus. The sea became waveless at once, and draping herself in calm, made herself smooth; we all kept quiet, and followed beside them, just watching what was going on, while the Loves fluttered alongside just above the sea, occasionally just touching the water with their feet, carrying lighted torches, and singing the marriage hymn, and the Nereids, coming to the surface, rode alongside on dolphins, clapping their hands, pretty well half-naked. The Tritons and all other creatures of the sea that do not frighten the eye, were dancing round the girl. Poseidon astride his car, with Amphitrite beside him, was driving in front, delighted to lead the way for his brother as he swam. To cap all, two Tritons were carrying Aphrodite reclining on a shell, and sprinkling all manner of flowers over the bride.

> Greek: ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: Καὶ μὴν τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡδίω παρὰ πολύ, ὦ Νότε· ἥ τε γὰρ θάλασσα εὐθὺς ἀκύμων ἐγένετο καὶ τὴν γαλήνην ἐπισπασαμένη λείαν παρεῖχεν ἑαυτήν, ἡμεῖς δὲ πάντες ἡσυχίαν ἄγοντες οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ θεαταὶ μόνον τῶν γιγνομένων παρηκολουθοῦμεν, Ἔρωτες δὲ παραπετόμενοι μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τὴν θάλασσαν, ὡς ἐνίοτε ἄκροις τοῖς ποσὶν ἐπιψαύειν τοῦ ὕδατος, ἡμμένας τὰς δᾷδας φέροντες ᾖδον ἅμα τὸν ὑμέναιον, αἱ Νηρεΐδες δὲ ἀναδῦσαι παρίππευον ἐπὶ τῶν δελφίνων ἐπικροτοῦσαι ἡμίγυμνοι τὰ πολλά, τό τε τῶν Τριτώνων γένος καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο μὴ φοβερὸν ἰδεῖν τῶν θαλασσίων ἅπαντα περιεχόρευε τὴν παῖδα· ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ποσειδῶν ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἅρματος, παροχουμένην τὴν Ἀμφιτρίτην ἔχων, προῆγε γεγηθὼς ὁδοποιῶν νηχομένῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ· ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην δύο Τρίτωνες ἔφερον ἐπὶ κόγχης κατακειμένην, ἄνθη παντοῖα ἐπιπάττουσαν τῇ νύμφῃ.

[¶12] 4. WEST WIND: This went on all the way from Phoenicia to Crete; but when he set foot on his island, the bull was no more to be seen, but Zeus took Europa’s hand and led her to the cave on Mount Dicte—blushing she was, and looking on the ground, for now she knew why she was being carried off. But we each assailed a different part of the sea, and stirred up the waves.

> Greek: 4. ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ: ταῦτα ἐκ Φοινίκης ἄχρι τῆς Κρήτης ἐγένετο· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπέβη τῇ νήσῳ ὁ μὲν ταῦρος οὐκέτι ἐφαίνετο, ἐπιλαβόμενος δὲ τῆς χειρὸς ὁ Ζεὺς ἀπῆγε τὴν Εὐρώπην εἰς τὸ Δικταῖον ἄντρον ἐρυθριῶσαν καὶ κάτω ὁρῶσαν· ἠπίστατο γὰρ ἤδη ἐφ' ὅτῳ ἄγοιτο. ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐμπεσόντες ἄλλο ἄλλος τοῦ πελάγους μέρος διεκυμαίνομεν.

[¶13] SOUTH WIND: How lucky you are, Zephyrus to have seen all that! All I saw was griffins and elephants and black men.

> Greek: ΝΟΤΟΣ: Ὦ μακάριε Ζέφυρε τῆς θέας· ἐγὼ δὲ γρῦπας καὶ ἐλέφαντας καὶ μέλανας ἀνθρώπους ἑώρων.