The works of Lucian

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EN COMI UM os DEMOSTHENES. uers

at thei fleet an armies. What Themistocles and Pericles ruere to the ancient Athenians, is Demosthenes to the Present the understandi laxanda nox;

lege of the ne, the ii dona, eloquela Ce, and Courage of the ther, are combine in him. Pana oblige to thena sor seniling ut Chares, Diopithes,

ProXenus, and uel like genera is, and Leepin Demosthenes at home is the were to appotiat hi in ea de of thei arm an navy, and superintendant ove ali thei assairs I aould rem bl for Macedonia iis eis: ascit is heharasses me illi his cohan is, nil perpetuat refources, furnis hes nexu fleetsand armies, is present in very place, an perpetuali Opposses me. VI hus ould Philip osten allit me concern in him, ver ooking ponit as the greatest instance of his good fortune, that thei armi es e re notled by Demosthenes, hos animate speeches, like so many balter ing- ranas, beat dorun ali his counseis. Aster the victor a Cheronaea, many a timewould e callo mini the perils e ad been in on his account for, though, stidie, through the imprudence of thei generais, the confusiono their troops, an our OG tan expected good fortune, e conqueres; et, o that very ay, id I run the lia Zard both of my crown and life by his means, o firmi di hemnite the cities, colle the forces, Thebans, Athe niansu Corinthians, an Eubaeans, into one Ody, and prevent in penetratin into the interior paris of Attica. Thus oui diei perpetuali talking o Demosthenes, an is an bodyobserve to in that the Athenians ere his mos poNerfui ne mi es, his constant ansaeer a S, Demosthene is my ni enem y the Athenian with out him oui die no more than AEnians, o Thessali an s.' Wheneve hos en ambasia dors to the cities, and the Athenians employed an other ora torsu plead for them, he a fure tot successsul; ut lieneve Demos thenes came ur embasty he ould say, is a in for victor overi igoration no trophi es an everrae rat sed V and What would o have me, hoam so much inferior o Philip do illi this an Should I lea him agis nox to the aughter, or asul I no rather mali hin m counsellor an lsriendi Such I, ould is to n him, nolint frona the opinion hic hes have of him rom his N actions, ut frona the testimon ais of Aristolle, vilio si ured me that Alexander admire hina bove ali men, o his eloquende, reedom, fortitude, and is dona. Quid o put suci a mnia paon in levet illi iubulus, Phrynon, an Philocrates λ Do ou thin it

Eubolus, Vo. Enemies of Demosthenes and of thei country See his oration de Falsa

Legatione.

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possibi e to corrupti im, bo has pent ali his patrimony, et ther in supporto the public cause, o in present to his indigent frien d and eighbours: or an o th in him capable of ein intimida ted who resolve xt sacrifice his lis in the service of his count ryp an ovi an gry at his reflectionson ou, hen even the Athenians domo es cape his censure He akes careo the common eat, rom the sincere love hichrae has for it an consider his countryras a school o philosophy. The opinion o suci, a man, Archias, I could isti to have linown concerning the present state of myas Iairs his holeso me cotin scisci ould gladi have isten esto, much atherthan to the croud of latterers hicli surro uni me. I ould have ad visedl im, instea o sacrificin his life to thos ungrates ut Athenians, o rei onbet terrani more aith fui frientis With regari to any thing et se, o mighthave prevat ted on him; ut his countr he would neve have fors ahen, whicha love Meven to distraction. V I belle ve so said Antipater; ut o di he die That, ansiuered

Archias, ill alse our astonishment more than any thin et se : we, howere ye-witnesses, were amaZed a it. His de ath, rom the preparation he

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convenit to ou The ear of death and torture sat die, ould have pre vente m comin into the presen ce of Antipater; ut is hat ou a betrue, I have stili more reason to read, est, is Antipater mouid spare myliis I might be corrupted, and leaving the post os hono ur, hici heldii Greece, basely thro myset into Macedon ere Icilius to acto, to halpurpos was the Piraeus, the walis an ditches hicli I uili, the tribe of Pandion, and the pompi sacrifice ; hat profited the lares of Solon and Draco, the militar and nava decrees 'hicli I supporte&; at the virities, an ali the trophi es of in ancestors, the generosit y of the citi gens, hoc rowne me, an ali the powers of Greece, hic lici susta ine and preserv-ed pQ I uxore my life to the pit an to the liberali tyis others, Diuo uidowerit, at least, to thos talionis I have obliged, to thos captives homes have redee med to tho se ather Alios child ren Phave portioned, to those whos debis Uliave pates: ut fiet ther the influence nor aut horit Whicli Ionce posses d bothi se an land can secure me, to Neptune here Is for asely, to this altar, and these sacre la s. I Neptune illiso defend his sanctuary, and protecta is votaries, I ill rather die han ali do iunbefore and wormi Antipater. . Longince might I have ad friend enough in Macedon, could I have adted like Callimedon Pytheas, and Demades: butri revered the memor o Codrus, and the aughters of Erectheus es be- cause fortune has deserte me, I Nili not, there fore, deserim countru death is the best asylum e can e to rom sol ly an corruption Nilino dis grace Athens, by referrinissa very o Deedom. not o remember, o to oues may properi y quo te Dona trage ly, What i Polyxena says, A sae dy'd, illi decency to fall

Thus seli a virgin, an mali Demosthenes preser aliam ei life to honou rabie death, orgetful of ha a Xenocrates an Plato have sat concerning m- mortalit But hy nee I repeat an more λ' At tength, after Phad n deavoured, ut in a in bothi prayers and threais, o prevati on him illi these, Didie, ere I Archias, Umight be move J ut, eing hat ana, ou must pardon m no acti nil ille a coward. V Phad theia thoughis of dragginihi in by force frona the altar but, percei ving m intention ho

Callimedon, G. The enenates anc accuser os Demosthenes See Plutarch. Pol xena. Se the Hecubam Euripides l. 68. Maocrates J See Diogenes Laestius, v. xii andriiii.

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isniled, and si x inibis yes pon the od Archias, cried e stem tothinii that aips, and walis, and armies, are the ni things hicli man canrrus and rely upona despising that refuge and siet ter hiches confide in apo ver hic his et ther the Illyrians, Treballians, nor Macedonians an sub du, strono e tha that wooden ali, hici, the god declared, could neve bedestro; edri that providen ce hici supportet me in the common-wealth, which nabled me, illio ut ear, t ad against Macedon, hicii ad meas superior then to Euel emon, Aristogiton, Pytheas, Callimedon, an Philip himself, a no I am to Archias: lay not, there re thy and upon

fessi sor carce hadie ot ut of the porch of the temple, hen e cri edout o us Carry this to Antipater Demosthenes 3 oissa ali neve have no, by those ' he was Oing, e suppose, to ad J, - ho et a Marathon, ut 'opped, and only saying, fare elli e expired. Such was the successi ou endeavours o bring Demosthenes to ou.' Archias,said Antipater, hat a great nil unconquerable oui ad his manes thus nobi to Lee in his own powc the su restiledge of liberi doubiles herisgone to the fland of the lessed, o oin the ancient heroes, and live fore ver illi Jupiter ille Deli verer his Ody I ill sen to Athens, a nobi erpresen to his country, even than tho se ho di ed a Marathon.

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Iu this Dialogue Luci A ridicules bellarivgiosi os Pol theism, and exposita th Nonsens and Absurdit of the hole Pagau volem. His Idea os adopting the

Proceeditus os a Grecian Gurtis Iudicature, Nil aliciis ornas and Ceremontes, anistising the Synod of the God by a Decree, is fusi os true Humour. IUPITER. NOW, ods, et us have no hispering in corners, an colloguing

MOMUS.

I say then, here res me among mus, ho no content ithaeinguai sed them lues rom mortal to ods, thin i is doing nothinii the cannot bring in thei sol lowers an attendant also, an place them ora a leve With

Colloguseg. J r. κο ολονειθι. The word whicli I have here made se of in the translation, though ather of the vulgar cast, an no tot me initti, Pam afraid, in Johiason ' Dictionary, seems, notwithstandin g, to approach neare to the seris of the original than any the which. ou language could afford me on his occasion.' Stranter Amongst the ancient Greelis, stranger and nemie uere both signified by the fame name, αενος, ali strangers eing accounted nemi es the Persitans, in particular, ereat ways calledio Lucian, there re introduces his subject by callini eounci of War, occasioned, scit Nere, by the invasionis an enemy.

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us. I eg Iupiter, I may be qui te a liberi toria Rha I pleast. very

pta in no a m ever ahaidi assianaei to deli ver in opinion insomuch, that have been called est an troubleso me, nay, accused by many as a calumniator, an public informer: ut since proclamation is no made, and Ιhave ou permission ithai, Pana resolve to Pea Nithout ear o restraint. Udo say, there re that there are many here, lio, o satisfie withittingalong illi his, and eating at ou table haVe brought thei servant an fol-lower into heaven, and deified them lso these have sat dorin illi us andi, artook of our sacrifices, without paying the tax ueri u Do them, asstransters and s ourners. IUPITER. Momus, et us have nothinidarh, or aenigmatical, ut spea plainUand open ly, and nam e ha nam es o pleas the assai is nowae rethe public, and very one is to give his opinion Diri an candidi P a fleespeaker must have no huminxor evasion. MOMUS.

Most excellent upiter, to exhortam to Deedom of speech l his is osthing-like, great, an magnificent indeed the wil Ptel his a me. The nobi Bacchus, that half mortal, o se uel as prunifrom a Grecian, by

the mother' side; ut the grand n o Cadmus, a Syro-Phoenici an mer-

tribe potius, and made god o Pan, Silenus, and the Satyrs, rustics, goat-herds, wild dancers, an creatures illi strange forms: ne of them has got horias, and a longaeard, and stom the wais doNnwards, is exacti like goat another, a litile bald-pate old man with a latinose a Lydian itfeems, and generali rides pon an si then there are the Satyrs, with theirear cockexup, bald, and with horns, like oungaids these a re Phrygians, and ali of them, esides thei other persections have long talis. ou

monstrous

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Is more than armi es to the public eat. And a io m sola Hercules by no sinali labour hathae purchased immo talit there fore bring no accusation against them. ΜΟΜUS.

Phad, indeed, many things o say; ut mali holdis longue Dyou desire it, speciali as I bear about me the mark of 3 ou lighining : ut DLwereat liberty could produces mething, even against OU. IUPITER. There o have m De leave; o cannot accus me os lettinistrangers

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most ridiculous , that Hercules is made a god os, hil Eurystheus, holi ad the command ove him die like other mortals and o ma se thetemple of the servant, and the tona of his master close to acti ther. Again, a Thebes, Bacchus is orshippe asin deity, hilst his ea rest relations Pentheus, Actaeon, and Learchus, are the most miserable of men. In hori, Jupiter, Dona the moment o turned Our in to ard Nomen, and pened jou doors to these in truders, the have ali followed 3 ou ex- amplea notinlytur male, ut, hi chris most manaesul, ou se male deities also. For,ho has nota ear of Anchises, Tithonus, Endymion, asion butes, ill sayio morea for accusations of this kin Nouldi endless. IUPITER. I charge ou, Momus, o no mentio Ganymede for I stat he very angry Dyou ex the boy by casting reflections o his fami ly. MOMUS. I hali se nothing there re, bout the agie, e causeae is ot up to heaven appears like a god, and sit on the royal sceptre it is ell, indeed, he oes noth ake his est pon our ead Ganymede' sake, Me halisa nothingis hi m. lut heresis Attis, i Corybas, and SabaZius pray, Jupiter, how come these amongstic o the Median Mithras, illi his I can- dys an tiara, ho canno se much a tal Greek, nor understandisne is edrini t hi m. The Getes an Scythians ste in such things a these, ahethei farewe of us, and malae god of their Nn, as many a the please; just in the fame manne a Zamoxlis; ho though a common servant, somehow orither, stole in amongstis, ithout ou privit o consent ali his, hoNever, might be tolerable But ou AEgypti an there, illi the dog's face, and wrappedi in innen, horare ou, and lio came suci ad barker asyo tot a god And what oes his Memphia spolied i bulliean illi altars, his propheis, and his oraclec Lam asia med o ad ibis's, apes, goais, and a hundred, stili more ridiculous, ho have crouded in pon us ut of AEgypt Ho cara ou bear o se these oriuippe and honoured so much

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There is Trophonius, and whicli uris me stili more, Amphilochus: that soni a wicked parricide, is perpetuali teli inities in Cilicia, and prophecying for two oboli. ou Apollo, have lost ali ou reputation forno , very one and ver altar is turne prophet, is prinkled withisil, covere With gariands, and has iis own conjuror, of hicli there is reatabundance the statue of Polydamas the wrestier, and that of heagenes,doing the sanae a Thasus, at this ver da is cur in se vers in Olympia; at Troy the sacrifice to Hector an in Chersonesus, o Protesilaus. versince these hings have been radii sed perjur an sacrilege are increassed, and I cannot a but, pon the whole, the do right in despising s. So much for the basta id whicli, have adopted a to the an strangen ames hic hes ea os, si chris neve existe I, O could gain a place amongitus, Poni lata O at them. What strali I say to ou hight y-extolled Viriue, Nature, Fortune, Fate, and ali the empty ille coine by philosophers, whicli, die a the are, have so rought upon simple men that non Ofthem ill sacrifice torus, ellanowing that though the siould offer intenthous and hecatombs, the will o Fate, notiuith standi in g, must e fulsit led, and very thingi appen, o very man, that was originalty decreed foraim. Piliouldie glad to knore hether 3 ou ver a these sanae rhings called Vir- tue, Nature, and Fate I am ure ou must have heard enough of them in the school of the philosophers; Dyota are o deas for the a re alNays ha-ranguing about them Though I ad a great deal more t say, I saallio vhave done fores se severat that re very an gry, and ready to his me, spe-

Polydamas. See Pausanias Eliac.

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The assenabi iein met, accordin to laru on the eventi, da is themonili. Jupiter ein ' prytanis, Neptune proedros Apollo epistates,

Momus, son o Night, the scribe, an Somnus, author, o move of the edict, it was thus decreed HER EAS severat strangers, no oni Greeksaut Barbarians byn means orth of eing nrolle a fello - citi Zens have, e no nothois, imagining them selves tot go is fit ted heaven in suci, a manne a tomahetur asscmbly nothinibu a collectioni rioters of ever place nation, and langu age in much that here is a deficienc o nectar an ambrosia, and instea dis a quari, e have no a thimble- ll -piece, lach is thenumber of guests, whili sonae of them thrusting ut the old deities, ahetheirst ea is, and against ali rule and order, illi Norshippe tapon e arthbe re has for these an other causes, it seem et good to the senate an dpeople of heaven that a counci moti l e callei in Olympus, that se venperfect an complete god should e Cho se arbiters three of the n rom theold senate unde Saturn, and the the fota frona the welve, and Iupiter tobe one of them that these mali sit as jud ges in the cause, havin fir st ahenthe legaliath, and worn by Styx that Mercur shal ao a crier, and calltogether ali hose ho laim admittance to the an o gods, wh a re to bringsworn ilia esses illi them, and produce thei genealogy the are then to appear ne by one and the ud ges, examining in to thei severa clatins mallei ther declare them to e gods, o sen thema ac to the sepulchres of thei rancestors an is a ny one of tho se, ho are rejected an set si de by the