§11ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
ἢν μὴ τοῦ ἱματίου λαβόμενοι σε ἐπιστρέψωμεν, ὦ Ἀδείμαντε, οὐχ ὑπακούσει ἡμῖν βοῶσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ φροντίζοντι ἔοικας ἐπὶ συννοίας τινὸς οὐ μικρὸν οὐδὲ εὐκαταφρόνητον πρᾶγμα, ὡς δοκεῖς, ἀνακυκλῶν.
LYCINUS: Unless we grab you by your cloak and turn you around, Adeimantus, you will not answer us as we shout, but you seem like someone lost in thought, turning over in your mind, as it appears, some matter that is neither small nor trivial.
ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ
Οὐδέν, ὦ Λυκῖνε, χαλεπόν, ἀλλά με κενή τις ἔννοια μεταξὺ βαδίζοντα ὑπελθοῦσα παρακοῦσαι ὑμῶν ἐποίησεν ἀτενὲς πρὸς αὐτὴν ἅπαντι τῷ λογισμῷ ἀποβλέποντα.
ADEIMANTUS: Nothing is wrong, Lycinus, but a certain empty thought stole over me as I was walking and made me fail to hear you, as I was gazing intently at it with my whole mind.
ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
Τίς αὕτη;
LYCINUS: What is this thought?
μὴ γὰρ ὀκνήσῃς εἰπεῖν, εἰ μή τίς ἐστι τῶν πάνυ ἀπορρήτων.
Do not hesitate to tell us, unless it is something very secret.
καίτοι ἐτελέσθημεν, ὡς οἶσθα, καὶ σιγᾶν μεμαθήκαμεν.
And yet, as you know, we have been initiated, and we have learned to keep silent.
ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ
Ἀλλ' αἰσχύνομαι ἔγωγε εἰπεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
ADEIMANTUS: But I am ashamed to tell you.
οὕτω γὰρ μειρακιῶδες ὑμῖν δόξει τὸ φρόντισμα.
For the thought will seem so childish to you.
ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
Μῶν ἐρωτικόν τί ἐστιν;
LYCINUS: Surely it isn't something amorous?
οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἀμυήτοις ἡμῖν ἐξαγορεύσεις, ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ λαμπρᾷ τῇ δᾳδὶ καὶ αὐτοῖς τετελεσμένοις.
For you wouldn't be revealing this to us as if we were uninitiated, but as those who have themselves been initiated under the bright torch.
ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ
Οὐδέν, ὦ θαυμάσιε, τοιοῦτον, ἀλλά τινα πλοῦτον ἐμαυτῷ ἀνεπλαττόμην, ἣν κενὴν μακαρίαν οἱ πολλοὶ καλοῦσιν, καί μοι ἐν ἀκμῇ τῆς περιουσίας καὶ τρυφῆς ἐπέστητε.
ADEIMANTUS: Nothing of the sort, my good friend, but I was imagining some wealth for myself, which the crowd calls 'empty happiness,' and you came upon me at the very height of my wealth and luxury.
§12ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
Οὐκοῦν τὸ προχειρότατον τοῦτο, κοινὸς Ἑρμᾶς φασι, καὶ ἐς μέσον κατατίθει φέρων τὸν πλοῦτον.
LYCINUS: Then, as the readiest saying goes, 'Hermes is shared,' so bring that wealth of yours and place it in the middle.
ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
ἄξιον γὰρ ἀπολαῦσαι τὸ μέρος φίλους ὄντας τῆς Αδειμάντου τρυφῆς.
LYCINUS: For it is only right for us, as your friends, to enjoy our share of Adeimantus's luxury.
ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ
Ἀπελείφθην μὲν ὑμῶν εὐθὺς ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ ἐς τὴν ναῦν ἐπιβάσει, ἐπεὶ σέ, ὦ Λυκῖνε, κατέστησα ἐς τὸ ἀσφαλές.
ADEIMANTUS: I was separated from you at the very first boarding of the ship, after I set you in safety, Lycinus.
περιμετροῦντος γάρ μου τῆς ἀγκύρας τὸ πάχος οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπου ὑμεῖς ἀπέστητε.
For while I was measuring the thickness of the anchor, you departed I know not where.
§13ΑΔΕΙΜΑΝΤΟΣ
Ἰδὼν δὲ ὅμως τὰ πάντα ἠρόμην τινὰ τῶν ναυτῶν, ὁπόσην ἀποφέρει ἡ ναῦς τῷ δεσπότῃ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ κατ' ἔτος ἕκαστον τὴν μισθοφορίαν.
ADEIMANTUS: But having seen everything nevertheless, I asked one of the sailors how much hire the ship usually brings in to its master each year.
ὁ δέ μοι, Δώδεκα, ἔφη, Ἀττικὰ τάλαντα, εἰ πρὸς τοὐλάχιστόν τις λογίζοιτο.
And he said to me, 'Twelve Attic talents, if one calculates at the very least.' So then, on my way back, I began to reckon: if one of the gods should suddenly make the ship mine, what a happy life I would lead, doing good to my friends, sometimes sailing in person and sometimes sending out my servants.
τοὐντεῦθεν οὖν ἐπανιὼν ἐλογιζόμην, εἴ τις θεῶν τὴν ναῦν ἄφνω ἐμὴν ποιήσειεν εἶναι, οἷον ἄν, ὡς εὐδαίμονα βίον ἐπεβίωσα εὖ ποιῶν τοὺς φίλους καὶ ἐπιπλέων ἐνίοτε μὲν αὐτός, ἐνίοτε δὲ οἰκέτας ἐκπέμπων.
Then, from those twelve talents, I quickly built myself a house in a convenient location just above the Poikile, leaving behind that ancestral one by the Ilissus, and I bought servants, clothes, carriages, and horses.
εἶτα ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα ἐκείνων ταλάντων οἰκίαν τε ἤδη ᾠκοδομησάμην ἐν ἐπικαίρῳ μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τὴν Ποικίλην, τὴν παρὰ τὸν Ἰλισσὸν ἐκείνην τὴν πατρῴαν ἀφείς, καὶ οἰκέτας ὠνούμην καὶ ἐσθῆτας καὶ ζεύγη καὶ ἵππους.
And just now, I was already sailing, congratulated by all the passengers, feared by the sailors, and regarded as almost a king.
νυνὶ δὲ ἢδη καὶ ἔπλεον ὑφ' ἁπάντων εὐδαιμονιζόμενος τῶν ἐπιβατῶν φοβερὸς τοῖς ναύταις καὶ μονονουχὶ βασιλεὺς νομιζόμενος.
And while I was still setting things in order on the ship and gazing at the harbor from afar, you appeared, Lycinus, and sank my wealth and overturned the vessel that was sailing smoothly with the favorable wind of my prayer.
ἔτι δέ μοι τὰ κατὰ τὴν ναῦν εὐθετίζοντι καὶ ἐς λιμένα πόρρωθεν ἀποβλέποντι ἐπιστάς, ὦ Λυκῖνε, κατέδυσας τὸν πλοῦτον καὶ ἀνέτρεψας εὖ φερόμενον τὸ σκάφος οὐρίῳ τῆς εὐχῆς πνεύματι.
LYCINUS: Then, my noble friend, take hold of me and drag me to the magistrate as if I were some pirate or wrecker, since I have caused such a great shipwreck—and that on dry land, on the road from Piraeus to the city!
§14ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ
Οὐκοῦν, ὦ γενναῖε, λαβόμενός μου ἄπαγε πρὸς τὸν στρατηγὸν ὥς τινα πειρατὴν ἢ καταποντιστήν, ὃς τηλικοῦτον ναυάγιον εἴργασμαι, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν γῇ κατὰ τὴν ἐκ Πειραιῶς ἐς τὸ ἄστυ. ἀλλὰ ὅρα ὅπως παραμυθήσομαί σου τὸ πταῖσμα·
But see how I will console you for your mishap: if you wish, you may now have five ships, more beautiful and larger than the Egyptian one, and, what is most important, unable to sink.
πέντε γάρ, εἰ βούλει, καλλίω καὶ μείζω τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου πλοίου ἤδη ἔχε, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον οὐδὲ καταδῦναι δυνάμενα, καὶ τάχα σοι πεντάκις ἐξ Αἰγύπτου κατ' ἔτος ἕκαστον σιταγωγείτωσαν σιταγωγίαν, εἰ καί, ὦ ναυκλήρων ἄριστε, δῆλος εἶ ἀφόρητος ἡμῖν τότε γενησόμενος.
And let them quickly carry grain for you from Egypt five times each year, even if, O best of shipowners, it is clear that you will then become intolerable to us.
ὃς γὰρ ἔτι ἑνὸς πλοίου τουτουὶ δεσπότης ὢν παρήκουες βοώντων, εἰ πέντε κτήσαιο πρὸς τούτῳ τριάρμενα πάντα καὶ ἀνώλεθρα, οὐδὲ ὄψει δηλαδὴ τοὺς φίλους.
For since, while you were master of only this one ship, you ignored us as we shouted, if you were to acquire five more in addition to this, all with three masts and indestructible, you clearly wouldn't even look at your friends.
σὺ μὲν οὖν εὐπλόει, ὦ βέλτιστε, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐν Πειραιεῖ καθεδούμεθα τοὺς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἢ Ἰταλίας καταπλέοντας ἀνακρίνοντες, εἴ που τὸ μέγα Ἀδειμάντου πλοῖον τὴν Ἶσίν τις εἶδεν.
So, my excellent friend, may you have a good voyage, while we will sit in Piraeus, questioning those who sail in from Egypt or Italy, whether anyone has seen somewhere the great ship of Adeimantus, the Isis.