§9.1ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Ἀπολώλαμεν, ὦ κεκτημένη, ἀπολώλαμεν, ὁ Πολέμων ἀπὸ στρατιᾶς ἀνέστρεψε πλουτῶν, ὥς φασιν·
ΔΟΡΚΑΣ We are ruined, mistress, we are ruined! Polemon has returned from the army rich, as they say.
ἑώρακα δὲ κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἐφεστρίδα περιπόρφυρον ἐμπεπορπημένον καὶ ἀκολούθους ἅμα πολλούς.
I myself saw him wearing a purple-bordered cloak fastened with a brooch, and many attendants with him.
καὶ οἱ φίλοι ὠς εἶδον, συνέθεον ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἀσπασόμενοι·
And when his friends saw him, they ran together to greet him.
ἐν τοσούτῳ δὲ τὸν θεράποντα ἰδοῦσα κατόπιν ἑπόμενον, ὃς συναποδεδημήκει μετ' αὐτοῦ, ἠρόμην καί, Εἰπέ μοι, ἔφην, ὦ Παρμένων, ἀσπασαμένη πρότερον αὐτόν, πῶς ἡμῖν ἐπράξατε καὶ εἴ τι ἄξιον τῶν πολέμων ἔχοντες ἐπανεληλύθατε. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Οὐκ ἔδει τοῦτο εὐθύς, ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνα, ὅτι μὲν ἐσώθητε, πολλὴ χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς, καὶ μάλιστα τῷ ξενίῳ Διὶ καὶ Ἀθηνᾷ στρατίᾳ· ἡ δέσποινα δὲ ἐπυνθάνετο ἀεὶ τί πράττοιτε καὶ ἔνθα εἴητε. εἰ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο προσέθηκας, ὡς καὶ ἐδάκρυε καὶ ἀεὶ ἐμέμνητο Πολέμωνος, ἄμεινον ἦν παρὰ πολύ.
In the meantime, seeing his servant following behind, who had traveled abroad with him, I first greeted him and asked: 'Tell me, Parmenon,' I said, 'how did you fare, and have you come back with anything worthy of the wars?' ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ You should not have asked that immediately, but rather this: 'That you were saved, many thanks to the gods, and especially to Zeus, protector of guests, and Athena, goddess of the army; and our mistress was always asking what you were doing and where you were.' And if you had added this too, that she was weeping and always remembering Polemon, it would have been much better.
§9.2ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Προεῖπον εὐθὺς ἐν ἀρχῇ ἅπαντα·
ΔΟΡΚΑΣ I did say all those things right at the beginning.
πρὸς δὲ σὲ οὐκ ἂν εἶπον, ἀλλὰ ἃ ἤκουσα ἐβουλόμην εἰπεῖν.
But I was not going to tell you that; I wanted to tell you what I heard.
ἐπεὶ πρός γε Παρμένοντα οὕτως ἠρξάμην· Ἦ που, ὦ Παρμένων, ἐβόμβει τὰ ὦτα ὑμῖν;
For to Parmenon I began like this: 'Surely, Parmenon, your ears were ringing?
ἀεὶ γὰρ ἐμέμνητο ἡ κεκτημένη μετὰ δακρύων, καὶ μάλιστα εἴ τις ἐληλύθει ἐκ τῆς μάχης καὶ πολλοὶ τεθνάναι ἐλέγοντο, ἐσπάραττε τότε τὰς κόμας καὶ τὰ στέρνα ἐτύπτετο καὶ ἐπένθει πρὸς τὴν ἀγγελίαν ἑκάστην. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Εὖ γε, ὦ Δορκάς, οὕτως ἐχρῆν. ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Εἶτα ἑξῆς μετ' οὐ πολὺ ἠρόμην ἐκεῖνα.
For my mistress was always remembering him with tears, and especially if anyone had come from the battle and many were said to be dead, she would tear her hair and beat her breast and mourn at every message.' ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ Well done, Dorcas, that is how it should have been. ΔΟΡΚΑΣ Then soon after that, I asked those other questions.
ὁ δέ, Πάνυ λαμπρῶς, φησίν, ἀνεστρέψαμεν. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Οὕτως κἀκεῖνος οὐδὲν προειπών, ὡς ἐμέμνητό μου ὁ Πολέμων ἢ ἐπόθει ἢ ηὔχετο ζῶσαν καταλαβεῖν; ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Καὶ μάλα πολλὰ τοιαῦτα ἔλεγε.
And he said, 'We have returned in absolute splendor.' ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ And did he say nothing beforehand about how Polemon remembered me or longed for me or prayed to find me alive? ΔΟΡΚΑΣ Indeed, he said very many such things.
τὸ δ’ οὖν κεφάλαιον ἐξήγγειλε πλοῦτον πολύν, χρυσόν, ἐσθῆτα, ἀκολούθους, ἐλέφαντα·
But anyway, the main point he reported was great wealth: gold, clothing, attendants, ivory.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀργύριον μηδὲ ἀριθμῷ ἄγειν αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ μεδίμνῳ ἀπομεμετρημένον πολλοὺς μεδίμνους.
For as for the silver, they did not even bring it by count, but measured by the bushel, many bushels.
εἶχε δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Παρμένων δακτύλιον ἐν τῷ μικρῷ δακτύλῳ, μέγιστον, πολύγωνον, καὶ ψῆφος ἐνεβέβλητο τῶν τριχρώμων, ἐρυθρά τε ἦν ἐπιπολῆς.
And Parmenon himself had a ring on his little finger, a huge, polygonal one, and a three-colored stone was set in it, and it was red on the surface.
εἴασα δ’ οὖν αὐτὸν ἐθέλοντά μοι διηγεῖσθαι ὡς τὸν Ἅλυν διέβησαν καὶ ὡς ἀπέκτειναν Τιριδάταν τινὰ καὶ ὡς διέπρεψεν ὁ Πολέμων ἐν τῇ πρὸς Πισίδας μάχῃ·
So I let him tell me, as he wanted to, how they crossed the Halys, and how they killed a certain Tiridates, and how Polemon distinguished himself in the battle against the Pisidians.
ἀπέδραμόν σοι ταῦτα προσαγγελοῦσα, ὡς περὶ τῶν παρόντων σκέψαιο.
And I ran back to tell you this, so that you might consider your present situation.
εἰ γὰρ ἐλθὼν ὁ Πολέμων —ἥξει γὰρ πάντως ἀποσεισάμενος τοὺς γνωρίμους—ἀναπυθόμενος εὕροι τὸν Φιλόστρατον ἔνδον παρ' ἡμῖν, τί οἴει ποιήσειν αὐτόν;
For if Polemon comes—for he will certainly come, shaking off his acquaintances—and upon inquiring finds Philostratus inside with us, what do you think he will do?
§9.3ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Ἐξευρίσκωμεν, ὦ Δορκάς, ἐκ τῶν παρόντων σωτήριον·
ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ Let us find some way of safety, Dorcas, from our present circumstances.
οὔτε γὰρ τοῦτον ἀποπέμψαι καλὸν τάλαντον ἔναγχος δεδωκότα καὶ τἆλλα ἔμπορον ὄντα καὶ πολλὰ ὑπισχνούμενον, οὕτε Πολέμωνα τοιοῦτον ἐπανήκοντα χρήσιμον μὴ παραδέχεσθαι·
For it is neither good to send away this man, who has recently given a talent and is a merchant in other respects and promises much, nor is it good not to receive Polemon who has returned with such means.
προσέτι γὰρ καὶ ζηλότυπός ἐστιν, ὃς καὶ πενόμενος ἔτι πολὺ ἀφόρητος ἦν· νῦν δὲ τί ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἂν ποιήσειεν; ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Ἀλλὰ καὶ προσέρχεται. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Ἐκλύομαι, ὦ Δορκάς, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀπορίας καὶ τρέμω. ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Ἀλλὰ καὶ Φιλόστρατος προσέρχεται. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Τίς γένωμαι;
For in addition he is jealous, who even when he was still poor was quite unbearable; now what might he not do? ΔΟΡΚΑΣ But he is actually approaching. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ I am fainting from helplessness, Dorcas, and I am trembling. ΔΟΡΚΑΣ But Philostratus is also approaching. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ What is to become of me?
πῶς ἄν με ἡ γῆ καταπίοι;
How I wish the earth would swallow me up!
§9.4ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ
Τί οὐ πίνομεν, ὦ Παννυχί; ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Ἄνθρωπε, ἀπολώλεκάς με. σὺ δὲ χαῖρε, Πολέμων, χρόνιος φανείς. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ
Οὗτος οὖν τίς ἐστιν ὁ προσιὼν ὑμῖν;
ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ Why are we not drinking, Pannychis? ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ Man, you have ruined me! — But welcome, Polemon, appearing after a long time. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ Who then is this man approaching you?
σιωπᾷς;
Are you silent?
εὖ γε· οἴχου, ὦ Παννυχί.
Very well; it is over, Pannychis.
ἐγὼ δὲ πεμπταῖος ἐκ Πυλῶν διέπτην ἐπειγόμενος ἐπὶ τοιαύτην γυναῖκα.
And I flew from Thermopylae in five days, hurrying to such a woman.
καὶ δίκαια μέντοι πέπονθα, καίτοι χάριν ἐχων· οὐκέτι γὰρ ἁρπασθήσομαι ὑπὸ σοῦ. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ
Σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ, ὦ βέλτιστε;
And indeed I have suffered justly, though I am thankful; for I will no longer be snatched away by you. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ And who are you, my good sir?
ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ
Ὅτι Πολέμων ὁ Στειριεὺς Πανδιονίδος φυλῆς, ἀκούεις· χιλιαρχήσας τὸ πρῶτον, νῦν δὲ ἐξαναστήσας πεντακισχιλίαν ἀσπίδα, ἐραστὴς Παννυχίδος, ὅτε ᾤμην ἔτι ἀνθρώπινα φρονεῖν αὐτήν. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ
Ἀλλὰ τὰ νῦν σοι, ὦ ξεναγέ, Παννυχὶς ἐμή ἐστι, καὶ τάλαντον εἴληφε, λήψεται δὲ ἤδη καὶ ἕτερον, ἐπειδὰν τὰ φορτία διαθώμεθα.
ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ I am Polemon of the Steiria deme, of the Pandionis tribe, listen; having first been a chiliarch, and now having raised five thousand shields, and the lover of Pannychis, when I still thought she had human feelings. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ But as things stand, mercenary commander, Pannychis is mine, and she has received a talent, and will soon receive another as soon as we dispose of our merchandise.
καὶ νῦν ἀκολούθει μοι, ὦ Παννυχί, τοῦτον δὲ παρ' Ὀδρύσαις χιλιαρχεῖν ἔα. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ
Ἐλευθέρα μέν ἐστι καὶ ἀκολουθήσει, ἢν ἐθέλῃ. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Τί ποιῶ, Δορκάς; ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Εἰσιέναι ἄμεινον, ὀργιζομένῳ οὐχ οἷόν τε παρεῖναι Πολέμωνι, καὶ μᾶλλον ἐπιταθήσεται ζηλοτυπῶν. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ
Εἰ θέλεις, εἰσίωμεν.
And now follow me, Pannychis, and let this man be a chiliarch among the Odrysae. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ She is a free woman and will follow you if she wishes. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ What should I do, Dorcas? ΔΟΡΚΑΣ It is better to go inside; it is impossible to be near Polemon when he is angry, and he will get even more intense in his jealousy. ΠΑΝΝΥΧΙΣ If you wish, let us go inside.
§9.5ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ
Ἀλλὰ προλέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι τὸ ὕστατον πίεσθε τήμερον, ἢ μάτην ἐγὼ τοσούτοις φόνοις ἐγγεγυμνασμένος πάρειμι.
ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ But I warn you that you will drink for the last time today, or in vain have I been trained in so many slaughters and am present here.
τοὺς Θρᾷκας, ὦ Παρμένων·
Parmenon, call the Thracians!
ὡπλισμένοι ἡκέτωσαν ἐμφράξαντες τὸν στενωπὸν τῇ φάλαγγι· ἐπὶ μετώπου μὲν τὸ ὁπλιτικόν, παρ' ἑκάτερα δὲ οἱ σφενδονῆται καὶ τοξόται, οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι κατόπιν. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ
Ὡς βρεφυλλίοις ταῦτα, ὦ μισθοφόρε, ἡμῖν λέγεις καὶ μορμολύττῃ.
Let them come armed and block the lane with their phalanx; on the front the heavy infantry, on either side the slingers and archers, and the others behind. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ Are you saying these things to us, mercenary, as if to little children, and trying to scare us?
σὺ γὰρ ἀλεκτρυόνα πώποτε ἀπέκτεινας ἢ πόλεμον εἶδες;
Have you ever killed even a rooster, or have you seen a war?
ἐρυμάτιον ἐφρούρεις τάχα διμοιρίτης ὤν, ἵνα καὶ τοῦτο προσχαρίσωμαί σοι. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ
Καὶ μὴν εἴσῃ μετ' ὀλίγον, ἐπειδὰν προσιόντας ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ δόρυ θεάσῃ στίλβοντας τοῖς ὅπλοις. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ
Ἥκετε μόνον συσκευασάμενοι.
Perhaps you were guarding some little fort as a double-pay soldier, if I may even grant you that much. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ Indeed, you will know in a little while, when you see us advancing with our weapons shining, charging with spears. ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ Just come having packed up.
ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ Τίβειος οὗτος—μόνος γὰρ οὗτος ἕπεταί μοι—βάλλοντες ὑμᾶς λίθοις τε καὶ ὀστράκοις οὕτω διασκεδάσομεν, ὡς μηδὲ ὅποι οἴχεσθε ἔχοιτε εἰδέναι.
I and this Tibios here—for he alone follows me—will throw stones and potsherds at you and scatter you so that you won't even know where you are going.