The Works of Lucian of Samosata Complete With Exceptions Specified in the Prefa
The Works of Lucian of Samosata Complete With Exceptions Specified in the Prefa
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We have not these good people's gift for farce or recitation ; we have not swallowed 2 Euripides whole, and cannot play up to you. Do you suppose we do not know how to account for your annoyance ? Zeus. Thou knowst not ; else thy wailings had been [loud. Hera. Don't tell me ; it's a love affair ; that's what's the matter with you. However, you won't have any ' wailings ' from me ; I am too much hardened to neglect. I suppose you have discovered some new Danae or Semele or Europa whose charms ar...e troubling you ; and so you are meditating a trans- formation into a bull or satyr, or a descent through the roof into your beloved's bosom as a shower of gold ; all the symp- toms — your groans and your tears and your white face — point to love and nothing else. Zeus. Happy ignorance, that sees not what perils now forbid love and such toys ! Hera. Is your name Zeus, or not ? and, if so, what else can possibly annoy you but love ? 3 Zeus. Hera, our condition is most precarious ; it is touch- and-go, as they call it, whether we are still to enjoy reverence and honour from the earth, or be utterly neglected and become of no account.
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