BOHN'S CLASSICAL LIBRARY

LUCIAN'S DIALOGUES

LUCIAN'S DIALOGUES

NAMELY

THE DIALOGUES OF THE GODS, OF THE SEA-
GODS, AND OF THE DEAD; ZEUS THE

TRAGEDIAN, THE FERRY-BOAT

ETC.

TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND A PRELIMINARY MEMOIR

BY

HOWARD WILLIAMS, M.A.

LATE SCHOLAR OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET

COVENT GARDEN

1888

CHISWICK PRESS:-C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,

CHANCERY LANE.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

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DIALOGUES OF THE GODS.

I. Prometheus obtains his release from Zeus by a

prophecy.

II. Zeus threatens to put Eros in fetters.

III. Zeus orders Hermes to slay Argus, and to conduct

Io to Egypt

IV. Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of his

duties in heaven

V. Hera upbraids Zeus with his love for Ganymedes

VI. Ixion makes love to Hera

VII. Hephæstus recounts to Apollo the actions of the

infant prodigy, Hermes.

VIII. Hephæstus assists at the parturition of Zeus and the

birth of Athena

IX. Hermes refuses Poseidon admission to Zeus, and

assigns as the reason the lying-in of the king of

Gods and men with Bacchus.

X. Hermes conveys to Helios the order of Zeus: that

he is to refrain from driving his chariot, until the

completion of the amour of the king of gods and

men with Alkmene

XI. Aphrodite charges Selene with her love for Endy-

mion, and, at the same time, laments the tyranny

of her son, Eros, over herself.

XII. Aphrodite upbraids Eros for his mischievous conduct

in the past, and cautions him for the future. Eros

defends himself

XIII. Asklepius and Herakles quarrel on a question of pre-

cedence in heaven.

XIV. Apollo recounts to Hermes the manner of the death

of Hyakinthus, and his grief for the same

XV. Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephaestus

the possession of his beautiful wives

XVI. Hera and Leto dispute about the merits of their

respective children.

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