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ou~n proskunei=j, e0gw_ de\ qu&w toi=j qeoi=j:<br />

th_n e1gxelun me/giston h(gei= dai/mona,<br />

h(mei=j de\ tw~n o1ywn me/giston para_ polu&.<br />

ou)k e0sqi/eij u3ei', e0gw_ de/ g' h3domai<br />

ma&lista tou&toij: ku&na se/beij, tu&ptw d' e0gw&,<br />

tou1yon katesqi/ousan h(ni/k' a2n la&bw.<br />

I couldn’t br<strong>in</strong>g myself to be an ally <strong>of</strong> yours,<br />

for neither our manners not our customs agree, but<br />

st<strong>and</strong> a long distance apart from each other.<br />

You worship the cow, but I sacrifice it to the gods.<br />

You hold the eel to be mighty div<strong>in</strong>ity, we hold it<br />

by far the mightiest <strong>of</strong> da<strong>in</strong>ties.<br />

You eat no pork, but I like it very much.<br />

You worship the bitch, I beat her when I catch her eat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

up my best food.<br />

74<br />

Athenaeus 7.308c-7.308d A.D. II-III<br />

Text: G. Kaibel, ed., Athenaei Naucratitae Dipnosophistarum libri XV, II (Leipzig, 1887;<br />

repr. Stuttgart, 1965).<br />

Translation: C. B. Gulick, ed., tr., Athenaeus. <strong>The</strong> Deipnosophists III (London <strong>and</strong> New<br />

York, 1929).<br />

le/cw de\ kai\ mh_ problhqe/ntoj dia_ ti/ oi9 Puqagorikoi\ tw~n me\n a1llwn e0myu&xwn<br />

metri/wj a3ptontai, t<strong>in</strong>a_ de\ kai\ qu&ontej, i0xqu&wn mo&nwn ou) geu&ontai to_<br />

para&pan…. h2 dia_ th_n e0xemuqi/an; qei=on ga_r h(gou~ntai th_n siwph&n. e0pei\ ou}n kai\<br />

u(mei=j, w} Molottikoi\ ku&nej, pa&nta me\n siwpa~te, puqagori/zete de\ ou1, h(mei=j me\n<br />

a1llouj i0xquologh&somen.<br />

I will also expla<strong>in</strong>, even if the question has not been asked, why the Pythagoreans, who<br />

eat moderately <strong>of</strong> other live animals, some <strong>of</strong> which they even sacrifice, nevertheless<br />

utterly refuse to touch fish alone. Is it because <strong>of</strong> their silence? <strong>The</strong>y regard silence, <strong>in</strong><br />

fact, as div<strong>in</strong>e. S<strong>in</strong>ce then you also, Molossian hounds, are altogether silent though you<br />

are no Pythagoreans, we will proceed to the discussion <strong>of</strong> other fish.<br />

75<br />

Athenaeus 9.409d A.D. II-III<br />

(=Polemon fr. 77 Preller [Epistle Concern<strong>in</strong>g Obscure Words])<br />

Text: G. Kaibel, ed., Athenaei Naucratitae Dipnosophistarum libri XV, II (Leipzig, 1887;<br />

repr. Stuttgart, 1965).<br />

Translation: C. G. Gulick, tr., Athenaeus. <strong>The</strong> Deipnosophists IV (Cambridge, Mass. <strong>and</strong><br />

London, 1930; repr. 1957).<br />

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