Necyomantia
Translated by Austin Morris Harmon
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The opening
MENIPPUS All hail, ye halls and portals of my home! What joy you give mine eyes, to light returned!
A FRIEND Isn’t this Menippus the Cynic? Assuredly nobody else, unless I cannot see straight; Menippus all over. Then what is the meaning of that strange costume—a felt cap, a lyre, and a lion’s skin? Anyhow, I must go up to him. Good day, Menippus; where under the sun have you come from? It is a long time since you have shown yourself in the city.
MENIPPUS I come from Dead Men’s Lair and Darkness Gate Where Hades dwells, remote from other gods.
FRIEND Heracles! Did Menippus die without our knowing it, and has he now come to life all over again?
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About this edition
- The words
- Austin Morris Harmon's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University); CC BY-SA 4.0 — this edition may be reused under the same share-alike terms. creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- Left out
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places