Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database

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Lucian, Charon Or The Inspectors, 14
nan blood? — But who is that in the purple robe, Hermes? — the one with the diadem? His cook has just been cleaning a fish, and is now handing him a ring, — 'in yonder sea-girt isle'; 'tis, sure, some king.' HER: Ha, ha! A parody, this time. — That is Polycrates, tyrant of Samos. He is extremely well pleased with his lot: yet that slave who now stands at his side will betray him to the satrap Oroetes, and he will be crucified. It will not take long to overturn his prosperity, poor man! This, too, I had from Clotho. CH: I like Clotho; she is a lady of spirit. Have at them, madam! Off with their heads! To the cross with them! Let them know that they are men. And let them be exalted in the meantime; the higher they mount, the heavier will be the fall. I shall have a merry time of it hereafter, identifying their naked shades, as they come aboard; no more purple robes then; no tiaras; no golden couches!
nan But who is that in the purple robe, Hermes?— the one with the diadem? His cook has just been cleaning a fish, and is now handing him a ring,—“in yonder sea girt isle”; “’tis, sure, some king.”Her.Ha, ha! A parody, this time.— That is Polycrates, tyrant of Samos. He is extremely well pleased with his lot: yet that slave who now stands at his side will betray him to the satrap Oroetes, and he will be crucified. It will not take long to overturn his prosperity, poor man! This, too, I had from Clotho.Ch. I like Clotho; she is a lady of spirit. Have at them, madam! Off with their heads! To the cross with them! Let them know that they are men. And let them be exalted in the meantime; the higher they mount, the heavier will be the fall. I shall have a merry time of it hereafter, identifying their naked shades, as they come aboard; no more purple robes then; no tiaras; no golden couches!

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herakles, herodotus, parody of	Alexiou and Cairns, Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After (2017) 68
heterotopias, comic	Alexiou and Cairns, Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After (2017) 68
homer, parody/pastiche	Alexiou and Cairns, Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After (2017) 68
laughter, contempt	Alexiou and Cairns, Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After (2017) 68
parody, of classical literature	Alexiou and Cairns, Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After (2017) 68
pepaideumenos	Alexiou and Cairns, Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After (2017) 68
satire'	Alexiou and Cairns, Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After (2017) 68