Ἤδη δὲ μηνῶν ἓξ διεληλυθότων περὶ μεσοῦντα τὸν ἕβδομον νεώτερα συνίστατο πράγματα· Κινύρας ὁ τοῦ Σκινθάρου παῖς, μέγας ὢν καὶ καλός, ἤρα πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον τῆς Ἑλένης, καὶ αὐτὴ δὲ οὐκ ἀφανὴς ἦν ἐπιμανῶς ἀγαπῶσα τὸν νεανίσκον· πολλάκις γοῦν καὶ διένευον ἀλλήλοις ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ καὶ προὔπινον καὶ μόνοι ἐξανιστάμενοι ἐπλανῶντο περὶ τὴν ὕλην. καὶ δή ποτε ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτος καὶ ἀμηχανίας ἐβουλεύσατο ὁ Κινύρας ἁρπάσας τὴν Ἑλένην - ἐδόκει δὲ κἀκείνῃ ταῦτα - οἴχεσθαι ἀπιόντας ἔς τινα τῶν ἐπικειμένων νήσων, ἤτοι ἐς τὴν Φελλὼ ἢ ἐς τὴν Τυρόεσσαν. συνωμότας δὲ πάλαι προσειλήφεσαν τρεῖς τῶν ἑταίρων τῶν ἐμῶν τοὺς θρασυτάτους. τῷ μέντοι πατρὶ οὐκ ἐμήνυσε ταῦτα· ἠπίστατο γὰρ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ κωλυθησόμενος. ὡς δὲ ἐδόκει αὐτοῖς, ἐτέλουν τὴν ἐπιβουλήν. καὶ ἐπειδὴ νὺξ ἐγένετο - ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ παρήμην· ἐτύγχανον γὰρ ἐν τῷ συμποσίῳ κοιμώμενος - οἱ δὲ λαθόντες τοὺς ἄλλους ἀναλαβόντες τὴν Ἑλένην ὑπὸ σπουδῆς ἀνήχθησαν. 

    Cinyras, the son of Scintharus, elopes with Helen.

    μηνῶν ἓξ διεληλυθότων: perf. part. of δια-ἐρχομαι, gen. abs. “6 months having passed”

    συνίστατο: impf. of συν-ἵστημι, “arose”

    νεώτερα...πράγματα: “revolution”

    ἤρα: impf. of ἐράω, “was in love with”

    πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον: acc. of duration of time

    οὐκ ἀφανὴς: “obviously”

    ἀγαπῶσα: ao. part. nom. f. of ἀγαπάω, “loving”

    πολλάκις γοῦν καὶ: “indeed several times they even winked”

    διένευον: impf. of δια-νεύω

    προὔπινον: impf. of προ-πίνω, “they toasted”

    ἐξανιστάμενοι: pr. part. of ἐξ-ἀνα-ἵστημι, “getting up and leaving”

    ἐπλανῶντο: impf. of πλανάω, “they wandered”

    καὶ δή ποτε: “moreover, once”

    ἁρπάσας: ao. part. of ἁρπάζω, “having taken her off”

    κἀκείνῃ: “also to her”

    οἴχεσθαι: pr. inf. after ἐβουλεύσατο, “plotted to go”

    ἀπιόντας: pr. part. of ἀπο-ἔρχομαι, “departing”

    ἤτοι...ἠ: “either...or”

    προσειλήφεσαν: plupf. of προσ-λαμβάνω, “they had taken along”

    τοὺς θρασυτάτους: “the most reckless ones”

    τῷ μέντοι πατρὶ: “to his father, of course”

    ἐμήνυσε: ao. of μηνύω, “he disclosed”

    κωλυθησόμενος: fut. part. pas. ind. st. after ἠπίστατο, “that he would be prevented”

    οὐ παρήμην: impf. of παρα-εἰμι, “I was not present”

    ἐτύγχανον...κοιμώμενος: “I happened to be sleeping”

    λαθόντες τοὺς ἄλλους: ao. part. of λανθάνω, “escaping the notice of the others”

    ἀναλαβόντες: ao. part. of ἀνα-λαμβάνω, “having carried off”

    ἀνήχθησαν: ao. pas. of ἀνα-ἄγω, “they put to sea”

    ἀνεγρόμενος: ao. part. of ἀνα-ἐγείρομαι, “having awoken”

    μείς, μήνος, ὁ: a month

    διέρχομαι: go through, pass through

    μεσόω: form the middle, be in or at the middle

    νεώτερος, -α, -ον: younger

    συνίστημι: set together, combine, associate, unite, band together

    ἐράω: love, be in love with

    ἀφανής, -ές: unseen, invisible, viewless

    ἐπιμανῶς: madly

    ἀγαπάω: treat with affection, caress, love, be fond of

    νεανίσκος: a youth

    συμπόσιον, τό: a drinking-party, symposium

    διανεύω: nod, beckon

    προπίνω: drink before

    ἐξανίστημι: raise up, make one rise

    πλανάω: make to wander, lead wandering about

    ὕλη, ἡ: a forest

    ἔρως, -ωτος, ὁ: love

    ἀμηχανία, ἡ: want of means, helplessness, impotence

    ἁρπάζω: snatch away, carry off

    οἴχομαι: be gone, have gone

    ἐπίκειμαι: be laid upon, nearby

    ἤτοι: now surely, truly, verily

    Φελλώ, οῦς, ἡ: Cork-land

    Τυρόεσσα, ἡ: Cheese-land

    συνωμότης, -ου, ὁ: a fellow-conspirator, confederate

    πάλαι: long ago, in olden time

    προσλαμβάνω: take or receive besides, get over and above

    ἑταῖρος, ὁ: a comrade, companion, mate

    θρασύς, -εῖα, -ύ: bold, spirited, courageous, confident

    μηνύω: disclose what is secret, reveal, betray

    ἐπίσταμαι: know

    τελέω: complete, fulfill, accomplish

    ἐπιβουλή, ἡ: a plan

    συμπόσιον, τό: a drinking-party, symposium

    κοιμάω: put to sleep

    ἀναλαμβάνω: take up, take into one's hands

    σπουδή, ἡ: haste, speed

    ἀνάγω: lead up

    μεσονύκτιος, -ον: of or at midnight

    ἀνεγείρω: wake up, rouse

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    Eric Casey, Evan Hayes, and Stephen Nimis, Lucian True History. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2023. ISBN: .
    https://dcc.dickinson.edu/lucian-true/book-2/2-25