τούτοις ἅπασι κηλούμενοι κατήχθημεν, ὁρμίσαντες δὲ τὴν ναῦν ἀπεβαίνομεν, τὸν Σκίνθαρον ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ δύο τῶν ἑταίρων ἀπολιπόντες. προϊόντες δὲ διὰ λειμῶνος εὐανθοῦς ἐντυγχάνομεν τοῖς φρουροῖς καὶ περιπόλοις, οἱ δὲ δήσαντες ἡμᾶς ῥοδίνοις στεφάνοις - οὗτος γὰρ μέγιστος παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς δεσμός ἐστιν - ἀνῆγον ὡς τὸν ἄρχοντα, παρ᾽ ὧν δὴ καθ᾽ ὁδὸν ἠκούσαμεν ὡς ἡ μὲν νῆσος εἴη τῶν Μακάρων προσαγορευομένη, ἄρχοι δὲ ὁ Κρὴς Ῥαδάμανθυς. καὶ δὴ ἀναχθέντες ὡς αὐτὸν ἐν τάξει τῶν δικαζομένων ἔστημεν τέταρτοι.

    κατήχθημεν: ao. pas. of κατα-άγω, “we put in”

    ἀπολιπόντες: ao. part. of ἀπο-λείπω, “having left behind”

    προϊόντες: pr. part. of προ-ἔρχομαι, “advancing”

    δήσαντες: ao. part. of δέω, “having bound us”

    ἀνῆγον: impf. of ἀνα-άγω, “they led us”

    ὡς τὸν ἄρχοντα: “to the king”

    παρ᾽ ὧν: “from whom” (i.e., the guards)

    ὡς ἡ μὲν νῆσος εἴη...ἄρχοι δὲ: ind. st. after ἠκούσαμεν, with the optative (εἴη, ἄρχοι) in secondary sequence

    ὁ Κρὴς Ῥαδάμανθυς: Rhadamanthys is represented judging disputes among the dead by Homer, as does Lucian here

    ἀναχθέντες: ao. part. pas. of ἀνα-άγω, “having been led”

    ἐν τάξει τῶν δικαζομένων: “in the line of those waiting judgment”

    ἔστημεν: ao. intrans. of ἵστημι, “we were placed”

    κηλέω: charm, bewitch, enchant, beguile, fascinate

    κατάγω: lead down to shore

    ὁρμίζω: bring into harbor

    ἑταῖρος, ὁ: a comrade, companion, mate

    ἀπολείπω: leave over or behind

    λειμών, -ῶνος, ὁ: any moist, grassy place, a meadow, mead, holm

    εὐανθής, -ές: blooming, budding

    ἐντυγχάνω: light upon, fall in with, meet with

    φρουρός, ὁ: a watcher, guard

    περίπολος, -ον: patrolling

    ῥόδινος, -η, -ον: made of or from roses

    στέφανος, ὁ: a garland

    δεσμός, ὁ: anything for binding, a band, bond

    ἄρχων, -οντος, ὁ: a ruler, commander, chief, captain

    προσαγορεύω: address, name

    Κρής, -ης, ὁ: a Cretan

    ἀνάσσω: be lord, to rule

    δικάζω: judge, give judgment on

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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-2/2-6