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Heracles

And are not all thus composed of two elements,—the body and the soul? What then should hinder the soul from being in Heaven, with Zeus who gave it, and the mortal part— myself—among the dead?

Diogenes

Yes, yes, my esteemed son of Amphitryon,—that would be all very well if you were a body; but you see you are a phantom, you have no body. At this rate we shall get three Heracleses.

Heracles

Three?

Diogenes

Yes; look here. One in Heaven: one in Hades, that’s you, the phantom: and lastly the body, which by this time has returned to dust. That makes three, Can you think of a good father for number Three?

Heracles

Impudent quibbler! And who art thou?

Diogenes

I am Diogenes’s phantom, late of Sinope. But my original, I assure you, is not ‘among th’ immortal Gods,’ but here among dead men; where he enjoys the best of company, and snaps my fingers at Homer and all hair-splitting. 5

XVII

Menippus. Tantalus

Menippus

What are you crying out about, Tantalus? standing at the edge and whining like that!

Tantalus

Ah, Menippus, I thirst, I perish!

Menippus

What, not enterprise enough to bend down to it, or scoop up some in your palm?

Tantalus

It is no use bending down; the water shrinks away as soon as it sees me coming. And if I do scoop it up and get it to my mouth, the outside of my lips is hardly moist before it has managed to run through my fingers, and my hand is as dry as ever.