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Pearson 121

121 Just as the proverb μία λόχμη οὐ τρέφει δύο ἐριθάκους (Zenob. 5. 11) implies that a bush offers only limited accommodation, so here the satyrs are doubled up as completely as the hedgehog, when he is tucked into a space just large enough for him. The exîvos cunningly conceals himself for purposes of self-defence: cf. Ion Chius fr. 38, 4 στρόβιλος ἀμφάκανθον (Salmasius for ἀμφ' ἄκανθαν) εἰλίξας δέμας | κεῖται θιγεῖν τε καὶ δακεῖν ἀμήχανος.

Ichneutae. Alfred Chilton Pearson. ed. Alfred Chilton Pearson. . 2026-09-15.

Current edition Experimental

Commentary (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review) (OCR draft) (English) (Commentary (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Greek (A. S. Hunt, 1912; Perseus reference) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. S. Hunt, 1912; Perseus reference)) — 124 focus

Σιληνός

τίνʼ αὖ τέχνην σὺ τήν[δʼ ἄρʼ ἐξ]ῆυρες, τίνʼ αὖ,

πρόσπαιον ὧδε κεκλιμ[ένον] κυνηγετεῖν
125

πρὸς γῇ; τίς ὑμῶν ὁ τρόπος; οὐχὶ μανθάνω·

[ἐ]χῖνος ὥς τις ἐν λόχμῃ κεῖσαι πεσών,

[ἤ] τις πίθηκος κύβδα θυμαίνεις τινί.

[τ]ί ταῦτα; ποῦ γῆς ἐμάθετʼ ἐν πο[ί]ῳ τόπῳ;

ς[η]μήνατʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἴδρις εἰμὶ τοῦ τρόπου.
130

Χορός

ὕ [ὗ] ὕ ὗ.

Σιληνός

τ[ί τοῦτʼ ἰύζεις;] τίνα φοβῇ; τίνʼ εἰσορᾷς;

τ[ί δεῖμʼ ὄπωπ]ας; τί ποτε βακχεύεις ἔχων;

α[γχοῦ τις ἤχε]ι κέρχνος· ἱμείρει[ς] μαθεῖν

τ[ίς ἦν; τί σιγ]ᾶτʼ, ὦ πρ[ὸ τοῦ λαλίστ]ατοι;
135

Χορός

ς[ίγα μὲν οὖν.]

Σιληνός

τ[ίνʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖθε]ν ἁπονος[φίζ]εις ἔχων;

Χορός

ἄ[κουε δή. 6

Σιληνός

καλῶς ἀκούς[ω μηδεν]ὸς φωνὴν κλύων;

Χορός

ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ.
140

Σιληνός

ἐμ[ὸν] δίω[γμά γʼ οὐδα]μῶς ὀνήσετε.

Χορός

ἄκουσον αὖ τ[ο]ῦ χρ[ήμα]τ[ο]ς χρόνον τινά,

[ο]ἵῳ ʼκπ[λ]αγέντες ἐν[θάδʼ] ἐξενίσμεθα

ψόφῳ, τὸν οὐδε[ὶ]ς π[ώπο]τʼ ἤκουσεν βροτῶν.

Translations (1)

English (Anne Mahoney, adapted from Walker) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anne Mahoney, adapted from Walker)) — 124 focus

Silenus

What kind of a way to hunt is that, bent over and leaning down to the ground? Where are you going? I don’t understand. You’re lying there like a hedgehog fallen on the ground, or an ape sticking his head forward and having a temper tantrum. What’s this? Where on earth did you learn this, and how?

Tell me, because I certainly don’t understand what you’re doing.
130

Chorus
¹

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!

The chorus are still squealing as he starts to speak.

Silenus

What are you ooh-ooh-ing for? What are you afraid of? What do you see? What frightful thing are you looking at? Why are you carrying on like bacchantes? Is there a hawk nearby? From offstage, we hear a lyre being tuned. Since the player is in fact Hermes, it sounds divine, but no mortal has ever heard this instrument before, and the satyrs are terrified. They abruptly stop squealing. Do you want to know what it was? Why are you so quiet, when you were just now babbling away?

Chorus

Be quiet!

Silenus

What is it over there that you’re trying to get away from?

Chorus

Listen! 6

Silenus

I’ll listen. He pauses for a moment, listening. But I don’t hear any sound.

Chorus

Do what I say!
140

Silenus

No one is helping me with this hunt.

Chorus

Listen just a moment, will you? When we went over there we were assaulted by a noise like no one ever heard before.

Commentary

Apparatus (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review) (OCR draft) (Apparatus (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review)) focus

mvp-comment-86-1 supplevit Diehl | υ inseruit pap.2

Commentary (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review) (OCR draft) (Commentary (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review)) focus

mvp-comment-126-1 238 ἥκω φέρων (cr. n.), as in O.C. 357 ,579, Phil. 1267 , is better than Murray's ἥκει σέ τοι (cf. for the acc. fr. 94).

Alfred Chilton Pearson Ichneutae 121

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Pearson 121

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Χορός

ὕ [ὗ] ὕ ὗ.

Χορός

ς[ίγα μὲν οὖν.]

Σιληνός

τ[ίνʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖθε]ν ἁπονος[φίζ]εις ἔχων;

Χορός

ἄ[κουε δή. 6

Σιληνός

καλῶς ἀκούς[ω μηδεν]ὸς φωνὴν κλύων;

Χορός

ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ.
140

Σιληνός

ἐμ[ὸν] δίω[γμά γʼ οὐδα]μῶς ὀνήσετε.

Χορός

ἄκουσον αὖ τ[ο]ῦ χρ[ήμα]τ[ο]ς χρόνον τινά,

[ο]ἵῳ ʼκπ[λ]αγέντες ἐν[θάδʼ] ἐξενίσμεθα

ψόφῳ, τὸν οὐδε[ὶ]ς π[ώπο]τʼ ἤκουσεν βροτῶν.

Chorus
¹

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!

The chorus are still squealing as he starts to speak.

Chorus

Be quiet!

Silenus

What is it over there that you’re trying to get away from?

Chorus

Listen! 6

Silenus

I’ll listen. He pauses for a moment, listening. But I don’t hear any sound.

Chorus

Do what I say!
140

Silenus

No one is helping me with this hunt.

Chorus

Listen just a moment, will you? When we went over there we were assaulted by a noise like no one ever heard before.

Commentary

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Pearson 121

Current edition Experimental

Χορός ὕ [ὗ] ὕ ὗ.

Χορός ς[ίγα μὲν οὖν.]

Σιληνός τ[ίνʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖθε]ν ἁπονος[φίζ]εις ἔχων;

Χορός ἄ[κουε δή. 6

Σιληνός καλῶς ἀκούς[ω μηδεν]ὸς φωνὴν κλύων;

Χορός ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ. 140

Σιληνός ἐμ[ὸν] δίω[γμά γʼ οὐδα]μῶς ὀνήσετε.

Χορός ἄκουσον αὖ τ[ο]ῦ χρ[ήμα]τ[ο]ς χρόνον τινά, [ο]ἵῳ ʼκπ[λ]αγέντες ἐν[θάδʼ] ἐξενίσμεθα ψόφῳ, τὸν οὐδε[ὶ]ς π[ώπο]τʼ ἤκουσεν βροτῶν.

Chorus 1 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! The chorus are still squealing as he starts to speak.

Chorus Be quiet!

Silenus What is it over there that you’re trying to get away from?

Chorus Listen! 6

Silenus I’ll listen. He pauses for a moment, listening. But I don’t hear any sound.

Chorus Do what I say! 140

Silenus No one is helping me with this hunt.

Chorus Listen just a moment, will you? When we went over there we were assaulted by a noise like no one ever heard before.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ὕ [ὗ] ὕ ὗ.

Χορός

ς[ίγα μὲν οὖν.]

Σιληνός

τ[ίνʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖθε]ν ἁπονος[φίζ]εις ἔχων;

Χορός

ἄ[κουε δή. 6

Σιληνός

καλῶς ἀκούς[ω μηδεν]ὸς φωνὴν κλύων;

Χορός

ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ.
140

Σιληνός

ἐμ[ὸν] δίω[γμά γʼ οὐδα]μῶς ὀνήσετε.

Χορός

ἄκουσον αὖ τ[ο]ῦ χρ[ήμα]τ[ο]ς χρόνον τινά,

[ο]ἵῳ ʼκπ[λ]αγέντες ἐν[θάδʼ] ἐξενίσμεθα

ψόφῳ, τὸν οὐδε[ὶ]ς π[ώπο]τʼ ἤκουσεν βροτῶν.

Chorus
¹

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!

The chorus are still squealing as he starts to speak.

Chorus

Be quiet!

Silenus

What is it over there that you’re trying to get away from?

Chorus

Listen! 6

Silenus

I’ll listen. He pauses for a moment, listening. But I don’t hear any sound.

Chorus

Do what I say!
140

Silenus

No one is helping me with this hunt.

Chorus

Listen just a moment, will you? When we went over there we were assaulted by a noise like no one ever heard before.