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DICAEOPOLIS

This is not astounding; you have chosen this huge, great ugly Gorgon's head for your patron. You, shut the door, and let someone get ready the meal.

LAMACHUS

Slave! slave! my knapsack!

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave! slave! a basket!

LAMACHUS

Take salt and thyme, slave, and don't forget the onions.

DICAEOPOLIS

Get some fish for me; I cannot bear onions.

LAMACHUS

Slave, wrap me up a little stale salt meat in a fig-leaf.

DICAEOPOLIS

And for me some good greasy tripe in a fig-leaf; I will have it cooked here.

LAMACHUS

Bring me the plumes for my helmet.

DICAEOPOLIS

Bring me wild pigeons and thrushes.

LAMACHUS

How white and beautiful are these ostrich feathers!

DICAEOPOLIS

How fat and well browned is the flesh of this wood-pigeon!

LAMACHUS

Bring me the case for my triple plume.

DICAEOPOLIS

Pass me over that dish of hare.

LAMACHUS

OH! the moths have eaten the hair of my crest.

DICAEOPOLIS

I shall always eat hare before dinner.

LAMACHUS

Hi! friend! try not to scoff at my armor?

DICAEOPOLIS

Hi! friend! will you kindly not stare at my thrushes.

LAMACHUS

Hi! friend! will you kindly not address me.

DICAEOPOLIS

I do not address you; I am scolding my slave. Shall we wager and submit the matter to Lamachus, which of the two is the best to eat, a locust or a thrush?

LAMACHUS

Insolent hound!

DICAEOPOLIS

He much prefers the locusts.

LAMACHUS

Slave, unhook my spear and bring it to me.

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave, slave, take the sausage from the fire and bring it to me.

LAMACHUS

Come, let me draw my spear from its sheath. Hold it, slave, hold it tight.

DICAEOPOLIS

And you, slave, grip, grip well hold of the skewer.

LAMACHUS

Slave, the bracings for my shield.

DICAEOPOLIS

Pull the loaves out of the oven and bring me these bracings of my stomach.

LAMACHUS

My round buckler with the Gorgon's head.

DICAEOPOLIS

My round cheese-cake.

LAMACHUS

What clumsy wit!

DICAEOPOLIS

What delicious cheese-cake!

LAMACHUS

Pour oil on the buckler. Hah! hah! I can see reflected there an old man who will be accused of cowardice.

DICAEOPOLIS

Pour honey on the cake. Hah! hah! I can see an old man who makes Lamachus of the Gorgon's head weep with rage.

LAMACHUS

Slave, full war armour.

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave, my beaker; that is MY armour.

LAMACHUS

With this I hold my ground with any foe.

DICAEOPOLIS

And I with this with any tosspot.

LAMACHUS

Fasten the strappings to the buckler; personally I shall carry the knapsack

DICAEOPOLIS

Pack the dinner well into the basket; personally I shall carry the cloak.

LAMACHUS

Slave, take up the buckler and let's be off. It is snowing! Ah! 'tis a question of facing the winter.

DICAEOPOLIS

Take up the basket, 'tis a question of getting to the feast.

Acharnians. Aristophanes. Anonymous (Translator). New York. 192?.

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Editions (1)

Ἀχαρνῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1069-1173 focus

Χορός

καὶ μὴν ὁδί τις τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς·

ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν ἐπείγεται.
1070

Ἄγγελος Α

ἰὼ πόνοι τε καὶ μάχαι καὶ Λάμαχοι.

Λάμαχος

τίς ἀμφὶ χαλκοφάλαρα δώματα κτυπεῖ;

Ἄγγελος Α

ἰέναι σʼ ἐκέλευον οἱ στρατηγοὶ τήμερον

ταχέως λαβόντα τοὺς λόχους καὶ τοὺς λόφους·

κἄπειτα τηρεῖν νειφόμενον τὰς ἐσβολάς.
1075

ὑπὸ τοὺς Χοᾶς γὰρ καὶ Χύτρους αὐτοῖσί τις

ἤγγειλε λῃστὰς ἐμβαλεῖν Βοιωτίους.

Λάμαχος

ἰὼ στρατηγοὶ πλείονες ἢ βελτίονες.

οὐ δεινὰ μὴ ʼξεῖναί με μηδʼ ἑορτάσαι;

Δικαιόπολις

ἰὼ στράτευμα πολεμολαμαχαϊκόν.
1080

Λάμαχος

οἴμοι κακοδαίμων καταγελᾷς ἤδη σύ μου.

Δικαιόπολις

βούλει μάχεσθαι Γηρυόνῃ τετραπτίλῳ;

Λάμαχος

αἰαῖ

οἵαν ὁ κῆρυξ ἀγγελίαν ἤγγειλέ μοι.

Δικαιόπολις

αἰαῖ τίνα δʼ αὖ μοι προστρέχει τις ἀγγελῶν;

Ἄγγελος Β

Δικαιόπολι.
1085

Δικαιόπολις

τί ἔστιν;

Ἄγγελος Β

ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ταχὺ

βάδιζε τὴν κίστην λαβὼν καὶ τὸν χοᾶ.

ὁ τοῦ Διονύσου γάρ σʼ ἱερεὺς μεταπέμπεται.

ἀλλʼ ἐγκόνει· δειπνεῖν κατακωλύεις πάλαι.

τὰ δʼ ἄλλα πάντʼ ἐστὶν παρεσκευασμένα,

κλῖναι τράπεζαι προσκεφάλαια στρώματα
1090

στέφανοι μύρον τραγήμαθʼ, αἱ πόρναι πάρα,

ἄμυλοι πλακοῦντες σησαμοῦντες ἴτρια,

ὀρχηστρίδες, τὰ φίλταθʼ Ἁρμοδίου, καλαί.

ἀλλʼ ὡς τάχιστα σπεῦδε.

Λάμαχος

κακοδαίμων ἐγώ.

1095

Δικαιόπολις

καὶ γὰρ σὺ μεγάλην ἐπεγράφου τὴν Γοργόνα.
1095

σύγκλῃε, καὶ δεῖπνόν τις ἐνσκευαζέτω.

Λάμαχος

παῖ παῖ φέρʼ ἔξω δεῦρο τὸν γυλιὸν ἐμοί.

Δικαιόπολις

παῖ παῖ φέρʼ ἔξω δεῦρο τὴν κίστην ἐμοί.

Λάμαχος

ἅλας θυμίτας οἶσε παῖ καὶ κρόμμυα.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐμοὶ δὲ τεμάχη· κρομμύοις γὰρ ἄχθομαι.
1100

Λάμαχος

θρῖον ταρίχους οἶσε δεῦρο παῖ σαπροῦ.

Δικαιόπολις

κἀμοὶ σὺ δημοῦ θρῖον· ὀπρήσω δʼ ἐκεῖ.

Λάμαχος

ἔνεγκε δεῦρο τὼ πτερὼ τὼ κʼ τοῦ κράνους.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὰς φάττας γε φέρε καὶ τὰς κίχλας.

Λάμαχος

καλόν γε καὶ λευκὸν τὸ τῆς στρούθου πτερόν.
1105

Δικαιόπολις

καλόν γε καὶ ξανθὸν τὸ τῆς φάττης κρέας.

Λάμαχος

ὦνθρωπε παῦσαι καταγελῶν μου τῶν ὅπλων.

Δικαιόπολις

ὦνθρωπε βούλει μὴ βλέπειν ἐς τὰς κίχλας;

Λάμαχος

τὸ λοφεῖον ἐξένεγκε τῶν τριῶν λόφων.

Δικαιόπολις

κἀμοὶ λεκάνιον τῶν λαγῴων δὸς κρεῶν.
1110

Λάμαχος

ἀλλʼ ἢ τριχόβρωτες τοὺς λόφους που κατέφαγον.

Δικαιόπολις

ἀλλʼ ἤ πρὸ δείπνου τὴν μίμαρκυν κατέδομαι.

Λάμαχος

ὦνθρωπε βούλει μὴ προσαγορεύειν ἐμέ;

Δικαιόπολις

οὐκ ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ χὠ παῖς ἐρίζομεν πάλαι.

βούλει περιδόσθαι κἀπιτρέψαι Λαμάχῳ,
1115

πότερον ἀκρίδες ἥδιόν ἐστιν ἤ κίχλαι;

Λάμαχος

οἴμʼ ὡς ὑβρίζεις.

Δικαιόπολις

τὰς ἀκρίδας κρίνει πολύ.

Λάμαχος

παῖ παῖ καθελών μοι τὸ δόρυ δεῦρʼ ἔξω φέρε.

Δικαιόπολις

παῖ παῖ σὺ δʼ ἀφελὼν δεῦρο τὴν χορδὴν φέρε.

Λάμαχος

φέρε τοῦ δόρατος ἀφελκύσωμαι τοὔλυτρον.
1120

ἔχʼ, ἀντέχου παῖ.

Δικαιόπολις

καὶ σὺ παῖ τοῦδʼ ἀντέχου.

Λάμαχος

τοὺς κιλλίβαντας οἶσε παῖ τῆς ἀσπίδος.

Δικαιόπολις

καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς τοὺς κριβανίτας ἔκφερε.

Λάμαχος

φέρε δεῦρο γοργόνωτον ἀσπίδος κύκλον.

Δικαιόπολις

κἀμοὶ πλακοῦντος τυρόνωτον δὸς κύκλον.
1125

Λάμαχος

ταῦτʼ οὐ κατάγελώς ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις πλατύς;

Δικαιόπολις

ταῦτʼ οὐ πλακοῦς δῆτʼ ἐστὶν ἀνθρώποις γλυκύς;

Λάμαχος

κατάχει σὺ παῖ τοὔλαιον. ἐν τῷ χαλκίῳ

ἐνορῶ γέροντα δειλίας φευξούμενον.

Δικαιόπολις

κατάχει σὺ τὸ μέλι. κἀνθάδʼ ἔνδηλος γέρων
1130

κλάειν κελεύων Λάμαχον τὸν Γοργάσου.

Λάμαχος

φέρε δεῦρο παῖ θώρακα πολεμιστήριον.

Δικαιόπολις

ἔξαιρε παῖ θώρακα κἀμοὶ τὸν χοᾶ.

Λάμαχος

ἐν τῷδε πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους θωρήξομαι.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐν τῷδε πρὸς τοὺς συμπότας θωρήξομαι.
1135

Λάμαχος

τὰ στρώματʼ ὦ παῖ δῆσον ἐκ τῆς ἀσπίδος.

Δικαιόπολις

τὸ δεῖπνον ὦ παῖ δῆσον ἐκ τῆς κιστίδος.

Λάμαχος

ἐγὼ δʼ ἐμαυτῷ τὸν γυλιὸν οἴσω λαβών.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐγὼ δὲ θοἰμάτιον λαβὼν ἐξέρχομαι.

Λάμαχος

τὴν ἀσπίδʼ αἴρου καὶ βάδιζʼ ὦ παῖ λαβών.
1140

νείφει. βαβαιάξ· χειμέρια τὰ πράγματα.

Δικαιόπολις

αἴρου τὸ δεῖπνον· συμποτικὰ τὰ πράγματα.

1143

Χορός

ἴτε δὴ χαίροντες ἐπὶ στρατιάν.

ὡς ἀνομοίαν ἔρχεσθον ὁδόν·

τῷ μὲν πίνειν στεφανωσαμένῳ,
1145

σοὶ δὲ ῥιγῶν καὶ προφυλάττειν,

τῷ δὲ καθεύδειν

μετὰ παιδίσκης ὡραιοτάτης,

ἀνατριβομένῳ τε τὸ δεῖνα.

1150

Χορός

Ἀντίμαχον τὸν ψακάδος †τὸν ξυγγραφῆ† τὸν μελέων ποιητήν,
1150

ὡς μὲν ἁπλῷ, κακῶς ἐξολέσειεν ὁ Ζεύς·

ὅς γʼ ἐμὲ τὸν τλήμονα Λήναια χορηγῶν ἀπέλυσʼ ἄδειπνον.
1155

ὃν ἔτʼ ἐπίδοιμι τευθίδος

δεόμενον, ἡ δʼ ὠπτημένη

σίζουσα πάραλος ἐπὶ τραπέζῃ κειμένη

ὀκέλλοι· κᾆτα μέλλοντος

λαβεῖν αὐτοῦ κύων
1160

ἁρπάσασα φεύγοι.

1162

Χορός

τοῦτο μὲν αὐτῷ κακὸν ἕν, κᾆθʼ ἕτερον νυκτερινὸν γένοιτο.

ἠπιαλῶν γὰρ οἴκαδʼ ἐξ ἱππασίας βαδίζων,
1165

εἶτα κατάξειέ τις αὐτοῦ μεθύων τῆς κεφαλῆς Ὀρέστης

μαινόμενος· ὁ δὲ λίθον βαλεῖν

βουλόμενος ἐν σκότῳ λάβοι

τῇ χειρὶ πέλεθον ἀρτίως κεχεσμένον·
1170

ἐπᾴξειεν δʼ ἔχων

τὸν μάρμαρον, κἄπειθʼ ἁμαρτὼν

βάλοι Κρατῖνον.

Translations (1)

English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) Experimental (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.) — 1095 focus

Dicaeopolis: For you also were inscribing a large Gorgon.

1095

Dikaiopolis: shut the door, and let someone prepare dinner.

Lamachus: Boy, boy, bring the cooking-pot here to me.

Dicaeopolis: Boy, boy, bring the box out here to me.

Lamachus: Child, bring some salt and garlic and onions.

Dicaeopolis: But I want pieces; for I am annoyed by onions.

1100

Lamachos: bring hither the jar of pickled fish, boy, of the rotten sort.

Dikaiopolis: And you are a public nuisance to me too. I will see to it right away.

Lamachus: Bring here the two wings of the helmet.

Dicaeopolis: But bring me the troughs, indeed, and the finches.

Lamachus: It is indeed a beautiful and white wing of a sparrow.

1105

Dikaiopolis: The meat of the trough is indeed good and yellowish.

Lamachus: O man, stop laughing at my weapons.

Dikaiopolis: Oh man, do you want not to look at the thrushes?

Lamachus: take out the plume from the three hills.

Dicaeopolis: And give me a small dish of hare meat as well.

1110

Lamachos: But perhaps they have eaten the crests, which are hairy.

Dikaiopolis: But shall I eat the marmarke before dinner?

Lamachus: Do you wish not to address me, man?

Dikaiopolis: No, but I and the boy have been quarreling for a long time.

Dikaiopolis: Do you want to be handed over and entrusted to Lamachus?

1115

Dicaeopolis: Is it more pleasant to be locusts or thrushes?

Lamachus: Alas, how you are treating me with insolence!

Dikaiopolis: He judges the locusts very carefully.

Lamachus: Boy, boy, having drawn down my spear, bring it out here.

Dikaiopolis: boy, boy, you, having taken it, bring the string here.

Lamachus: Come, let me pull the spear-shield off.

1120

Lamachus: Hold on, hold fast, child.

Dikaiopolis: And you, child, hold fast to this one.

Lamachos: Take the kilibans, child of the shield.

Dikaiopolis: and bring out the loaves of my bread.

Lamachus: Bring here the swift-gorged shield's rim.

Dikaiopolis: And give me, for my part, a round cake with cheese.

1125

Lamachus: Is this not ridiculous for men to be broad?

Dikaiopolis: Surely this is not a sweet cake for people?

Lamachos: Pour water on the boy's ear. In the bronze workshop.

Lamachos: I see an old man fleeing from cowardice.

Dikaiopolis: pour out the honey for yourself. And here, an old man is plainly visible.

1130

Dicaeopolis: ordering Lamachus, the son of Gorgias, to weep.

Lamachus: Bring here, boy, a warrior's breastplate.

Dicaeopolis: Take off the breastplate for me too, boy, and also the helmet.

Lamachus: In this matter I will arm myself against the enemy.

Dikaiopolis: In this matter I will arm myself against my drinking companions.

1135

Lamachus: Bind the bedding, boy, from the shield.

Dikaiopolis: Tie up the dinner, boy, from the basket.

Lamachus: And I will carry off the thigh for myself, having taken it.

Dikaiopolis: But I, taking my little cloak, go out.

Lamachus: Take up the shield and go, boy, having taken it.

1140

Lamachus: It's snowing. Good grief; winter is upon us.

Dikaiopolis: Lift the dinner; the matters are festive.

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τοὺς κιλλίβαντας οἶσε παῖ τῆς ἀσπίδος.

The phrase οἶσε παῖ τῆς ἀσπίδος presents a syntactic crux: the dative παῖ τῆς ἀσπίδος (literally 'child of the shield') functions as an indirect object of the verb οἶσε ('he carried' or 'he brought'), yet the semantics are opaque without understanding the specific comic context of the 'child of the shield' as a nickname for the soldier's son or a metaphorical reference to the shield itself being personified or treated as a surrogate child in the soldier's absence. This construction is rare in Aristophanic comedy, where such wordplay relies on the audience's familiarity with the soldier's domestic situation and the play's satirical treatment of the Peloponnesian War's impact on Athenian families.

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DICAEOPOLIS This is not astounding; you have chosen this huge, great ugly Gorgon's head for your patron. You, shut the door, and let someone get ready the meal.

LAMACHUS Slave! slave! my knapsack!

DICAEOPOLIS Slave! slave! a basket!

LAMACHUS Take salt and thyme, slave, and don't forget the onions.

DICAEOPOLIS Get some fish for me; I cannot bear onions.

LAMACHUS Slave, wrap me up a little stale salt meat in a fig-leaf.

DICAEOPOLIS And for me some good greasy tripe in a fig-leaf; I will have it cooked here.

LAMACHUS Bring me the plumes for my helmet.

DICAEOPOLIS Bring me wild pigeons and thrushes.

LAMACHUS How white and beautiful are these ostrich feathers!

DICAEOPOLIS How fat and well browned is the flesh of this wood-pigeon!

LAMACHUS Bring me the case for my triple plume.

DICAEOPOLIS Pass me over that dish of hare.

LAMACHUS OH! the moths have eaten the hair of my crest.

DICAEOPOLIS I shall always eat hare before dinner.

LAMACHUS Hi! friend! try not to scoff at my armor?

DICAEOPOLIS Hi! friend! will you kindly not stare at my thrushes.

LAMACHUS Hi! friend! will you kindly not address me.

DICAEOPOLIS I do not address you; I am scolding my slave. Shall we wager and submit the matter to Lamachus, which of the two is the best to eat, a locust or a thrush?

LAMACHUS Insolent hound!

DICAEOPOLIS He much prefers the locusts.

LAMACHUS Slave, unhook my spear and bring it to me.

DICAEOPOLIS Slave, slave, take the sausage from the fire and bring it to me.

LAMACHUS Come, let me draw my spear from its sheath. Hold it, slave, hold it tight.

DICAEOPOLIS And you, slave, grip, grip well hold of the skewer.

LAMACHUS Slave, the bracings for my shield.

DICAEOPOLIS Pull the loaves out of the oven and bring me these bracings of my stomach.

LAMACHUS My round buckler with the Gorgon's head.

DICAEOPOLIS My round cheese-cake.

LAMACHUS What clumsy wit!

DICAEOPOLIS What delicious cheese-cake!

LAMACHUS Pour oil on the buckler. Hah! hah! I can see reflected there an old man who will be accused of cowardice.

DICAEOPOLIS Pour honey on the cake. Hah! hah! I can see an old man who makes Lamachus of the Gorgon's head weep with rage.

LAMACHUS Slave, full war armour.

DICAEOPOLIS Slave, my beaker; that is MY armour.

LAMACHUS With this I hold my ground with any foe.

DICAEOPOLIS And I with this with any tosspot.

LAMACHUS Fasten the strappings to the buckler; personally I shall carry the knapsack

DICAEOPOLIS Pack the dinner well into the basket; personally I shall carry the cloak.

LAMACHUS Slave, take up the buckler and let's be off. It is snowing! Ah! 'tis a question of facing the winter.

DICAEOPOLIS Take up the basket, 'tis a question of getting to the feast.

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Χορός καὶ μὴν ὁδί τις τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς· ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν ἐπείγεται. 1070

Ἄγγελος Α ἰὼ πόνοι τε καὶ μάχαι καὶ Λάμαχοι.

Λάμαχος τίς ἀμφὶ χαλκοφάλαρα δώματα κτυπεῖ;

Λάμαχος ἰὼ στρατηγοὶ πλείονες ἢ βελτίονες. οὐ δεινὰ μὴ ʼξεῖναί με μηδʼ ἑορτάσαι;

Δικαιόπολις ἰὼ στράτευμα πολεμολαμαχαϊκόν. 1080

Λάμαχος οἴμοι κακοδαίμων καταγελᾷς ἤδη σύ μου.

Δικαιόπολις βούλει μάχεσθαι Γηρυόνῃ τετραπτίλῳ;

Λάμαχος αἰαῖ οἵαν ὁ κῆρυξ ἀγγελίαν ἤγγειλέ μοι.

Δικαιόπολις αἰαῖ τίνα δʼ αὖ μοι προστρέχει τις ἀγγελῶν;

Ἄγγελος Β Δικαιόπολι. 1085

Δικαιόπολις τί ἔστιν;

Λάμαχος κακοδαίμων ἐγώ.

Δικαιόπολις καὶ γὰρ σὺ μεγάλην ἐπεγράφου τὴν Γοργόνα. 1095 σύγκλῃε, καὶ δεῖπνόν τις ἐνσκευαζέτω.

Λάμαχος παῖ παῖ φέρʼ ἔξω δεῦρο τὸν γυλιὸν ἐμοί.

Δικαιόπολις παῖ παῖ φέρʼ ἔξω δεῦρο τὴν κίστην ἐμοί.

Λάμαχος ἅλας θυμίτας οἶσε παῖ καὶ κρόμμυα.

Δικαιόπολις ἐμοὶ δὲ τεμάχη· κρομμύοις γὰρ ἄχθομαι. 1100

Λάμαχος θρῖον ταρίχους οἶσε δεῦρο παῖ σαπροῦ.

Δικαιόπολις κἀμοὶ σὺ δημοῦ θρῖον· ὀπρήσω δʼ ἐκεῖ.

Λάμαχος ἔνεγκε δεῦρο τὼ πτερὼ τὼ κʼ τοῦ κράνους.

Δικαιόπολις ἐμοὶ δὲ τὰς φάττας γε φέρε καὶ τὰς κίχλας.

Λάμαχος καλόν γε καὶ λευκὸν τὸ τῆς στρούθου πτερόν. 1105

Δικαιόπολις καλόν γε καὶ ξανθὸν τὸ τῆς φάττης κρέας.

Λάμαχος ὦνθρωπε παῦσαι καταγελῶν μου τῶν ὅπλων.

Δικαιόπολις ὦνθρωπε βούλει μὴ βλέπειν ἐς τὰς κίχλας;

Λάμαχος τὸ λοφεῖον ἐξένεγκε τῶν τριῶν λόφων.

Δικαιόπολις κἀμοὶ λεκάνιον τῶν λαγῴων δὸς κρεῶν. 1110

Λάμαχος ἀλλʼ ἢ τριχόβρωτες τοὺς λόφους που κατέφαγον.

Δικαιόπολις ἀλλʼ ἤ πρὸ δείπνου τὴν μίμαρκυν κατέδομαι.

Λάμαχος ὦνθρωπε βούλει μὴ προσαγορεύειν ἐμέ;

Δικαιόπολις οὐκ ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ χὠ παῖς ἐρίζομεν πάλαι. βούλει περιδόσθαι κἀπιτρέψαι Λαμάχῳ, 1115 πότερον ἀκρίδες ἥδιόν ἐστιν ἤ κίχλαι;

Λάμαχος οἴμʼ ὡς ὑβρίζεις.

Δικαιόπολις τὰς ἀκρίδας κρίνει πολύ.

Λάμαχος παῖ παῖ καθελών μοι τὸ δόρυ δεῦρʼ ἔξω φέρε.

Δικαιόπολις παῖ παῖ σὺ δʼ ἀφελὼν δεῦρο τὴν χορδὴν φέρε.

Λάμαχος φέρε τοῦ δόρατος ἀφελκύσωμαι τοὔλυτρον. 1120 ἔχʼ, ἀντέχου παῖ.

DICAEOPOLIS

This is not astounding; you have chosen this huge, great ugly Gorgon's head for your patron. You, shut the door, and let someone get ready the meal.

LAMACHUS

Slave! slave! my knapsack!

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave! slave! a basket!

LAMACHUS

Take salt and thyme, slave, and don't forget the onions.

DICAEOPOLIS

Get some fish for me; I cannot bear onions.

LAMACHUS

Slave, wrap me up a little stale salt meat in a fig-leaf.

DICAEOPOLIS

And for me some good greasy tripe in a fig-leaf; I will have it cooked here.

LAMACHUS

Bring me the plumes for my helmet.

DICAEOPOLIS

Bring me wild pigeons and thrushes.

LAMACHUS

How white and beautiful are these ostrich feathers!

DICAEOPOLIS

How fat and well browned is the flesh of this wood-pigeon!

LAMACHUS

Bring me the case for my triple plume.

DICAEOPOLIS

Pass me over that dish of hare.

LAMACHUS

OH! the moths have eaten the hair of my crest.

DICAEOPOLIS

I shall always eat hare before dinner.

LAMACHUS

Hi! friend! try not to scoff at my armor?

DICAEOPOLIS

Hi! friend! will you kindly not stare at my thrushes.

LAMACHUS

Hi! friend! will you kindly not address me.

DICAEOPOLIS

I do not address you; I am scolding my slave. Shall we wager and submit the matter to Lamachus, which of the two is the best to eat, a locust or a thrush?

LAMACHUS

Insolent hound!

DICAEOPOLIS

He much prefers the locusts.

LAMACHUS

Slave, unhook my spear and bring it to me.

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave, slave, take the sausage from the fire and bring it to me.

LAMACHUS

Come, let me draw my spear from its sheath. Hold it, slave, hold it tight.

DICAEOPOLIS

And you, slave, grip, grip well hold of the skewer.

LAMACHUS

Slave, the bracings for my shield.

DICAEOPOLIS

Pull the loaves out of the oven and bring me these bracings of my stomach.

LAMACHUS

My round buckler with the Gorgon's head.

DICAEOPOLIS

My round cheese-cake.

LAMACHUS

What clumsy wit!

DICAEOPOLIS

What delicious cheese-cake!

LAMACHUS

Pour oil on the buckler. Hah! hah! I can see reflected there an old man who will be accused of cowardice.

DICAEOPOLIS

Pour honey on the cake. Hah! hah! I can see an old man who makes Lamachus of the Gorgon's head weep with rage.

LAMACHUS

Slave, full war armour.

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave, my beaker; that is MY armour.

LAMACHUS

With this I hold my ground with any foe.

DICAEOPOLIS

And I with this with any tosspot.

LAMACHUS

Fasten the strappings to the buckler; personally I shall carry the knapsack

DICAEOPOLIS

Pack the dinner well into the basket; personally I shall carry the cloak.

LAMACHUS

Slave, take up the buckler and let's be off. It is snowing! Ah! 'tis a question of facing the winter.

DICAEOPOLIS

Take up the basket, 'tis a question of getting to the feast.

Χορός

καὶ μὴν ὁδί τις τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς·

ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν ἐπείγεται.
1070

Ἄγγελος Α

ἰὼ πόνοι τε καὶ μάχαι καὶ Λάμαχοι.

Λάμαχος

τίς ἀμφὶ χαλκοφάλαρα δώματα κτυπεῖ;

Λάμαχος

ἰὼ στρατηγοὶ πλείονες ἢ βελτίονες.

οὐ δεινὰ μὴ ʼξεῖναί με μηδʼ ἑορτάσαι;

Δικαιόπολις

ἰὼ στράτευμα πολεμολαμαχαϊκόν.
1080

Λάμαχος

οἴμοι κακοδαίμων καταγελᾷς ἤδη σύ μου.

Δικαιόπολις

βούλει μάχεσθαι Γηρυόνῃ τετραπτίλῳ;

Λάμαχος

αἰαῖ

οἵαν ὁ κῆρυξ ἀγγελίαν ἤγγειλέ μοι.

Δικαιόπολις

αἰαῖ τίνα δʼ αὖ μοι προστρέχει τις ἀγγελῶν;

Ἄγγελος Β

Δικαιόπολι.
1085

Δικαιόπολις

τί ἔστιν;

Λάμαχος

κακοδαίμων ἐγώ.

Δικαιόπολις

καὶ γὰρ σὺ μεγάλην ἐπεγράφου τὴν Γοργόνα.
1095

σύγκλῃε, καὶ δεῖπνόν τις ἐνσκευαζέτω.

Λάμαχος

παῖ παῖ φέρʼ ἔξω δεῦρο τὸν γυλιὸν ἐμοί.

Δικαιόπολις

παῖ παῖ φέρʼ ἔξω δεῦρο τὴν κίστην ἐμοί.

Λάμαχος

ἅλας θυμίτας οἶσε παῖ καὶ κρόμμυα.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐμοὶ δὲ τεμάχη· κρομμύοις γὰρ ἄχθομαι.
1100

Λάμαχος

θρῖον ταρίχους οἶσε δεῦρο παῖ σαπροῦ.

Δικαιόπολις

κἀμοὶ σὺ δημοῦ θρῖον· ὀπρήσω δʼ ἐκεῖ.

Λάμαχος

ἔνεγκε δεῦρο τὼ πτερὼ τὼ κʼ τοῦ κράνους.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐμοὶ δὲ τὰς φάττας γε φέρε καὶ τὰς κίχλας.

Λάμαχος

καλόν γε καὶ λευκὸν τὸ τῆς στρούθου πτερόν.
1105

Δικαιόπολις

καλόν γε καὶ ξανθὸν τὸ τῆς φάττης κρέας.

Λάμαχος

ὦνθρωπε παῦσαι καταγελῶν μου τῶν ὅπλων.

Δικαιόπολις

ὦνθρωπε βούλει μὴ βλέπειν ἐς τὰς κίχλας;

Λάμαχος

τὸ λοφεῖον ἐξένεγκε τῶν τριῶν λόφων.

Δικαιόπολις

κἀμοὶ λεκάνιον τῶν λαγῴων δὸς κρεῶν.
1110

Λάμαχος

ἀλλʼ ἢ τριχόβρωτες τοὺς λόφους που κατέφαγον.

Δικαιόπολις

ἀλλʼ ἤ πρὸ δείπνου τὴν μίμαρκυν κατέδομαι.

Λάμαχος

ὦνθρωπε βούλει μὴ προσαγορεύειν ἐμέ;

Δικαιόπολις

οὐκ ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ χὠ παῖς ἐρίζομεν πάλαι.

βούλει περιδόσθαι κἀπιτρέψαι Λαμάχῳ,
1115

πότερον ἀκρίδες ἥδιόν ἐστιν ἤ κίχλαι;

Λάμαχος

οἴμʼ ὡς ὑβρίζεις.

Δικαιόπολις

τὰς ἀκρίδας κρίνει πολύ.

Λάμαχος

παῖ παῖ καθελών μοι τὸ δόρυ δεῦρʼ ἔξω φέρε.

Δικαιόπολις

παῖ παῖ σὺ δʼ ἀφελὼν δεῦρο τὴν χορδὴν φέρε.

Λάμαχος

φέρε τοῦ δόρατος ἀφελκύσωμαι τοὔλυτρον.
1120

ἔχʼ, ἀντέχου παῖ.

Δικαιόπολις

καὶ σὺ παῖ τοῦδʼ ἀντέχου.

Λάμαχος

τοὺς κιλλίβαντας οἶσε παῖ τῆς ἀσπίδος.

Δικαιόπολις

καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς τοὺς κριβανίτας ἔκφερε.