Aristophanes, Acharnians, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 1008

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

View: By Scene

← Previous Next →

Χορός

ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας,

μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς εὐωχίας

ἄνθρωπε τῆς παρούσης.
1010

Δικαιόπολις

τί δῆτʼ ἐπειδὰν τὰς κίχλας ὀπτωμένας ἴδητε;

Χορός

οἶμαί σε καὶ τοῦτʼ εὖ λέγειν.

Δικαιόπολις

τὸ πῦρ ὑποσκάλευε.

Χορός

ἤκουσας ὡς μαγειρικῶς
1015

κομψῶς τε καὶ δειπνητικῶς

αὑτῷ διακονεῖται;

Acharnians. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1906.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Perseus

Ἀχαρνῆς (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.)

Translations (2)

Acharnians (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; Liveright, 192?). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1008 focus

CHORUS

I envy you your wisdom and even more your good cheer.

DICAEOPOLIS

What then will you say when you see the thrushes roasting?

CHORUS

Ah! true indeed!

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave! stir up the fire.

CHORUS

See, how he knows his business, what a perfect cook! How well he understands the way to prepare a good dinner!

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.) — 1008 focus

Chorus: I envy you for your good counsel,

Chorus: rather than the feast

Chorus: Man of the present!

1010

Dikaiopolis: Why then, when you see the roasted wrens?

Chorus: I think you are also saying this well.

Dikaiopolis: dig under the fire.

Chorus: Did you hear as if it were a cook?

1015

Chorus: elegantly and in a dining manner.

Chorus: Is he served by himself?

Aristophanes Acharnians 1008

ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Χορός

ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας,

μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς εὐωχίας

ἄνθρωπε τῆς παρούσης.
1010

Δικαιόπολις

τί δῆτʼ ἐπειδὰν τὰς κίχλας ὀπτωμένας ἴδητε;

Χορός

οἶμαί σε καὶ τοῦτʼ εὖ λέγειν.

Δικαιόπολις

τὸ πῦρ ὑποσκάλευε.

Χορός

ἤκουσας ὡς μαγειρικῶς
1015

κομψῶς τε καὶ δειπνητικῶς

αὑτῷ διακονεῖται;

Current edition Perseus

CHORUS

I envy you your wisdom and even more your good cheer.

DICAEOPOLIS

What then will you say when you see the thrushes roasting?

CHORUS

Ah! true indeed!

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave! stir up the fire.

CHORUS

See, how he knows his business, what a perfect cook! How well he understands the way to prepare a good dinner!

Stable identifiers

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Χορός ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας, μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς εὐωχίας ἄνθρωπε τῆς παρούσης. 1010

Δικαιόπολις τί δῆτʼ ἐπειδὰν τὰς κίχλας ὀπτωμένας ἴδητε;

Χορός οἶμαί σε καὶ τοῦτʼ εὖ λέγειν.

Δικαιόπολις τὸ πῦρ ὑποσκάλευε.

Χορός ἤκουσας ὡς μαγειρικῶς 1015 κομψῶς τε καὶ δειπνητικῶς αὑτῷ διακονεῖται;

Current edition Perseus

CHORUS I envy you your wisdom and even more your good cheer.

DICAEOPOLIS What then will you say when you see the thrushes roasting?

CHORUS Ah! true indeed!

DICAEOPOLIS Slave! stir up the fire.

CHORUS See, how he knows his business, what a perfect cook! How well he understands the way to prepare a good dinner!

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ζηλῶ σε τῆς εὐβουλίας,

μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς εὐωχίας

ἄνθρωπε τῆς παρούσης.
1010

Δικαιόπολις

τί δῆτʼ ἐπειδὰν τὰς κίχλας ὀπτωμένας ἴδητε;

Χορός

οἶμαί σε καὶ τοῦτʼ εὖ λέγειν.

Δικαιόπολις

τὸ πῦρ ὑποσκάλευε.

Χορός

ἤκουσας ὡς μαγειρικῶς
1015

κομψῶς τε καὶ δειπνητικῶς

αὑτῷ διακονεῖται;

CHORUS

I envy you your wisdom and even more your good cheer.

DICAEOPOLIS

What then will you say when you see the thrushes roasting?

CHORUS

Ah! true indeed!

DICAEOPOLIS

Slave! stir up the fire.

CHORUS

See, how he knows his business, what a perfect cook! How well he understands the way to prepare a good dinner!