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Δικαιόπολις

ὀπτᾶτε ταυτὶ καὶ καλῶς ξανθίζετε.

Παράνυμφος

Δικαιόπολι.

Δικαιόπολις

τίς οὑτοσί; τίς οὑτοσί;

Παράνυμφος

ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι νυμφίος ταυτὶ κρέα

ἐκ τῶν γάμων.
1050

Δικαιόπολις

καλῶς γε ποιῶν ὅστις ἦν.

Παράνυμφος

ἐκέλευε δʼ ἐγχέαι σε τῶν κρεῶν χάριν,

ἵνα μὴ στρατεύοιτʼ ἀλλὰ βινοίη μένων,

ἐς τὸν ἀλάβαστον κύαθον εἰρήνης ἕνα.

Δικαιόπολις

ἀπόφερʼ ἀπόφερε τὰ κρέα καὶ μή μοι δίδου,

ὡς οὐκ ἂν ἐγχέαιμι μυρίων δραχμῶν.
1055

ἀλλʼ αὑτηὶ τίς ἔστιν;

Παράνυμφος

ἡ νυμφεύτρια

δεῖται παρὰ τῆς νύμφης τι σοὶ λέξαι μόνῳ.

Δικαιόπολις

φέρε δὴ τί σὺ λέγεις; ὡς γέλοιον ὦ θεοὶ

τὸ δέημα τῆς νύμφης ὃ δεῖταί μου σφόδρα,

ὅπως ἂν οἰκουρῇ τὸ πέος τοῦ νυμφίου.
1060

φέρε δεῦρο τὰς σπονδάς, ἵνʼ αὐτῇ δῶ μόνῃ,

ὁτιὴ γυνή ʼστι τοῦ πολέμου τʼ οὐκ αἰτία.

ὕπεχʼ ὧδε δεῦρο τοὐξάλειπτρον ὦ γύναι.

οἶσθʼ ὡς ποιεῖτε; τοῦτο τῇ νύμφῃ φράσον,

ὅταν στρατιώτας καταλέγωσι, τουτῳὶ
1065

νύκτωρ ἀλειφέτω τὸ πέος τοῦ νυμφίου.

ἀπόφερε τὰς σπονδάς. φέρε τὴν οἰνήρυσιν,

ἵνʼ οἶνον ἐγχέω λαβὼν ἐς τοὺς Χοᾶς.

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

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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.) — 1047 focus

DICAEOPOLIS

Have this fried and let it be nicely browned.

A BRIDESMAID

Dicaeopolis! Dicaeopolis!

DICAEOPOLIS

Who are you?

BRIDESMAID

A young bridegroom sends you these viands from the marriage feast.

DICAEOPOLIS

Whoever he be, I thank him.

BRIDESMAID

And in return, he prays you to pour a glass of peace into this vase, that he may not have to go to the front and may stay at home to do his duty to his young wife.

DICAEOPOLIS

Take back, take back your viands; for a thousand drachmae I would not give a drop of peace; but who are you, pray?

BRIDESMAID

I am the bridesmaid; she wants to say something to you from the bride privately.

DICAEOPOLIS

Come, what do you wish to say? (THE BRIDESMAID WHISPERS IN HIS EAR.) Ah! what a ridiculous demand! The bride burns with longing to keep by her her husband's weapon. Come! \bring hither my truce; to her alone will I give some of it, for she is a woman, and, as such, should not suffer under the war. Here, friend, reach hither your vial. And as to the manner of applying this balm, tell the bride, when a levy of soldiers is made to rub some in bed on her husband, where most needed. There, slave, take away my truce! Now, quick, bring me the wine-flagon, that I may fill up the drinking bowls!

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.) — 1047 focus

Dicaeopolis: Roast these and turn them a nice golden brown.

Paranymph: Dicaeopolis.

Dikaiopolis: Who is this man? Who is this man?

Paranymph: A bridegroom sent you this meat.

Paranymph: from the wedding.

1050

Dikaiopolis: well done whoever he was.

Paranymph: He ordered you to pour some of the meat for a favor,

Paranymph: so that he may not be on campaign but stay and drink wine,

Paramythos: into the alabaster cup of peace, one.

Dikaiopolis: carry away, carry away the meat, and do not give it to me,

Dikaiopolis: 'If I were not to pour out [it], [it would be] ten thousand drachmas.'

1055

Dikaiopolis: But who is this woman here?

Paranymph: the marriage attendant.

Paranymph: The bride must speak to you alone.

Dikaiopolis: Come now, what are you saying? As ridiculous, O gods!

Dikaiopolis: but the fear of the bride that he greatly desires,

Dicaeopolis: so that the groom's penis may remain intact.

1060

Dikaiopolis: Bring the treaties here, so that I may give them to her alone,

Dikaiopolis: For a woman is not the cause of the war.

Dicaeopolis: Hold out the oil-flask this way, here, woman.

Dikaiopolis: Do you know what you are doing? Tell this to the bride,

Dikaiopolis: whenever they enroll soldiers, right here

1065

Dikaiopolis: Let him anoint the penis of the bridegroom at night.

Dikaiopolis: take away the peace-treaties. Bring the wine-skin,

Dikaiopolis: so that I may pour wine, having taken it, into the Choes.

Commentary

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ἐς τὸν ἀλάβαστον κύαθον εἰρήνης ἕνα.

The phrase presents a striking and potentially ironic synchysis of the prepositional phrase ἐς τὸν ἀλάβαστον κύαθον (into the alabaster cup) and the genitive of quality or material ἕνα εἰρήνης (one of peace). The specific reference to a 'cup of peace' (κύαθον εἰρήνης) is a unique Aristophanic coinage or allusion. While the κύαθος was a standard shallow drinking cup used for mixing wine with water, here it is metaphorically transformed into a vessel containing the 'peace' itself, likely satirizing the absurdity of the peace negotiations or the trivialization of the treaty as a mere drink. The use of ἀλάβαστον (alabaster) further elevates the cup to a luxury item, contrasting the preciousness of the vessel with the potential fragility or fleeting nature of the peace it holds. This construction functions as a specific rhetorical device (metaphor) within the comic context of the play, where the peace with Sparta is being mocked as a trivial or deceptive offering.

Aristophanes Acharnians 1047

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

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Δικαιόπολις

ὀπτᾶτε ταυτὶ καὶ καλῶς ξανθίζετε.

Παράνυμφος

Δικαιόπολι.

Δικαιόπολις

τίς οὑτοσί; τίς οὑτοσί;

Παράνυμφος

ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι νυμφίος ταυτὶ κρέα

ἐκ τῶν γάμων.
1050

Δικαιόπολις

καλῶς γε ποιῶν ὅστις ἦν.

Παράνυμφος

ἐκέλευε δʼ ἐγχέαι σε τῶν κρεῶν χάριν,

ἵνα μὴ στρατεύοιτʼ ἀλλὰ βινοίη μένων,

ἐς τὸν ἀλάβαστον κύαθον εἰρήνης ἕνα.

Δικαιόπολις

ἀπόφερʼ ἀπόφερε τὰ κρέα καὶ μή μοι δίδου,

ὡς οὐκ ἂν ἐγχέαιμι μυρίων δραχμῶν.
1055

ἀλλʼ αὑτηὶ τίς ἔστιν;

Παράνυμφος

ἡ νυμφεύτρια

δεῖται παρὰ τῆς νύμφης τι σοὶ λέξαι μόνῳ.

Current edition Perseus

DICAEOPOLIS

Have this fried and let it be nicely browned.

A BRIDESMAID

Dicaeopolis! Dicaeopolis!

DICAEOPOLIS

Who are you?

BRIDESMAID

A young bridegroom sends you these viands from the marriage feast.

DICAEOPOLIS

Whoever he be, I thank him.

BRIDESMAID

And in return, he prays you to pour a glass of peace into this vase, that he may not have to go to the front and may stay at home to do his duty to his young wife.

DICAEOPOLIS

Take back, take back your viands; for a thousand drachmae I would not give a drop of peace; but who are you, pray?

BRIDESMAID

I am the bridesmaid; she wants to say something to you from the bride privately.

Commentary

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Δικαιόπολις ὀπτᾶτε ταυτὶ καὶ καλῶς ξανθίζετε.

Παράνυμφος Δικαιόπολι.

Δικαιόπολις τίς οὑτοσί; τίς οὑτοσί;

Παράνυμφος ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι νυμφίος ταυτὶ κρέα ἐκ τῶν γάμων. 1050

Δικαιόπολις καλῶς γε ποιῶν ὅστις ἦν.

Παράνυμφος ἐκέλευε δʼ ἐγχέαι σε τῶν κρεῶν χάριν, ἵνα μὴ στρατεύοιτʼ ἀλλὰ βινοίη μένων, ἐς τὸν ἀλάβαστον κύαθον εἰρήνης ἕνα.

Δικαιόπολις ἀπόφερʼ ἀπόφερε τὰ κρέα καὶ μή μοι δίδου, ὡς οὐκ ἂν ἐγχέαιμι μυρίων δραχμῶν. 1055 ἀλλʼ αὑτηὶ τίς ἔστιν;

Παράνυμφος ἡ νυμφεύτρια δεῖται παρὰ τῆς νύμφης τι σοὶ λέξαι μόνῳ.

Current edition Perseus

DICAEOPOLIS Have this fried and let it be nicely browned.

A BRIDESMAID Dicaeopolis! Dicaeopolis!

DICAEOPOLIS Who are you?

BRIDESMAID A young bridegroom sends you these viands from the marriage feast.

DICAEOPOLIS Whoever he be, I thank him.

BRIDESMAID And in return, he prays you to pour a glass of peace into this vase, that he may not have to go to the front and may stay at home to do his duty to his young wife.

DICAEOPOLIS Take back, take back your viands; for a thousand drachmae I would not give a drop of peace; but who are you, pray?

BRIDESMAID I am the bridesmaid; she wants to say something to you from the bride privately.

Commentary

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Stable identifiers

Δικαιόπολις

ὀπτᾶτε ταυτὶ καὶ καλῶς ξανθίζετε.

Παράνυμφος

Δικαιόπολι.

Δικαιόπολις

τίς οὑτοσί; τίς οὑτοσί;

Παράνυμφος

ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι νυμφίος ταυτὶ κρέα

ἐκ τῶν γάμων.
1050

Δικαιόπολις

καλῶς γε ποιῶν ὅστις ἦν.

Παράνυμφος

ἐκέλευε δʼ ἐγχέαι σε τῶν κρεῶν χάριν,

ἵνα μὴ στρατεύοιτʼ ἀλλὰ βινοίη μένων,

ἐς τὸν ἀλάβαστον κύαθον εἰρήνης ἕνα.

Δικαιόπολις

ἀπόφερʼ ἀπόφερε τὰ κρέα καὶ μή μοι δίδου,

ὡς οὐκ ἂν ἐγχέαιμι μυρίων δραχμῶν.
1055

ἀλλʼ αὑτηὶ τίς ἔστιν;

Παράνυμφος

ἡ νυμφεύτρια

δεῖται παρὰ τῆς νύμφης τι σοὶ λέξαι μόνῳ.

DICAEOPOLIS

Have this fried and let it be nicely browned.

A BRIDESMAID

Dicaeopolis! Dicaeopolis!

DICAEOPOLIS

Who are you?

BRIDESMAID

A young bridegroom sends you these viands from the marriage feast.

DICAEOPOLIS

Whoever he be, I thank him.

BRIDESMAID

And in return, he prays you to pour a glass of peace into this vase, that he may not have to go to the front and may stay at home to do his duty to his young wife.

DICAEOPOLIS

Take back, take back your viands; for a thousand drachmae I would not give a drop of peace; but who are you, pray?

BRIDESMAID

I am the bridesmaid; she wants to say something to you from the bride privately.