Aristophanes, Acharnians, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 208

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Χορός
¹

ἐκπέφευγʼ, οἴχεται φροῦδος. οἴμοι τάλας

τῶν ἐτῶν τῶν ἐμῶν·
210

οὐκ ἂν ἐπʼ ἐμῆς γε νεότητος, ὅτʼ ἐγὼ φέρων ἀνθράκων φορτίον

ἠκολούθουν Φαΰλλῳ τρέχων, ὧδε φαύλως ἂν ὁ
215

σπονδοφόρος οὗτος ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ τότε διωκόμενος

ἐξέφυγεν οὐδʼ ἂν ἐλαφρῶς ἂν ἀπεπλίξατο.

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.)

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Acharnians (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; Liveright, 192?). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 208 focus

CHORUS

Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus,¹ running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;

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.) — 208 focus

Chorus: He has escaped, he is gone without a trace. Alas, poor wretch!

Chorus: of the years of mine;

210

Chorus: No, certainly not in my youth, when I was carrying a load of charcoal.

Chorus: I was following Phaulus running, thus badly would the

215

Chorus: this is the spoudophoros being pursued by me at that time.

Chorus: He would not have escaped, nor would he have been lightly carried off.

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Acharnians

1. lines 208-235 re-ordered and punctuated differently in recent editions

Aristophanes Acharnians 208

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

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CHORUS

Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus,¹ running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;

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CHORUS Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus, 1 running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;

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CHORUS

Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus,¹ running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;