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Δικαιόπολις

Φαλῆς ἑταῖρε Βακχίου

ξύγκωμε νυκτοπεριπλάνητε

μοιχὲ παιδεραστά,
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ἕκτῳ σʼ ἔτει προσεῖπον ἐς

τὸν δῆμον ἐλθὼν ἄσμενος,

σπονδὰς ποιησάμενος ἐμαυτῷ,

πραγμάτων τε καὶ μαχῶν

καὶ Λαμάχων ἀπαλλαγείς.
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πολλῷ γάρ ἐσθʼ ἥδιον, ὦ Φαλῆς Φαλῆς,

κλέπτουσαν εὑρόνθʼ ὡρικὴν ὑληφόρον

τὴν Στρυμοδώρου Θρᾷτταν ἐκ τοῦ Φελλέως

μέσην λαβόντʼ ἄραντα καταβαλόντα

καταγιγαρτίσʼ ὦ
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Φαλῆς Φαλῆς.

ἐὰν μεθʼ ἡμῶν ξυμπίῃς, ἐκ κραιπάλης

ἕωθεν εἰρήνης ῥοφήσει τρύβλιον·

ἡ δʼ ἀσπὶς ἐν τῷ φεψάλῳ κρεμήσεται.

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.) — 263 focus

DICAEOPOLIS

Oh, Phales,¹ companion of the orgies of Bacchus, night reveller, god of adultery, friend of young men, these past six² years I have not been able to invoke thee. With what joy I return to my farmstead, thanks to the truce I have concluded, freed from cares, from fighting and from Lamachuses!³ How much sweeter, oh Phales, oh, Phales, is it to surprise Thratta, the pretty woodmaid, Strymodorus' slave, stealing wood from Mount Phelleus, to catch her under the arms, to throw her on the ground and possess her, Oh, Phales, Phales! If thou wilt drink and bemuse thyself with me, we shall to-morrow consume some good dish in honour of the peace, and I will hang up my buckler over the smoking hearth.

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.) — 263 focus

Dikaiopolis: Falês, companion of Bakchios

Dikaiopolis: Let's go together, night-wanderer!

Dikaiopolis: adulterer, pederast,

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Dikaiopolis: I said to you in the sixth year

Dicaeopolis: having come to the people with pleasure,

Dikaiopolis: having made a treaty for myself,

Dicaeopolis: of affairs and of battles

Dikaiopolis: and freed from Lamachos.

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Dikaiopolis: for it is much sweeter, O Phales Phales,

Dicaeopolis: finding a wood-carrier stealing an hour-glass

Dikaiopolis: the Thracian woman, daughter of Strymodorus, from Phelleus

Dikaiopolis: having caught him in the middle, having lifted him, having thrown him down.

Dikaiopolis: 'Oh, you are really annoying!'

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Dikaiopolis: Falês, Falês.

Dikaiopolis: If you join us, from a hangover

Dikaiopolis: At dawn he will drink up a bowl of peace;

Dikaiopolis: but the shield will hang in the drying room.

Commentary

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τὴν Στρυμοδώρου Θρᾷτταν ἐκ τοῦ Φελλέως

The phrase identifies a specific historical figure, 'Strymodorus' (Στρυμοδώρου), who is otherwise unknown to us but is here labeled 'the Thracian' (Θρᾷτταν). In the context of the play, this refers to a notorious Thracian archer employed by the Athenians. The genitive 'Στρυμοδώρου' functions as a patronymic, identifying the archer by his father's name, a common convention for identifying mercenaries or non-citizen soldiers in the 5th century. The reference to 'Phelleus' (Φελλέως) is a topographical marker; Phelleus was a deme of Athens located in the coastal region near the sea, which serves to locate where this specific Thracian archer was stationed or recruited from, contrasting with the more inland demes.

Aristophanes Acharnians 263

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

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