Aristophanes, Acharnians, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 347

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Δικαιόπολις

ἐμέλλετʼ ἄρα πάντως ἀνήσειν τῆς βοῆς,

ὀλίγου τʼ ἀπέθανον ἄνθρακες Παρνήθιοι,

καὶ ταῦτα διὰ τὴν ἀτοπίαν τῶν δημοτῶν.

ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους δὲ τῆς μαρίλης μοι συχνὴν
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ὁ λάρκος ἐνετίλησεν ὥσπερ σηπία.

δεινὸν γὰρ οὕτως ὀμφακίαν πεφυκέναι

τὸν θυμὸν ἀνδρῶν ὥστε βάλλειν καὶ βοᾶν

ἐθέλειν τʼ ἀκοῦσαι μηδὲν ἴσον ἴσῳ φέρον,

ἐμοῦ ʼθέλοντος ὑπὲρ ἐπιξήνου λέγειν
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ὑπὲρ Λακεδαιμονίων ἅπανθʼ ὅσʼ ἂν λέγω·

καίτοι φιλῶ γε τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχὴν ἐγώ.

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.) — 347 focus

DICAEOPOLIS

What cries of anguish you would have uttered had these coals of Parnes¹ been dismembered, and yet it came very near it; had they perished, their death would have been due to the folly of their fellow-citizens. The poor basket was so frightened, look, it has shed a thick black dust over me, the same as a cuttle-fish does. What an irritable temper! You shout and throw stones, you will not hear my arguments—not even when I propose to speak in favour of the Lacedaemonians with my head on the block; and yet I cling to life.

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.) — 347 focus

Dikaiopolis: So you were certainly going to cease your shouting,

Dikaiopolis: I almost died, charcoal from Mount Parnes,

Dikaiopolis: And these things because of the foolishness of the citizens.

Dikaiopolis: For from the fear of the mare, much [pain] to me

350

Dicaeopolis: the bladder has been inflated just like a cuttlefish.

Dikaiopolis: For it is terrible that a green-gathering has grown in this way.

Dikaiopolis: that the anger of men should be such as to strike and shout.

Dikaiopolis: I wish to hear nothing bearing equal to equal,

Dikaiopolis: while I wish to speak on behalf of a foreigner

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Dikaiopolis: all things for the sake of the Lacedaemonians, whatever I say;

Dikaiopolis: Even so, I do love my soul, indeed.

Aristophanes Acharnians 347

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

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