Aristophanes, Acharnians, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 692

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Χορός

ταῦτα πῶς εἰκότα, γέροντʼ ἀπολέσαι πολιὸν ἄνδρα περὶ κλεψύδραν,

πολλὰ δὴ ξυμπονήσαντα καὶ θερμὸν ἀπο-
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μορξάμενον ἀνδρικὸν ἱδρῶτα δὴ καὶ πολύν,

ἄνδρʼ ἀγαθὸν ὄντα Μαραθῶνι περὶ τὴν πόλιν;

εἶτα Μαραθῶνι μὲν ὅτʼ ἦμεν ἐδιώκομεν,

νῦν δʼ ὑπʼ ἀνδρῶν πονηρῶν σφόδρα διωκόμεθα, κᾆτα προσαλισκόμεθα.
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πρὸς τάδε τίς ἀντερεῖ Μαρψίας;

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.) — 692 focus

CHORUS

Is this not a scandal? What! the clepsydra¹ is to kill the white-haired veteran, who, in fierce fighting, has so oft covered himself with glorious sweat, whose valour at Marathon saved the country! 'Twas we who pursued on the field of Marathon, whereas now 'tis wretches who pursue us to the death and crush us! What would Marpsias reply to this?²

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.) — 692 focus

Chorus: How can it be reasonable, old man, to destroy a gray-haired man over a water-clock?

Chorus: Having worked hard through many trials and having been hot-

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Chorus: having worked up manly sweat, and much,

Chorus: A good man being [or: who was] at Marathon for the city?

Chorus: then, when we were at Marathon, we were pursuing,

Chorus: But now we are greatly pursued by wicked men, and then we are caught.

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Chorus: Against these, who will answer back, Marpsias?

Aristophanes Acharnians 692

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

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