Aristophanes, Acharnians, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 940

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Χορός

πῶς δʼ ἂν πεποιθοίη τις ἀγγείῳ
940

τοιούτῳ χρώμενος

κατʼ οἰκίαν

τοσόνδʼ ἀεὶ ψοφοῦντι;

Δικαιόπολις

ἰσχυρόν ἐστιν ὦγάθʼ, ὥστʼ

οὐκ ἂν καταγείη ποτʼ, εἴπερ

ἐκ ποδῶν

κατωκάρα κρέμαιτο.
945

Χορός

ἤδη καλῶς ἔχει σοι.

Βοιωτός

μέλλω γά τοι θερίδδειν.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὦ ξένων βέλτιστε συνθέριζε

καὶ τοῦτον λαβὼν

πρόσβαλλʼ ὅποι βούλει φέρων
950

πρὸς πάντα συκοφάντην.

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.) — 940 focus

CHORUS

But what will be done with him?

DICAEOPOLIS

This is a vase good for all purposes; it will be used as a vessel for holding all foul things, a mortar for pounding together law-suits, a lamp for spying upon accounts, and as a cup for the mixing up and poisoning of everything.

CHORUS

None could ever trust a vessel for domestic use that has such a ring about it.

DICAEOPOLIS

Oh! it is strong, my friend, and will never get broken, if care is taken to hang it head downwards.

CHORUS

There! it is well packed now!

BOEOTIAN

Marry, I will proceed to carry off my bundle.

CHORUS

Farewell, worthiest of strangers, take this informer, good for anything, and fling him where you like.

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.) — 940 focus

Chorus: How could anyone trust a jar?

940

Chorus: using such a man

Chorus: house by house

Chorus: So much noise always?

Dicaeopolis: It is strong, good man, so that

Dicaeopolis: he would never have been persuaded, if indeed

Dikaiopolis: 'From the ground.'

Dikaiopolis: he was hanging head downward.

945

Chorus: It is already well with you.

Boeotus: I am about to thresh, then.

Chorus: But, best of strangers, join in the revel!

Chorus: and having taken this one

Chorus: Strike wherever you wish, carrying [it].

950

Chorus: against every extortioner.

Aristophanes Acharnians 940

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

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Χορός

πῶς δʼ ἂν πεποιθοίη τις ἀγγείῳ
940

τοιούτῳ χρώμενος

κατʼ οἰκίαν

τοσόνδʼ ἀεὶ ψοφοῦντι;

Δικαιόπολις

ἰσχυρόν ἐστιν ὦγάθʼ, ὥστʼ

οὐκ ἂν καταγείη ποτʼ, εἴπερ

ἐκ ποδῶν

κατωκάρα κρέμαιτο.
945

Χορός

ἤδη καλῶς ἔχει σοι.

Βοιωτός

μέλλω γά τοι θερίδδειν.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὦ ξένων βέλτιστε συνθέριζε

καὶ τοῦτον λαβὼν

πρόσβαλλʼ ὅποι βούλει φέρων
950

πρὸς πάντα συκοφάντην.

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CHORUS

But what will be done with him?

DICAEOPOLIS

This is a vase good for all purposes; it will be used as a vessel for holding all foul things, a mortar for pounding together law-suits, a lamp for spying upon accounts, and as a cup for the mixing up and poisoning of everything.

CHORUS

None could ever trust a vessel for domestic use that has such a ring about it.

DICAEOPOLIS

Oh! it is strong, my friend, and will never get broken, if care is taken to hang it head downwards.

CHORUS

There! it is well packed now!

BOEOTIAN

Marry, I will proceed to carry off my bundle.

CHORUS

Farewell, worthiest of strangers, take this informer, good for anything, and fling him where you like.

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Χορός πῶς δʼ ἂν πεποιθοίη τις ἀγγείῳ 940 τοιούτῳ χρώμενος κατʼ οἰκίαν τοσόνδʼ ἀεὶ ψοφοῦντι;

Δικαιόπολις ἰσχυρόν ἐστιν ὦγάθʼ, ὥστʼ οὐκ ἂν καταγείη ποτʼ, εἴπερ ἐκ ποδῶν κατωκάρα κρέμαιτο. 945

Χορός ἤδη καλῶς ἔχει σοι.

Βοιωτός μέλλω γά τοι θερίδδειν.

Χορός ἀλλʼ ὦ ξένων βέλτιστε συνθέριζε καὶ τοῦτον λαβὼν πρόσβαλλʼ ὅποι βούλει φέρων 950 πρὸς πάντα συκοφάντην.

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CHORUS But what will be done with him?

DICAEOPOLIS This is a vase good for all purposes; it will be used as a vessel for holding all foul things, a mortar for pounding together law-suits, a lamp for spying upon accounts, and as a cup for the mixing up and poisoning of everything.

CHORUS None could ever trust a vessel for domestic use that has such a ring about it.

DICAEOPOLIS Oh! it is strong, my friend, and will never get broken, if care is taken to hang it head downwards.

CHORUS There! it is well packed now!

BOEOTIAN Marry, I will proceed to carry off my bundle.

CHORUS Farewell, worthiest of strangers, take this informer, good for anything, and fling him where you like.

Stable identifiers

Χορός

πῶς δʼ ἂν πεποιθοίη τις ἀγγείῳ
940

τοιούτῳ χρώμενος

κατʼ οἰκίαν

τοσόνδʼ ἀεὶ ψοφοῦντι;

Δικαιόπολις

ἰσχυρόν ἐστιν ὦγάθʼ, ὥστʼ

οὐκ ἂν καταγείη ποτʼ, εἴπερ

ἐκ ποδῶν

κατωκάρα κρέμαιτο.
945

Χορός

ἤδη καλῶς ἔχει σοι.

Βοιωτός

μέλλω γά τοι θερίδδειν.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὦ ξένων βέλτιστε συνθέριζε

καὶ τοῦτον λαβὼν

πρόσβαλλʼ ὅποι βούλει φέρων
950

πρὸς πάντα συκοφάντην.

CHORUS

But what will be done with him?

DICAEOPOLIS

This is a vase good for all purposes; it will be used as a vessel for holding all foul things, a mortar for pounding together law-suits, a lamp for spying upon accounts, and as a cup for the mixing up and poisoning of everything.

CHORUS

None could ever trust a vessel for domestic use that has such a ring about it.

DICAEOPOLIS

Oh! it is strong, my friend, and will never get broken, if care is taken to hang it head downwards.

CHORUS

There! it is well packed now!

BOEOTIAN

Marry, I will proceed to carry off my bundle.

CHORUS

Farewell, worthiest of strangers, take this informer, good for anything, and fling him where you like.