Aristophanes, Acharnians, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 988

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Χορός

οὑτοσὶ δʼ ἐπτέρωταί τʼ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἅμα καὶ μεγάλα δὴ φρονεῖ,

τοῦ βίου δʼ ἐξέβαλε δεῖγμα τάδε τὰ πτερὰ πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν.

ὦ Κύπριδι τῇ καλῇ καὶ Χάρισι ταῖς φίλαις ξύντροφε Διαλλαγή,

ὡς καλὸν ἔχουσα τὸ πρόσωπον ἄρʼ ἐλάνθανες.
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πῶς ἂν ἐμὲ καὶ σέ τις Ἔρως ξυναγάγοι λαβών,

ὥσπερ ὁ γεγραμμένος ἔχων στέφανον ἀνθέμων.

ἢ πάνυ γερόντιον ἴσως νενόμικάς με σύ;

ἀλλά σε λαβὼν τρία δοκῶ γʼ ἂν ἔτι προσβαλεῖν·

πρῶτα μὲν ἂν ἀμπελίδος ὄρχον ἐλάσαι μακρόν,
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εἶτα παρὰ τόνδε νέα μοσχίδια συκίδων,

καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἡμερίδος ὄρχον, ὁ γέρων ὁδί,

καὶ περὶ τὸ χωρίον ἐλᾷδας ἅπαν ἐν κύκλῳ,

ὥστʼ ἀλείφεσθαί σʼ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν κἀμὲ ταῖς νουμηνίαις.

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.) — 988 focus

DICAEOPOLIS

Oh, Peace! companion of fair Aphrodite and of the sweet Graces, how charming are thy features and yet I never knew it! Would that Eros might join me to thee, Eros, crowned with roses as Zeuxis¹ shows him to us! Perhaps I seem somewhat old to you, but I am yet able to make you a threefold offering; despite my age I could plant a long row of vines for you; then beside these some tender cuttings from the fig; finally a young vine-stock, loaded with fruit and all around the field olive trees, which would furnish us with oil, wherewith to anoint us both at the New Moons.

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.) — 988 focus

Chorus: This fellow is winged for the dinner too, and indeed he thinks very highly of himself,

Chorus: and so these wings have cast off a sample of life before the doors.

Chorus: O Beauty of Cyprus and Graces, my dear friends, and Concord who shares my path,

Chorus: Since you have a beautiful face, did you really remain hidden?

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Chorus: How could some Eros, having taken me and you, gather us together,

Chorus: just like the painted one holding a crown of flowers.

Chorus: Or perhaps you have come to think of me as a very old woman?

Chorus: But I think that, having seized you, I should still be able to strike you three more times;

Chorus: First of all, we would lead a long vine-dance,

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Chorus: and then beside this [place] new calves of figs,

Chorus: and the third of the day's dance, this old man,

Chorus: and all over the field they will drive the oxen in a circle,

Chorus: So that you and I may be anointed by them on the new moons.

Aristophanes Acharnians 988

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

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