Aristophanes, Acharnians, 204

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Chorus: Follow her with all your might, pursue [her], and inquire about the man.

Chorus: of all the travelers; for it is worthy for the city.

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Chorus: to seize this man. But tell me,

Chorus: If anyone knows where the one who carries the libations has turned on the ground.

Acharnians. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Ἀχαρνῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 204-240 focus

Χορός

τῇδε πᾶς ἕπου δίωκε καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα πυνθάνου

τῶν ὁδοιπόρων ἁπάντων· τῇ πόλει γὰρ ἄξιον
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ξυλλαβεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον. ἀλλά μοι μηνύσατε,

εἴ τις οἶδʼ ὅποι τέτραπται γῆς ὁ τὰς σπονδὰς φέρων.

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Χορός
¹

ἐκπέφευγʼ, οἴχεται φροῦδος. οἴμοι τάλας

τῶν ἐτῶν τῶν ἐμῶν·
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οὐκ ἂν ἐπʼ ἐμῆς γε νεότητος, ὅτʼ ἐγὼ φέρων ἀνθράκων φορτίον

ἠκολούθουν Φαΰλλῳ τρέχων, ὧδε φαύλως ἂν ὁ
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σπονδοφόρος οὗτος ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ τότε διωκόμενος

ἐξέφυγεν οὐδʼ ἂν ἐλαφρῶς ἂν ἀπεπλίξατο.

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Χορός

νῦν δʼ ἐπειδὴ στερρὸν ἤδη τοὐμὸν ἀντικνήμιον,

καὶ παλαιῷ Λακρατείδῃ τὸ σκέλος βαρύνεται,
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οἴχεται. διωκτέος δέ· μὴ γὰρ ἐγχάνῃ ποτὲ

μηδέ περ γέροντας ὄντας ἐκφυγὼν Ἀχαρνέας.

225

Χορός

ὅστις ὦ Ζεῦ πάτερ καὶ θεοὶ τοῖσιν ἐχθροῖσιν ἐσπείσατο,
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οἷσι παρʼ ἐμοῦ πόλεμος ἐχθοδοπὸς αὔξεται τῶν ἐμῶν χωρίων·

κοὐκ ἀνήσω πρὶν ἂν σχοῖνος αὐτοῖσιν ἀντεμπαγῶ
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ὀξὺς ὀδυνηρὸς ἐπίκωπος, ἵνα

μήποτε πατῶσιν ἔτι τὰς ἐμὰς ἀμπέλους.

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Χορός

ἀλλὰ δεῖ ζητεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ βλέπειν βαλληνάδε

καὶ διώκειν γῆν πρὸ γῆς, ἕως ἂν εὑρεθῇ ποτέ·
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ὡς ἐγὼ βάλλων ἐκεῖνον οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλῄμην λίθοις.

Δικαιόπολις

εὐφημεῖτε, εὐφημεῖτε.

Χορός

σῖγα πᾶς. ἠκούσατʼ ἄνδρες ἆρα τῆς εὐφημίας;

οὗτος αὐτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦμεν. ἀλλὰ δεῦρο πᾶς

ἐκποδών· θύσων γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὡς ἔοικʼ ἐξέρχεται.
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CHORUS

This way all! Let us follow our man; we will demand him of everyone we meet; the public weal makes his seizure imperative. Ho, there! tell me which way the bearer of the truce has gone; he has escaped us, he has disappeared.

Aristophanes Acharnians 204

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Χορός

ἀλλὰ δεῖ ζητεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ βλέπειν βαλληνάδε

καὶ διώκειν γῆν πρὸ γῆς, ἕως ἂν εὑρεθῇ ποτέ·
235

ὡς ἐγὼ βάλλων ἐκεῖνον οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλῄμην λίθοις.

Δικαιόπολις

εὐφημεῖτε, εὐφημεῖτε.

Χορός

σῖγα πᾶς. ἠκούσατʼ ἄνδρες ἆρα τῆς εὐφημίας;

οὗτος αὐτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦμεν. ἀλλὰ δεῦρο πᾶς

ἐκποδών· θύσων γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὡς ἔοικʼ ἐξέρχεται.
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CHORUS

This way all! Let us follow our man; we will demand him of everyone we meet; the public weal makes his seizure imperative. Ho, there! tell me which way the bearer of the truce has gone; he has escaped us, he has disappeared.

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Χορός ἀλλὰ δεῖ ζητεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ βλέπειν βαλληνάδε καὶ διώκειν γῆν πρὸ γῆς, ἕως ἂν εὑρεθῇ ποτέ· 235 ὡς ἐγὼ βάλλων ἐκεῖνον οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλῄμην λίθοις.

Δικαιόπολις εὐφημεῖτε, εὐφημεῖτε.

Χορός σῖγα πᾶς. ἠκούσατʼ ἄνδρες ἆρα τῆς εὐφημίας; οὗτος αὐτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦμεν. ἀλλὰ δεῦρο πᾶς ἐκποδών· θύσων γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὡς ἔοικʼ ἐξέρχεται. 240

CHORUS This way all! Let us follow our man; we will demand him of everyone we meet; the public weal makes his seizure imperative. Ho, there! tell me which way the bearer of the truce has gone; he has escaped us, he has disappeared.

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Χορός

ἀλλὰ δεῖ ζητεῖν τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ βλέπειν βαλληνάδε

καὶ διώκειν γῆν πρὸ γῆς, ἕως ἂν εὑρεθῇ ποτέ·
235

ὡς ἐγὼ βάλλων ἐκεῖνον οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλῄμην λίθοις.

Δικαιόπολις

εὐφημεῖτε, εὐφημεῖτε.

Χορός

σῖγα πᾶς. ἠκούσατʼ ἄνδρες ἆρα τῆς εὐφημίας;

οὗτος αὐτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦμεν. ἀλλὰ δεῦρο πᾶς

ἐκποδών· θύσων γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὡς ἔοικʼ ἐξέρχεται.
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CHORUS

This way all! Let us follow our man; we will demand him of everyone we meet; the public weal makes his seizure imperative. Ho, there! tell me which way the bearer of the truce has gone; he has escaped us, he has disappeared.