Aristophanes, Acharnians, 208

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Chorus: He has escaped, he is gone without a trace. Alas, poor wretch!

Chorus: of the years of mine;

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Chorus: No, certainly not in my youth, when I was carrying a load of charcoal.

Chorus: I was following Phaulus running, thus badly would the

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Chorus: this is the spoudophoros being pursued by me at that time.

Chorus: He would not have escaped, nor would he have been lightly carried off.

Acharnians. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Editions (1)

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·
210

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.

219

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

Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus,¹ running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;

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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

Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus,¹ running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;

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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 Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus, 1 running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;

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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

Curse old age! When I was young, in the days when I followed Phayllus,¹ running with a sack of coals on my back, this wretch would not have eluded my pursuit, let him be as swift as he will;