Aristophanes, Acharnians, 940

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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.

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.) — 929-958 focus

Χορός

ἔνδησον ὦ βέλτιστε τῷ

ξένῳ καλῶς τὴν ἐμπολὴν
930

οὕτως ὅπως

ἂν μὴ θέρων κατάξῃ.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτʼ, ἐπεί

τοι καὶ ψοφεῖ λάλον τι καὶ

πυρορραγὲς

κἄλλως θεοῖσιν ἐχθρόν.

Χορός

τί χρήσεταί ποτʼ αὐτῷ;
935

Δικαιόπολις

πάγχρηστον ἄγγος ἔσται,

κρατὴρ κακῶν, τριπτὴρ δικῶν,

φαίνειν ὑπευθύνους λυχνοῦχος

καὶ κύλιξ—

καὶ πράγματʼ ἐγκυκᾶσθαι.

940

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.

952

Δικαιόπολις

μόλις γʼ ἐνέδησα τὸν κακῶς ἀπολούμενον.

αἴρου λαβὼν τὸν κέραμον ὦ Βοιώτιε.

Βοιωτός

ὑπόκυπτε τὰν τύλαν ἰὼν Ἰσμήνιχε.

Δικαιόπολις

χὤπως κατοίσεις αὐτὸν εὐλαβούμενος.
955

πάντως μὲν οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλʼ ὅμως·

κἂν τοῦτο κερδήνῃς ἄγων τὸ φορτίον,

εὐδαιμονήσεις συκοφαντῶν γʼ οὕνεκα.

Translations (1)

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.

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Χορός

ἔνδησον ὦ βέλτιστε τῷ

ξένῳ καλῶς τὴν ἐμπολὴν
930

οὕτως ὅπως

ἂν μὴ θέρων κατάξῃ.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτʼ, ἐπεί

τοι καὶ ψοφεῖ λάλον τι καὶ

πυρορραγὲς

κἄλλως θεοῖσιν ἐχθρόν.

Χορός

τί χρήσεταί ποτʼ αὐτῷ;
935

Δικαιόπολις

πάγχρηστον ἄγγος ἔσται,

κρατὴρ κακῶν, τριπτὴρ δικῶν,

φαίνειν ὑπευθύνους λυχνοῦχος

καὶ κύλιξ—

καὶ πράγματʼ ἐγκυκᾶσθαι.

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.

Δικαιόπολις

μόλις γʼ ἐνέδησα τὸν κακῶς ἀπολούμενον.

αἴρου λαβὼν τὸν κέραμον ὦ Βοιώτιε.

Βοιωτός

ὑπόκυπτε τὰν τύλαν ἰὼν Ἰσμήνιχε.

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 ἔνδησον ὦ βέλτιστε τῷ ξένῳ καλῶς τὴν ἐμπολὴν 930 οὕτως ὅπως ἂν μὴ θέρων κατάξῃ.

Δικαιόπολις ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτʼ, ἐπεί τοι καὶ ψοφεῖ λάλον τι καὶ πυρορραγὲς κἄλλως θεοῖσιν ἐχθρόν.

Χορός τί χρήσεταί ποτʼ αὐτῷ; 935

Δικαιόπολις πάγχρηστον ἄγγος ἔσται, κρατὴρ κακῶν, τριπτὴρ δικῶν, φαίνειν ὑπευθύνους λυχνοῦχος καὶ κύλιξ— καὶ πράγματʼ ἐγκυκᾶσθαι.

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.

Δικαιόπολις μόλις γʼ ἐνέδησα τὸν κακῶς ἀπολούμενον. αἴρου λαβὼν τὸν κέραμον ὦ Βοιώτιε.

Βοιωτός ὑπόκυπτε τὰν τύλαν ἰὼν Ἰσμήνιχε.

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

ἔνδησον ὦ βέλτιστε τῷ

ξένῳ καλῶς τὴν ἐμπολὴν
930

οὕτως ὅπως

ἂν μὴ θέρων κατάξῃ.

Δικαιόπολις

ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτʼ, ἐπεί

τοι καὶ ψοφεῖ λάλον τι καὶ

πυρορραγὲς

κἄλλως θεοῖσιν ἐχθρόν.

Χορός

τί χρήσεταί ποτʼ αὐτῷ;
935

Δικαιόπολις

πάγχρηστον ἄγγος ἔσται,

κρατὴρ κακῶν, τριπτὴρ δικῶν,

φαίνειν ὑπευθύνους λυχνοῦχος

καὶ κύλιξ—

καὶ πράγματʼ ἐγκυκᾶσθαι.

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.

Δικαιόπολις

μόλις γʼ ἐνέδησα τὸν κακῶς ἀπολούμενον.

αἴρου λαβὼν τὸν κέραμον ὦ Βοιώτιε.

Βοιωτός

ὑπόκυπτε τὰν τύλαν ἰὼν Ἰσμήνιχε.

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.