Aristophanes, Knights, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 303

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Χορός

ὦ μιαρὲ καὶ βδελυρὲ † καὶ κεκράκτα †, τοῦ σοῦ θράσους

πᾶσα μὲν γῆ πλέα, πᾶσα δʼ ἐκκλησία, καὶ τέλη
305

καὶ γραφαὶ καὶ δικαστήριʼ, ὦ βορβοροτάραξι καὶ

τὴν πόλιν ἅπασαν ἡμῶν ἀνατετυρβακώς,
310

ὅστις ἡμῶν τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐκκεκώφωκας βοῶν,

κἀπὸ τῶν πετρῶν ἄνωθεν τοὺς φόρους θυννοσκοπῶν.

Knights. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1906.

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Ἱππῆς (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.)

Translations (2)

Knights (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 303 focus

Chorus
singing

Oh! you scoundrel! you impudent bawler! 305 everything is filled with your daring, all Attica , the Assembly, the Treasury, the decrees, the tribunals. As a furious torrent 310 you have overthrown our city; your outcries have deafened Athens 313 and, posted upon a high rock, you have lain in wait for the tribute moneys as the fisherman does for the tunny-fish.

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.) — 303 focus

Chorus: O filthy and detestable fellow, and squawker, [of] your boldness

Chorus: every land is full, every assembly is full, and the taxes.

305

Chorus: and paintings and a lawcourt, you mud-wallahs and

Chorus: having utterly ruined our city,

310

Chorus: Whoever of us has made Athens deaf by shouting,

Chorus: and from the rocks above watching for tuna for the taxes.

Aristophanes Knights 303

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

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