Aristophanes, Knights, 1335

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Demos: O most dear of men, come here, Agoracritus.

1335

Demos: All the good things you have done, having done them well.

Sausage-Seller: Me?

Sausage-seller: But oh, you don't know what sort of man you were before,

Sausage-Seller: Not even a seat! For you would think me a god.

Demos: But what did I do, tell me, before? What sort of man was I?

Sausage-seller: First of all, whenever someone should speak in the assembly,

1340

Sausage-Seller: O Demos, I am your lover, I love you.

Sausage-seller: I am anxious for you and I alone give you advice.

Sausage-seller: Whenever anyone wants to use these as preambles,

Sausage-seller: You were swinging your club and your ears.

Demus: Me?

Sausage-seller: Then, having deceived you, he went away instead of these things.

1345

Demos: What do you say?

Demos: I did these things, but I did not realize it?

Sausage-seller: But, by Zeus, your ears would have been stretched out!

Sausage-seller: He was gathered up just like a shadow-ball, and then again.

Demos: So I have become both foolish and old?

Sausage-seller: And by Zeus, if only two orators were speaking,

1350

Sausage-seller: the one makes long ships, and the other one again.

Sausage-seller: To have this hired out, you who are speaking of the hire!

Sausage-seller: He who ran past the triremes, he would have gone away.

Sausage-seller: Why are you bending over? Won't you stay on the ground?

Demos: I am ashamed of you for my former mistakes.

1355

Sausage-Seller: But you are not the cause of these things, do not worry,

Sausage-seller: But these things deceived you. Now tell me.

Sausage-seller: If anyone should say 'mummer advocate'.

Sausage-seller: There are no barley-meal for you, the jurors,

Sausage-seller: unless you reject this lawsuit.

1360

Sausage-Seller: What will you do with this man, tell me, this prosecutor?

Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Ἱππῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1335 focus

Δῆμος

ὦ φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν ἐλθὲ δεῦρʼ Ἀγοράκριτε.
1335

ὅσα με δέδρακας ἀγάθʼ ἀφεψήσας.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐγώ;

ἀλλʼ ὦ μέλʼ οὐκ οἶσθʼ οἷος ἦσθʼ αὐτὸς πάρος,

οὐδʼ οἷʼ ἔδρας· ἐμὲ γὰρ νομίζοις ἂν θεόν.

Δῆμος

τί δʼ ἔδρων, κάτειπέ μοι, πρὸ τοῦ; ποῖός τις ἦ;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

πρῶτον μέν, ὁπότʼ εἴποι τις ἐν τἠκκλησίᾳ,
1340

ὦ Δῆμʼ ἐραστής εἰμι σὸς φιλῶ τέ σε

καὶ κήδομαί σου καὶ προβουλεύω μόνος,

τούτοις ὁπότε χρήσαιτό τις προοιμίοις,

ἀνωρτάλιζες κἀκερουτίας.

Δῆμος

ἐγώ;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

εἶτʼ ἐξαπατήσας σʼ ἀντὶ τούτων ᾤχετο.
1345

Δῆμος

τί φῄς;

ταυτί μʼ ἔδρων, ἐγὼ δὲ τοῦτʼ οὐκ ᾐσθόμην;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

τὰ δʼ ὦτά γʼ ἄν σου νὴ Δίʼ ἐξεπετάννυτο

ὥσπερ σκιάδειον καὶ πάλιν ξυνήγετο.

Δῆμος

οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐγεγενήμην καὶ γέρων;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

καὶ νὴ Δίʼ εἴ γε δύο λεγοίτην ῥήτορε,
1350

ὁ μὲν ποιεῖσθαι ναῦς μακρὰς ὁ δʼ ἕτερος αὖ

καταμισθοφορῆσαι τοῦθʼ, ὁ τὸν μισθὸν λέγων

τὸν τὰς τριήρεις παραδραμὼν ἂν ᾤχετο.

οὗτος τί κύπτεις; οὐχὶ κατὰ χώραν μενεῖς;

Δῆμος

αἰσχύνομαί τοι ταῖς πρότερον ἁμαρτίαις.
1355

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἀλλʼ οὐ σὺ τούτων αἴτιος, μὴ φροντίσῃς,

ἀλλʼ οἵ σε ταῦτʼ ἐξηπάτων. νυνδὶ φράσον·

ἐάν τις εἴπῃ βωμολόχος ξυνήγορος·

οὐκ ἔστιν ὑμῖν τοῖς δικασταῖς ἄλφιτα,

εἰ μὴ καταγνώσεσθε ταύτην τὴν δίκην·
1360

τοῦτον τί δράσεις, εἰπέ, τὸν ξυνήγορον;

Translations (1)

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Demos

1335 Come, Sausage-Seller, come, my best friend; see the service you have done me by freshening me up on your stove.

Sausage-Seller

Ah! if you but remembered what you were formerly and what you did, you would for a certainty believe me to be a god.

Demos

But what did I do? and how was I then?

Sausage-Seller

1340 Firstly, so soon as ever an orator declared in the Assembly, “Demos, I love you ardently; it is I alone who dream of you and watch over your interests”; at such an exordium you would look like a cock flapping his wings or a bull tossing his horns.

Demos

What, I?

Sausage-Seller

1345 Then, after he had fooled you to the hilt, he would go.

Demos

What! they would treat me so, and I never saw it?

Sausage-Seller

You knew only how to open and close your ears like a sunshade.

Demos

Was I then so stupid and such a dotard?

Sausage-Seller

1350 Worse than that; if one of two orators proposed to equip a fleet for war and the other suggested the use of the same sum for paying out to the citizens, it was the latter who always carried the day. Well! you droop your head! Why do you turn away your face?

Demos

1355 I am blushing at my past errors.

Sausage-Seller

Think no more of them; it's not you who are to blame, but those who cheated you in this sorry fashion. But, come, if some impudent lawyer dared to say, “Dicasts, you shall have no wheat 1360 unless you convict this accused man!” what would you do? Tell me.

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Δῆμος

ὦ φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν ἐλθὲ δεῦρʼ Ἀγοράκριτε.
1335

ὅσα με δέδρακας ἀγάθʼ ἀφεψήσας.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐγώ;

ἀλλʼ ὦ μέλʼ οὐκ οἶσθʼ οἷος ἦσθʼ αὐτὸς πάρος,

οὐδʼ οἷʼ ἔδρας· ἐμὲ γὰρ νομίζοις ἂν θεόν.

Δῆμος

τί δʼ ἔδρων, κάτειπέ μοι, πρὸ τοῦ; ποῖός τις ἦ;

Δῆμος

ἐγώ;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

εἶτʼ ἐξαπατήσας σʼ ἀντὶ τούτων ᾤχετο.
1345

Δῆμος

τί φῄς;

ταυτί μʼ ἔδρων, ἐγὼ δὲ τοῦτʼ οὐκ ᾐσθόμην;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

τὰ δʼ ὦτά γʼ ἄν σου νὴ Δίʼ ἐξεπετάννυτο

ὥσπερ σκιάδειον καὶ πάλιν ξυνήγετο.

Δῆμος

οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐγεγενήμην καὶ γέρων;

Δῆμος

αἰσχύνομαί τοι ταῖς πρότερον ἁμαρτίαις.
1355

Demos

1335 Come, Sausage-Seller, come, my best friend; see the service you have done me by freshening me up on your stove.

Sausage-Seller

Ah! if you but remembered what you were formerly and what you did, you would for a certainty believe me to be a god.

Demos

But what did I do? and how was I then?

Sausage-Seller

1340 Firstly, so soon as ever an orator declared in the Assembly, “Demos, I love you ardently; it is I alone who dream of you and watch over your interests”; at such an exordium you would look like a cock flapping his wings or a bull tossing his horns.

Demos

What, I?

Sausage-Seller

1345 Then, after he had fooled you to the hilt, he would go.

Demos

What! they would treat me so, and I never saw it?

Sausage-Seller

You knew only how to open and close your ears like a sunshade.

Demos

Was I then so stupid and such a dotard?

Sausage-Seller

1350 Worse than that; if one of two orators proposed to equip a fleet for war and the other suggested the use of the same sum for paying out to the citizens, it was the latter who always carried the day. Well! you droop your head! Why do you turn away your face?

Demos

1355 I am blushing at my past errors.

Sausage-Seller

Think no more of them; it's not you who are to blame, but those who cheated you in this sorry fashion. But, come, if some impudent lawyer dared to say, “Dicasts, you shall have no wheat 1360 unless you convict this accused man!” what would you do? Tell me.

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Δῆμος ὦ φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν ἐλθὲ δεῦρʼ Ἀγοράκριτε. 1335 ὅσα με δέδρακας ἀγάθʼ ἀφεψήσας.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἐγώ; ἀλλʼ ὦ μέλʼ οὐκ οἶσθʼ οἷος ἦσθʼ αὐτὸς πάρος, οὐδʼ οἷʼ ἔδρας· ἐμὲ γὰρ νομίζοις ἂν θεόν.

Δῆμος τί δʼ ἔδρων, κάτειπέ μοι, πρὸ τοῦ; ποῖός τις ἦ;

Δῆμος ἐγώ;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης εἶτʼ ἐξαπατήσας σʼ ἀντὶ τούτων ᾤχετο. 1345

Δῆμος τί φῄς; ταυτί μʼ ἔδρων, ἐγὼ δὲ τοῦτʼ οὐκ ᾐσθόμην;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης τὰ δʼ ὦτά γʼ ἄν σου νὴ Δίʼ ἐξεπετάννυτο ὥσπερ σκιάδειον καὶ πάλιν ξυνήγετο.

Δῆμος οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐγεγενήμην καὶ γέρων;

Δῆμος αἰσχύνομαί τοι ταῖς πρότερον ἁμαρτίαις. 1355

Demos 1335 Come, Sausage-Seller, come, my best friend; see the service you have done me by freshening me up on your stove.

Sausage-Seller Ah! if you but remembered what you were formerly and what you did, you would for a certainty believe me to be a god.

Demos But what did I do? and how was I then?

Sausage-Seller 1340 Firstly, so soon as ever an orator declared in the Assembly, “Demos, I love you ardently; it is I alone who dream of you and watch over your interests”; at such an exordium you would look like a cock flapping his wings or a bull tossing his horns.

Demos What, I?

Sausage-Seller 1345 Then, after he had fooled you to the hilt, he would go.

Demos What! they would treat me so, and I never saw it?

Sausage-Seller You knew only how to open and close your ears like a sunshade.

Demos Was I then so stupid and such a dotard?

Sausage-Seller 1350 Worse than that; if one of two orators proposed to equip a fleet for war and the other suggested the use of the same sum for paying out to the citizens, it was the latter who always carried the day. Well! you droop your head! Why do you turn away your face?

Demos 1355 I am blushing at my past errors.

Sausage-Seller Think no more of them; it's not you who are to blame, but those who cheated you in this sorry fashion. But, come, if some impudent lawyer dared to say, “Dicasts, you shall have no wheat 1360 unless you convict this accused man!” what would you do? Tell me.

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Δῆμος

ὦ φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν ἐλθὲ δεῦρʼ Ἀγοράκριτε.
1335

ὅσα με δέδρακας ἀγάθʼ ἀφεψήσας.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐγώ;

ἀλλʼ ὦ μέλʼ οὐκ οἶσθʼ οἷος ἦσθʼ αὐτὸς πάρος,

οὐδʼ οἷʼ ἔδρας· ἐμὲ γὰρ νομίζοις ἂν θεόν.

Δῆμος

τί δʼ ἔδρων, κάτειπέ μοι, πρὸ τοῦ; ποῖός τις ἦ;

Δῆμος

ἐγώ;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

εἶτʼ ἐξαπατήσας σʼ ἀντὶ τούτων ᾤχετο.
1345

Δῆμος

τί φῄς;

ταυτί μʼ ἔδρων, ἐγὼ δὲ τοῦτʼ οὐκ ᾐσθόμην;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

τὰ δʼ ὦτά γʼ ἄν σου νὴ Δίʼ ἐξεπετάννυτο

ὥσπερ σκιάδειον καὶ πάλιν ξυνήγετο.

Δῆμος

οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐγεγενήμην καὶ γέρων;

Δῆμος

αἰσχύνομαί τοι ταῖς πρότερον ἁμαρτίαις.
1355

Demos

1335 Come, Sausage-Seller, come, my best friend; see the service you have done me by freshening me up on your stove.

Sausage-Seller

Ah! if you but remembered what you were formerly and what you did, you would for a certainty believe me to be a god.

Demos

But what did I do? and how was I then?

Sausage-Seller

1340 Firstly, so soon as ever an orator declared in the Assembly, “Demos, I love you ardently; it is I alone who dream of you and watch over your interests”; at such an exordium you would look like a cock flapping his wings or a bull tossing his horns.

Demos

What, I?

Sausage-Seller

1345 Then, after he had fooled you to the hilt, he would go.

Demos

What! they would treat me so, and I never saw it?

Sausage-Seller

You knew only how to open and close your ears like a sunshade.

Demos

Was I then so stupid and such a dotard?

Sausage-Seller

1350 Worse than that; if one of two orators proposed to equip a fleet for war and the other suggested the use of the same sum for paying out to the citizens, it was the latter who always carried the day. Well! you droop your head! Why do you turn away your face?

Demos

1355 I am blushing at my past errors.

Sausage-Seller

Think no more of them; it's not you who are to blame, but those who cheated you in this sorry fashion. But, come, if some impudent lawyer dared to say, “Dicasts, you shall have no wheat 1360 unless you convict this accused man!” what would you do? Tell me.