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Shrimp-Seller: This bit the whelk of Cleonymus.

Demos: And no one without a beard will buy anything in the marketplace.

Sausage-seller: But where exactly will Cleisthenes and Stratton buy it?

Demos: These young men, I say, are in the perfume,

1375

Demus: Such are the things he grumbles while sitting down;

Demus: Wise is the Phaeacian, and he did not die on the right side.

Demus: for it is persuasive and effective,

Demos: and perceptive and clear and striking,

Demos: Most excellent at seizing the noisy one.

1380

Sausage-seller: Are you not then a finger-tapper of the chatterer?

Demos: By Zeus, but I will force him to hunt.

Demos: all these, having ceased [to make] decrees.

Sausage-seller: Take, then, this stool for now,

Ball-Seller: and a boy with a hernia, who will carry this one for you;

1385

Sausage-seller: And if it seems good to you somewhere, make him sit cross-legged.

Demos: Now I am being restored to my former glory.

Sausage-seller: You will say, once the thirty-oarsmen

The Sausage-Seller: I will hand over the libations to you. Come here quickly, you Libations.

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.) — 1372 focus

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

τοῦτʼ ἔδακε τὸν πόρπακα τὸν Κλεωνύμου.

Δῆμος

οὐδʼ ἀγοράσει γʼ ἀγένειος οὐδεὶς ἐν ἀγορᾷ.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ποῦ δῆτα Κλεισθένης ἀγοράσει καὶ Στράτων;

Δῆμος

τὰ μειράκια ταυτὶ λέγω τἀν τῷ μύρῳ,
1375

ἃ στωμυλεῖται τοιαδὶ καθήμενα·

σοφός γʼ ὁ Φαίαξ δεξιῶς τʼ οὐκ ἀπέθανεν.

συνερτικὸς γάρ ἐστι καὶ περαντικός,

καὶ γνωμοτυπικὸς καὶ σαφὴς καὶ κρουστικός,

καταληπτικός τʼ ἄριστα τοῦ θορυβητικοῦ.
1380

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

οὔκουν καταδακτυλικὸς σὺ τοῦ λαλητικοῦ;

Δῆμος

μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ ἀναγκάσω κυνηγετεῖν ἐγὼ

τούτους ἅπαντας, παυσαμένους ψηφισμάτων.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἔχε νυν ἐπὶ τούτοις τουτονὶ τὸν ὀκλαδίαν,

καὶ παῖδʼ ἐνόρχην, ὅσπερ οἴσει τόνδε σοι·
1385

κἄν που δοκῇ σοι, τοῦτον ὀκλαδίαν ποίει.

Δῆμος

μακάριος ἐς τἀρχαῖα δὴ καθίσταμαι.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

φήσεις γʼ, ἐπειδὰν τὰς τριακοντούτιδας

σπονδὰς παραδῶ σοι. δεῦρʼ ἴθʼ αἱ Σπονδαὶ ταχύ.

Translations (1)

Knights (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1372 focus

Sausage-Seller

This will strike the buckler of Cleonymus full in the center.

Demos

None shall ascend the rostrum, unless his chin is bearded.

Sausage-Seller

What then will become of Clisthenes and of Strato?

Demos

I wish only to refer to those youths who loll about the perfume shops, 1375 babbling at random, “What a clever fellow is Phaeax! How cleverly he escaped death! how concise and convincing is his style! what phrases! how clear and to the point! 1380 how well he knows how to quell an interruption!”

Sausage-Seller

I thought you were the lover of those fairies.

Demos

The gods forefend it! and I will force all such fellows to go hunting instead of proposing decrees.

Sausage-Seller

In that case, accept this folding-stool, 1385 and, to carry it, this well-grown, big-balled slave lad. Besides, you may put him to any other purpose you please.

Demos

Oh! I am happy indeed to find myself as I was of old!

Sausage-Seller

Aye, you will deem yourself happy, when I have handed you the truce of thirty years. Truce! step forward!

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τοῦτʼ ἔδακε τὸν πόρπακα τὸν Κλεωνύμου.

The verb ἔδακε (aorist of δάκνω) is used metaphorically here to mean 'bit' in the sense of 'severely rebuked' or 'galled,' a common metaphorical extension in Attic comedy where verbal attacks are depicted as physical bites. The subject 'this' (τοῦτʼ) refers to the preceding lines of the play where the Paphlagonian (the demagogue) has been subjected to the aggressive rhetoric of the Sausage-Seller. The phrase τὸν πόρπακα functions as a vocative of address, identifying Cleon (son of Cleonymus) by his nickname 'the weaver' (πόρπαξ), a term of abuse implying he is a busybody or meddler, though some scholars argue it may allude to his actual trade or a specific incident in his career. The use of the aorist ἔδακε emphasizes the sudden, sharp, and effective nature of the rebuke, contrasting with the prolonged suffering implied by the present tense.

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Ἀλλαντοπώλης

τοῦτʼ ἔδακε τὸν πόρπακα τὸν Κλεωνύμου.

Δῆμος

οὐδʼ ἀγοράσει γʼ ἀγένειος οὐδεὶς ἐν ἀγορᾷ.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ποῦ δῆτα Κλεισθένης ἀγοράσει καὶ Στράτων;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

οὔκουν καταδακτυλικὸς σὺ τοῦ λαλητικοῦ;

Δῆμος

μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ ἀναγκάσω κυνηγετεῖν ἐγὼ

τούτους ἅπαντας, παυσαμένους ψηφισμάτων.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἔχε νυν ἐπὶ τούτοις τουτονὶ τὸν ὀκλαδίαν,

καὶ παῖδʼ ἐνόρχην, ὅσπερ οἴσει τόνδε σοι·
1385

κἄν που δοκῇ σοι, τοῦτον ὀκλαδίαν ποίει.

Δῆμος

μακάριος ἐς τἀρχαῖα δὴ καθίσταμαι.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

φήσεις γʼ, ἐπειδὰν τὰς τριακοντούτιδας

σπονδὰς παραδῶ σοι. δεῦρʼ ἴθʼ αἱ Σπονδαὶ ταχύ.

Sausage-Seller

This will strike the buckler of Cleonymus full in the center.

Demos

None shall ascend the rostrum, unless his chin is bearded.

Sausage-Seller

What then will become of Clisthenes and of Strato?

Sausage-Seller

I thought you were the lover of those fairies.

Demos

The gods forefend it! and I will force all such fellows to go hunting instead of proposing decrees.

Sausage-Seller

In that case, accept this folding-stool, 1385 and, to carry it, this well-grown, big-balled slave lad. Besides, you may put him to any other purpose you please.

Demos

Oh! I am happy indeed to find myself as I was of old!

Sausage-Seller

Aye, you will deem yourself happy, when I have handed you the truce of thirty years. Truce! step forward!

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Ἀλλαντοπώλης τοῦτʼ ἔδακε τὸν πόρπακα τὸν Κλεωνύμου.

Δῆμος οὐδʼ ἀγοράσει γʼ ἀγένειος οὐδεὶς ἐν ἀγορᾷ.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ποῦ δῆτα Κλεισθένης ἀγοράσει καὶ Στράτων;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης οὔκουν καταδακτυλικὸς σὺ τοῦ λαλητικοῦ;

Δῆμος μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ ἀναγκάσω κυνηγετεῖν ἐγὼ τούτους ἅπαντας, παυσαμένους ψηφισμάτων.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἔχε νυν ἐπὶ τούτοις τουτονὶ τὸν ὀκλαδίαν, καὶ παῖδʼ ἐνόρχην, ὅσπερ οἴσει τόνδε σοι· 1385 κἄν που δοκῇ σοι, τοῦτον ὀκλαδίαν ποίει.

Δῆμος μακάριος ἐς τἀρχαῖα δὴ καθίσταμαι.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης φήσεις γʼ, ἐπειδὰν τὰς τριακοντούτιδας σπονδὰς παραδῶ σοι. δεῦρʼ ἴθʼ αἱ Σπονδαὶ ταχύ.

Sausage-Seller This will strike the buckler of Cleonymus full in the center.

Demos None shall ascend the rostrum, unless his chin is bearded.

Sausage-Seller What then will become of Clisthenes and of Strato?

Sausage-Seller I thought you were the lover of those fairies.

Demos The gods forefend it! and I will force all such fellows to go hunting instead of proposing decrees.

Sausage-Seller In that case, accept this folding-stool, 1385 and, to carry it, this well-grown, big-balled slave lad. Besides, you may put him to any other purpose you please.

Demos Oh! I am happy indeed to find myself as I was of old!

Sausage-Seller Aye, you will deem yourself happy, when I have handed you the truce of thirty years. Truce! step forward!

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Ἀλλαντοπώλης

τοῦτʼ ἔδακε τὸν πόρπακα τὸν Κλεωνύμου.

Δῆμος

οὐδʼ ἀγοράσει γʼ ἀγένειος οὐδεὶς ἐν ἀγορᾷ.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ποῦ δῆτα Κλεισθένης ἀγοράσει καὶ Στράτων;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

οὔκουν καταδακτυλικὸς σὺ τοῦ λαλητικοῦ;

Δῆμος

μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ ἀναγκάσω κυνηγετεῖν ἐγὼ

τούτους ἅπαντας, παυσαμένους ψηφισμάτων.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἔχε νυν ἐπὶ τούτοις τουτονὶ τὸν ὀκλαδίαν,

καὶ παῖδʼ ἐνόρχην, ὅσπερ οἴσει τόνδε σοι·
1385

κἄν που δοκῇ σοι, τοῦτον ὀκλαδίαν ποίει.

Δῆμος

μακάριος ἐς τἀρχαῖα δὴ καθίσταμαι.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

φήσεις γʼ, ἐπειδὰν τὰς τριακοντούτιδας

σπονδὰς παραδῶ σοι. δεῦρʼ ἴθʼ αἱ Σπονδαὶ ταχύ.

Sausage-Seller

This will strike the buckler of Cleonymus full in the center.

Demos

None shall ascend the rostrum, unless his chin is bearded.

Sausage-Seller

What then will become of Clisthenes and of Strato?

Sausage-Seller

I thought you were the lover of those fairies.

Demos

The gods forefend it! and I will force all such fellows to go hunting instead of proposing decrees.

Sausage-Seller

In that case, accept this folding-stool, 1385 and, to carry it, this well-grown, big-balled slave lad. Besides, you may put him to any other purpose you please.

Demos

Oh! I am happy indeed to find myself as I was of old!

Sausage-Seller

Aye, you will deem yourself happy, when I have handed you the truce of thirty years. Truce! step forward!