Aristophanes, Knights, 303

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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.

Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Editions (1)

Ἱππῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 303 focus

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.

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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.

Aristophanes Knights 303

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