Aristophanes, Knights, 384

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Chorus: There were, then, other things hotter than fire and words.

Chorus: in the city of the shameless ones, [they are] more shameless; and the matter...

385

Chorus: Was it not a trivial matter, then, to do so, but rather to go on and swirl?

Chorus: do not do anything little. For now he is caught in the middle;

Chorus: as long as you soften him in the charge,

Chorus: You will find it cowardly; for I know the ways.

390

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.) — 384 focus

Χορός

ἦν ἄρα πυρός γʼ ἕτερα θερμότερα καὶ λόγων

ἐν πόλει τῶν ἀναιδῶν ἀναιδέστεροι· καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμʼ
385

ἦν ἄρʼ οὐ φαῦλον ὧδʼ ἀλλʼ ἔπιθι καὶ στρόβει,

μηδὲν ὀλίγον ποίει. νῦν γὰρ ἔχεται μέσος·

ὡς ἐὰν νυνὶ μαλάξῃς αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ προσβολῇ,

δειλὸν εὑρήσεις· ἐγὼ γὰρ τοὺς τρόπους ἐπίσταμαι.
390

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.) — 384 focus

Chorus
singing

Thus then 385 at Athens we have something more fiery than fire, more impudent than impudence itself! 'Tis a grave matter; come, we will push and jostle him without mercy. There, you grip him tightly under the arms; if he gives way at the onset, 390 you will find him nothing but a craven; I know my man.

Aristophanes Knights 384

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