Aristophanes, Knights, 616

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Chorus: Now indeed it is right for all of us to shout.

Chorus: O, you speaking beautifully, and far better still than the speeches.

Chorus: Having worked, if only you were to come!

Chorus: Everything is clear to me.

Chorus: as I think to myself

620

Chorus: and even to travel a long road

Chorus: So to hear. To these things, O best man

Chorus: having taken courage, speak, as, all

Chorus: We delight you.

Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Ἱππῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 616 focus

Χορός

νῦν ἄρʼ ἄξιόν γε πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἐπολολύξαι.

ὦ καλὰ λέγων πολὺ δʼ ἀμείνονʼ ἔτι τῶν λόγων

ἐργασάμενʼ, εἴθʼ ἐπέλθοις

ἅπαντά μοι σαφῶς·

ὡς ἐγώ μοι δοκῶ
620

κἂν μακρὰν ὁδὸν διελθεῖν

ὥστʼ ἀκοῦσαι. πρὸς τάδʼ ὦ βέλτιστε

θαρρήσας λέγʼ, ὡς, ἅπαντες

ἡδόμεσθά σοι.

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.) — 616 focus

Chorus
singing

All glory to you! Let us burst into shouts of joy! You speak well, but your deeds are even better. Come, tell me everything in detail; 620 what a long journey would I not be ready to take to hear your tale! Come, dear friend, speak with full confidence to your admirers.

Aristophanes Knights 616

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Chorus
singing

All glory to you! Let us burst into shouts of joy! You speak well, but your deeds are even better. Come, tell me everything in detail; 620 what a long journey would I not be ready to take to hear your tale! Come, dear friend, speak with full confidence to your admirers.

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Chorus singing All glory to you! Let us burst into shouts of joy! You speak well, but your deeds are even better. Come, tell me everything in detail; 620 what a long journey would I not be ready to take to hear your tale! Come, dear friend, speak with full confidence to your admirers.

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Chorus
singing

All glory to you! Let us burst into shouts of joy! You speak well, but your deeds are even better. Come, tell me everything in detail; 620 what a long journey would I not be ready to take to hear your tale! Come, dear friend, speak with full confidence to your admirers.