Aristophanes, Clouds, William James Hickie (Translator), 1206

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Strepsiades.

O happy Strepsiades! How wise you are yourself, and how excellent is the son whom you are rearing!" My friends

and fellow-tribesmen will say of me, envying me, when you prove victorious in arguing causes. But first I wish to lead you in and entertain you.
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Clouds. Aristophanes. William James Hickie (Translator). London. 1853.

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Clouds (English) (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.)

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Νεφέλαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1206 focus

Στρεψιάδης

μάκαρ ὦ Στρεψίαδες,

αὐτός τʼ ἔφυς ὡς σοφὸς

χοἶον τὸν υἱὸν τρέφεις,

φήσουσι δή μʼ οἱ φίλοι

χοἰ δημόται
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ζηλοῦντες ἡνίκʼ ἂν σὺ νικᾷς λέγων τὰς δίκας.

ἀλλʼ εἰσάγων σε βούλομαι πρῶτον ἑστιᾶσαι.

Translations (1)

English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) Experimental (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.) — 1206 focus

Strepsiades: O blessed Strepsiades,

Strepsiades: You yourself have grown wise.

Strepsiades: What a pig you are raising, your son,

Strepsiades: So my friends will say of me,

Strepsiades: and the jurors too

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Strepsiades: envying, whenever you win, arguing the cases.

Strepsiades: But I want to invite you first to have dinner.

Aristophanes Clouds 1206

William James Hickie (Translator)

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Strepsiades.

O happy Strepsiades! How wise you are yourself, and how excellent is the son whom you are rearing!" My friends

and fellow-tribesmen will say of me, envying me, when you prove victorious in arguing causes. But first I wish to lead you in and entertain you.
1210

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Strepsiades. O happy Strepsiades! How wise you are yourself, and how excellent is the son whom you are rearing!" My friends and fellow-tribesmen will say of me, envying me, when you prove victorious in arguing causes. But first I wish to lead you in and entertain you. 1210

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Strepsiades.

O happy Strepsiades! How wise you are yourself, and how excellent is the son whom you are rearing!" My friends

and fellow-tribesmen will say of me, envying me, when you prove victorious in arguing causes. But first I wish to lead you in and entertain you.
1210