Aristophanes, Clouds, William James Hickie (Translator), 1445

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Phidippides.

I shall conquer you in arguing, proving that it is right to beat one’s mother?
1445

Strepsiades.

Most assuredly, if you do this, nothing will hinder you from casting yourself

and your Worse Cause into the pit along with Socrates.
1450

Clouds. Aristophanes. William James Hickie (Translator). London. 1853.

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Current edition Perseus

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

Editions (1)

Νεφέλαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1445 focus

Φειδιππίδης

λόγον σε νικήσω λέγων
1445

τὴν μητέρʼ ὡς τύπτειν χρεών;

Στρεψιάδης

τί δʼ ἄλλο γʼ ἢν ταυτὶ ποιῇς,

οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν

ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον

μετὰ Σωκράτους
1450

καὶ τὸν λόγον τὸν ἥττω.

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.) — 1445 focus

Pheidippides: I will defeat you by speaking a word.

1445

Pheidippides: "Must I strike my mother?"

Strepsiades: And what else would this do, I ask you,

Strepsiades: Nothing will prevent you from yourself.

Strepsiades: to throw into the chasm

Strepsiades: after Socrates

1450

Strepsiades: and the weaker argument.

Aristophanes Clouds 1445

William James Hickie (Translator)

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Phidippides.

I shall conquer you in arguing, proving that it is right to beat one’s mother?
1445

Strepsiades.

Most assuredly, if you do this, nothing will hinder you from casting yourself

and your Worse Cause into the pit along with Socrates.
1450

Current edition Perseus

Φειδιππίδης

λόγον σε νικήσω λέγων
1445

τὴν μητέρʼ ὡς τύπτειν χρεών;

Στρεψιάδης

τί δʼ ἄλλο γʼ ἢν ταυτὶ ποιῇς,

οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν

ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον

μετὰ Σωκράτους
1450

καὶ τὸν λόγον τὸν ἥττω.

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Phidippides. I shall conquer you in arguing, proving that it is right to beat one’s mother? 1445

Strepsiades. Most assuredly, if you do this, nothing will hinder you from casting yourself and your Worse Cause into the pit along with Socrates. 1450

Current edition Perseus

Φειδιππίδης λόγον σε νικήσω λέγων 1445 τὴν μητέρʼ ὡς τύπτειν χρεών;

Στρεψιάδης τί δʼ ἄλλο γʼ ἢν ταυτὶ ποιῇς, οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον μετὰ Σωκράτους 1450 καὶ τὸν λόγον τὸν ἥττω.

Stable identifiers

Phidippides.

I shall conquer you in arguing, proving that it is right to beat one’s mother?
1445

Strepsiades.

Most assuredly, if you do this, nothing will hinder you from casting yourself

and your Worse Cause into the pit along with Socrates.
1450

Φειδιππίδης

λόγον σε νικήσω λέγων
1445

τὴν μητέρʼ ὡς τύπτειν χρεών;

Στρεψιάδης

τί δʼ ἄλλο γʼ ἢν ταυτὶ ποιῇς,

οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν

ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον

μετὰ Σωκράτους
1450

καὶ τὸν λόγον τὸν ἥττω.