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Στρεψιάδης

πέμπτη, τετράς, τρίτη, μετὰ ταύτην δευτέρα,

εἶθʼ ἣν ἐγὼ μάλιστα πασῶν ἡμερῶν

δέδοικα καὶ πέφρικα καὶ βδελύττομαι,

εὐθὺς μετὰ ταύτην ἔσθʼ ἕνη τε καὶ νέα.

πᾶς γάρ τις ὀμνὺς οἷς ὀφείλων τυγχάνω,
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θείς μοι πρυτανεῖʼ ἀπολεῖν μέ φησι κἀξολεῖν,

κἀμοῦ μέτριά τε καὶ δίκαιʼ αἰτουμένου,

ὦ δαιμόνιε τὸ μέν τι νυνὶ μὴ λάβῃς,

τὸ δʼ ἀναβαλοῦ μοι, τὸ δʼ ἄφες, οὔ φασίν ποτε

οὕτως ἀπολήψεσθʼ, ἀλλὰ λοιδοροῦσί με
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ὡς ἄδικός εἰμι, καὶ δικάσεσθαί φασί μοι.

νῦν οὖν δικαζέσθων· ὀλίγον γάρ μοι μέλει,

εἴπερ μεμάθηκεν εὖ λέγειν Φειδιππίδης.

τάχα δʼ εἴσομαι κόψας τὸ φροντιστήριον.

παῖ, ἠμί, παῖ παῖ.
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Σωκράτης

Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι.

Στρεψιάδης

κἄγωγέ σʼ· ἀλλὰ τουτονὶ πρῶτον λαβέ·

χρὴ γὰρ ἐπιθαυμάζειν τι τὸν διδάσκαλον.

καί μοι τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μεμάθηκε τὸν λόγον

ἐκεῖνον εἴφʼ ὃν ἀρτίως εἰσήγαγες.

Σωκράτης

μεμάθηκεν.
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Στρεψιάδης

εὖ γʼ ὦ παμβασίλειʼ Ἀπαιόλη.

Σωκράτης

ὥστʼ ἀποφύγοις ἂν ἥντινʼ ἂν βούλῃ δίκην.

Στρεψιάδης

κεἰ μάρτυρες παρῆσαν, ὅτʼ ἐδανειζόμην;

Σωκράτης

πολλῷ γε μᾶλλον, κἂν παρῶσι χίλιοι.

Clouds. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1906.

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

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Clouds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.) — 1131 focus

Enter Strepsiades with a meal-sack on his shoulder.

Strepsiades.

The fifth, the fourth, the third, after this the second; and then, of all the days I most fear, and dread, and abominate, immediately after this there is the Old and New.

For every one to whom I happen to be indebted, swears, and says he will ruin and destroy me, having made his deposits against me; though I only ask what is moderate and just— My good sir, one part don’t take just now; the other part put off I pray; and the other part remit; they say that thus
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they will never get back their money, but abuse me, as I am unjust, and say they will go to law with me. Now therefore let them go to law, for it little concerns me, if Phidippides has learned to speak well. I shall soon know by knocking at the thinking-shop.
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Knocks at the door.

Boy, I say! Boy, boy!
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Enter Socrates.

Socrates.

Good morning, Strepsiades.

Strepsiades.

The same to you. But first accept this present; for one ought to compliment the teacher with a fee. And tell me about my son, if he has learned that cause, which you just now brought forward.

Socrates.

He has learned it.
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Strepsiades.

Well done, O Fraud, all-powerful queen!

Socrates.

So that you can get clear off from whatever suit you please.

Strepsiades.

Even if witnesses were present when I borrowed the money?

Socrates.

Yea, much more! Even if a thousand be present.

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.) — 1131 focus

Strepsiades: fifth, fourth, third, after that second,

Strepsiades: Then the one which I most of all of the days

Strepsiades: I fear and shudder and am disgusted,

Strepsiades: Immediately after this there is a maiden both old and new.

Strepsiades: for everyone who swears, I happen to be a debtor,

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Strepsiades: He says that the gods will ruin and utterly destroy me.

Strepsiades: And also from me, as I ask moderately and justly,

Strepsiades: O divine one, do not, I beg, take it now,

Strepsiades: "But it's not right to lift it up and then let it go; they never say that."

Strepsiades: 'Thus I will be dismissed, but they abuse me.'

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Strepsiades: How unjust I am, and they say that I am to be judged.

Strepsiades: Let him be judged now, then; for I care little about it,

Strepsiades: if Phidippides has learned well to speak.

Strepsiades: I shall soon know after cutting the schoolhouse.

Strepsiades: boy, alas, boy, boy.

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Socrates: I greet Strepsiades.

Strepsiades: And I too [want to go with] you; but take this one first;

Strepsiades: For one must admire the teacher in some way.

Strepsiades: And tell me whether he has learned the speech.

Strepsiades: That one, whom you just introduced.

Socrates: He has learned.

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Strepsiades: Well, O all-powerful Apaiolis.

Socrates: So you could escape any punishment you wish.

Strepsiades: And even if witnesses were present when I borrowed?

Socrates: By far more so, even if a thousand were present.

Commentary

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πᾶς γάρ τις ὀμνὺς οἷς ὀφείλων τυγχάνω,

The phrase ὀμνὺς οἷς ὀφείλων τυγχάνω presents a syntactic crux: the participle ὀμνὺς (swearing) appears to govern the dative οἷς ὀφείλων (those to whom I am owing), yet the verb τυγχάνω ('I happen to be') typically takes a genitive or a predicate adjective, creating a tension between the participial construction and the main verb's valency. This construction is rare in Aristophanes and may reflect a colloquial or hyperbolic usage where the speaker conflates the act of swearing with the state of being indebted, possibly alluding to a legal or social context where oaths were tied to debt obligations.

Aristophanes Clouds 1131

ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart

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Σωκράτης

Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι.

Σωκράτης

μεμάθηκεν.
1150

Στρεψιάδης

εὖ γʼ ὦ παμβασίλειʼ Ἀπαιόλη.

Σωκράτης

ὥστʼ ἀποφύγοις ἂν ἥντινʼ ἂν βούλῃ δίκην.

Στρεψιάδης

κεἰ μάρτυρες παρῆσαν, ὅτʼ ἐδανειζόμην;

Σωκράτης

πολλῷ γε μᾶλλον, κἂν παρῶσι χίλιοι.

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Socrates.

Good morning, Strepsiades.

Strepsiades.

The same to you. But first accept this present; for one ought to compliment the teacher with a fee. And tell me about my son, if he has learned that cause, which you just now brought forward.

Socrates.

He has learned it.
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Strepsiades.

Well done, O Fraud, all-powerful queen!

Socrates.

So that you can get clear off from whatever suit you please.

Strepsiades.

Even if witnesses were present when I borrowed the money?

Socrates.

Yea, much more! Even if a thousand be present.

Commentary

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Stable identifiers

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Σωκράτης Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι.

Σωκράτης μεμάθηκεν. 1150

Στρεψιάδης εὖ γʼ ὦ παμβασίλειʼ Ἀπαιόλη.

Σωκράτης ὥστʼ ἀποφύγοις ἂν ἥντινʼ ἂν βούλῃ δίκην.

Στρεψιάδης κεἰ μάρτυρες παρῆσαν, ὅτʼ ἐδανειζόμην;

Σωκράτης πολλῷ γε μᾶλλον, κἂν παρῶσι χίλιοι.

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Socrates. Good morning, Strepsiades.

Strepsiades. The same to you. But first accept this present; for one ought to compliment the teacher with a fee. And tell me about my son, if he has learned that cause, which you just now brought forward.

Socrates. He has learned it. 1150

Strepsiades. Well done, O Fraud, all-powerful queen!

Socrates. So that you can get clear off from whatever suit you please.

Strepsiades. Even if witnesses were present when I borrowed the money?

Socrates. Yea, much more! Even if a thousand be present.

Commentary

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Stable identifiers

Σωκράτης

Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι.

Σωκράτης

μεμάθηκεν.
1150

Στρεψιάδης

εὖ γʼ ὦ παμβασίλειʼ Ἀπαιόλη.

Σωκράτης

ὥστʼ ἀποφύγοις ἂν ἥντινʼ ἂν βούλῃ δίκην.

Στρεψιάδης

κεἰ μάρτυρες παρῆσαν, ὅτʼ ἐδανειζόμην;

Σωκράτης

πολλῷ γε μᾶλλον, κἂν παρῶσι χίλιοι.

Socrates.

Good morning, Strepsiades.

Strepsiades.

The same to you. But first accept this present; for one ought to compliment the teacher with a fee. And tell me about my son, if he has learned that cause, which you just now brought forward.

Socrates.

He has learned it.
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Strepsiades.

Well done, O Fraud, all-powerful queen!

Socrates.

So that you can get clear off from whatever suit you please.

Strepsiades.

Even if witnesses were present when I borrowed the money?

Socrates.

Yea, much more! Even if a thousand be present.