Aristophanes, Clouds, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 1345

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Χορός

σὸν ἔργον ὦ πρεσβῦτα φροντίζειν ὅπῃ
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τὸν ἄνδρα κρατήσεις,

ὡς οὗτος, εἰ μή τῳ ʼπεποίθειν, οὐκ ἂν ἦν

οὕτως ἀκόλαστος.

ἀλλʼ ἔσθʼ ὅτῳ θρασύνεται· δῆλόν γε τἀνθρώπου

ʼσʼτὶ τὸ λῆμα.
1350

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.)

Translations (2)

Clouds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.) — 1345 focus

Chorus.

It is your business, old man, to consider in what way you shall conquer the man; for if he were not relying upon something, he would not be so licentious. But he is emboldened by something; the boldness of the man
1345

is evident.
1350

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.) — 1345 focus

Chorus: It is your business, old man, to consider how.

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Chorus: You will seize the man,

Chorus: How if this man, unless he trusted someone, would not have been.

Chorus: in this way unrestrained.

Chorus: But he is bold with someone; it is clear, indeed, of the man.

Chorus: There is the courage.

1350

Aristophanes Clouds 1345

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

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Chorus.

It is your business, old man, to consider in what way you shall conquer the man; for if he were not relying upon something, he would not be so licentious. But he is emboldened by something; the boldness of the man
1345

is evident.
1350

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Chorus. It is your business, old man, to consider in what way you shall conquer the man; for if he were not relying upon something, he would not be so licentious. But he is emboldened by something; the boldness of the man 1345 is evident. 1350

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Chorus.

It is your business, old man, to consider in what way you shall conquer the man; for if he were not relying upon something, he would not be so licentious. But he is emboldened by something; the boldness of the man
1345

is evident.
1350