Aristophanes, Clouds, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 261b

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Στρεψιάδης

μὰ τὸν Δίʼ οὐ ψεύσει γέ με·

καταπαττόμενος γὰρ παιπάλη γενήσομαι.

Σωκράτης

εὐφημεῖν χρὴ τὸν πρεσβύτην καὶ τῆς εὐχῆς ἐπακούειν.

ὦ δέσποτʼ ἄναξ ἀμέτρητʼ Ἀήρ, ὃς ἔχεις τὴν γῆν μετέωρον,

λαμπρός τʼ Αἰθὴρ σεμναί τε θεαὶ Νεφέλαι βροντησικέραυνοι,
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ἄρθητε φάνητʼ ὦ δέσποιναι τῷ φροντιστῇ μετέωροι.

Στρεψιάδης

μήπω μήπω γε πρὶν ἂν τουτὶ πτύξωμαι, μὴ καταβρεχθῶ.

τὸ δὲ μηδὲ κυνῆν οἴκοθεν ἐλθεῖν ἐμὲ τὸν κακοδαίμονʼ ἔχοντα.

Σωκράτης

ἔλθετε δῆτʼ ὦ πολυτίμητοι Νεφέλαι τῷδʼ εἰς ἐπίδειξιν·

εἴτʼ ἐπʼ Ὀλύμπου κορυφαῖς ἱεραῖς χιονοβλήτοισι κάθησθε,
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εἴτʼ Ὠκεανοῦ πατρὸς ἐν κήποις ἱερὸν χορὸν ἵστατε Νύμφαις,

εἴτʼ ἄρα Νείλου προχοαῖς ὑδάτων χρυσέαις ἀρύτεσθε πρόχοισιν,

ἢ Μαιῶτιν λίμνην ἔχετʼ ἢ σκόπελον νιφόεντα Μίμαντος·

ὑπακούσατε δεξάμεναι θυσίαν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖσι χαρεῖσαι.

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.) — 261b focus

Strepsiades.

By Jupiter! You will not deceive me; for if I am besprinkled, I shall become fine flour.

Socrates.

It becomes the old man to speak words of good omen, and to hearken to my prayer. O sovereign King, immeasurable Air, who keepest the earth suspended, and through bright Aether, and ye august goddesses, the Clouds, sending thunder and lightning, arise, appear in the air, O mistresses, to your deep thinker!

Strepsiades.

Not yet, not yet, till I wrap this around me lest I be wet through. To think of my having come from home without even a cap, unlucky man!

Socrates.

Come then, ye highly honoured Clouds, for a display to this man.

Whether ye are sitting upon the sacred snow-covered summits of Olympus , or in the gardens of Father Ocean form a sacred dance with the Nymphs, or draw in golden pitchers the streams of the waters of the Nile , or inhabit the Maeotic lake, or the snowy rock of Mimas, hearken to our prayer, and receive the sacrifice, and be propitious to the sacred rites.
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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.) — 261b focus

Strepsiades: By Zeus, he will not deceive me!

Strepsiades: for being trampled upon, I will become a thistle.

Socrates: One must observe silence toward the elder and heed the prayer.

Socrates: O master, lord immeasurable Air, who hold the earth suspended,

Socrates: radiant is the Air and the august goddesses, the Thunder-throwing Clouds,

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Socrates: Rise up, appear, my ladies, to the philosopher, hovering in the air.

Strepsiades: not yet, not yet, indeed, until I have folded this, lest I get soaked.

Strepsiades: But the fact that I, the wretched man, did not even bring a dog from home.

Socrates: Come now, you highly esteemed Clouds, to this demonstration;

Socrates: whether you sit upon the holy, snow-swept peaks of Olympus,

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Socrates: Whether you set up a sacred dance in the gardens of father Oceanus for the Nymphs,

Socrates: Or shall we draw water from the channels of the Nile in golden vessels?

Socrates: Does he have the Maeotic lake or the snow-capped crag of Mimas?

Socrates: Listen, receiving a sacrifice and rejoicing in the sacred rites.

Aristophanes Clouds 261b

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

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Στρεψιάδης

μὰ τὸν Δίʼ οὐ ψεύσει γέ με·

καταπαττόμενος γὰρ παιπάλη γενήσομαι.

Στρεψιάδης

μήπω μήπω γε πρὶν ἂν τουτὶ πτύξωμαι, μὴ καταβρεχθῶ.

τὸ δὲ μηδὲ κυνῆν οἴκοθεν ἐλθεῖν ἐμὲ τὸν κακοδαίμονʼ ἔχοντα.

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Strepsiades.

By Jupiter! You will not deceive me; for if I am besprinkled, I shall become fine flour.

Strepsiades.

Not yet, not yet, till I wrap this around me lest I be wet through. To think of my having come from home without even a cap, unlucky man!

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Στρεψιάδης μὰ τὸν Δίʼ οὐ ψεύσει γέ με· καταπαττόμενος γὰρ παιπάλη γενήσομαι.

Στρεψιάδης μήπω μήπω γε πρὶν ἂν τουτὶ πτύξωμαι, μὴ καταβρεχθῶ. τὸ δὲ μηδὲ κυνῆν οἴκοθεν ἐλθεῖν ἐμὲ τὸν κακοδαίμονʼ ἔχοντα.

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Strepsiades. By Jupiter! You will not deceive me; for if I am besprinkled, I shall become fine flour.

Strepsiades. Not yet, not yet, till I wrap this around me lest I be wet through. To think of my having come from home without even a cap, unlucky man!

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Στρεψιάδης

μὰ τὸν Δίʼ οὐ ψεύσει γέ με·

καταπαττόμενος γὰρ παιπάλη γενήσομαι.

Στρεψιάδης

μήπω μήπω γε πρὶν ἂν τουτὶ πτύξωμαι, μὴ καταβρεχθῶ.

τὸ δὲ μηδὲ κυνῆν οἴκοθεν ἐλθεῖν ἐμὲ τὸν κακοδαίμονʼ ἔχοντα.

Strepsiades.

By Jupiter! You will not deceive me; for if I am besprinkled, I shall become fine flour.

Strepsiades.

Not yet, not yet, till I wrap this around me lest I be wet through. To think of my having come from home without even a cap, unlucky man!