Aristophanes, Clouds, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 275

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Χορός

ἀέναοι Νεφέλαι
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ἀρθῶμεν φανεραὶ δροσερὰν φύσιν εὐάγητον,

πατρὸς ἀπʼ Ὠκεανοῦ βαρυαχέος

ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων κορυφὰς ἐπὶ

δενδροκόμους, ἵνα
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τηλεφανεῖς σκοπιὰς ἀφορώμεθα,

καρπούς τʼ ἀρδομέναν ἱερὰν χθόνα,

καὶ ποταμῶν ζαθέων κελαδήματα,

καὶ πόντον κελάδοντα βαρύβρομον·

ὄμμα γὰρ αἰθέρος ἀκάματον σελαγεῖται
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μαρμαρέαις ἐν αὐγαῖς.

ἀλλʼ ἀποσεισάμεναι νέφος ὄμβριον

ἀθανάτας ἰδέας ἐπιδώμεθα

τηλεσκόπῳ ὄμματι γαῖαν.
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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.) — 275 focus

The following song is heard at a distance, accompanied by loud claps of thunder.

Chorus.

Eternal Clouds! Let us arise to view with our dewy, clear-bright nature, from loud-sounding Father Ocean to the wood-crowned summits of the lofty mountains,
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in order that we may behold clearly the far-seen watch-towers, and the fruits, and the fostering, sacred earth, and the rushing sounds of the divine rivers, and the roaring, loud-sounding sea;
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for the unwearied eye of Aether sparkles with glittering rays. Come, let us shake off the watery cloud from our immortal forms and survey
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the earth with far-seeing eye.
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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.) — 275 focus

Chorus: Eternal Clouds

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Chorus: Let us raise our manifest, refreshing, and praiseworthy nature,

Chorus: from father heavy-sounding Oceanus

Chorus: the summits of high mountains upon

Chorus: to trim the trees, so that

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Chorus: let us look out for the clearly visible sentinels,

Chorus: and the sacred earth watered with fruits,

Chorus: and songs of pure rivers,

Chorus: and the thundering, deep-roaring sea;

Chorus: For the eye of the sky shines ceaselessly.

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Chorus: in the marble gleams.

Chorus: but shaking off a storm-cloud

Chorus: Let us grant immortal ideas.

Chorus: with a telescopic eye the earth.

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