Aristophanes, Clouds, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 804

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Χορός

ἆρʼ αἰσθάνει πλεῖστα διʼ ἡμᾶς ἀγάθʼ αὐτίχʼ ἕξων

μόνας θεῶν; ὡς
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ἕτοιμος ὅδʼ ἐστὶν ἅπαντα δρᾶν

ὅσʼ ἂν κελεύῃς.

σὺ δʼ ἀνδρὸς ἐκπεπληγμένου καὶ φανερῶς ἐπηρμένου
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γνοὺς ἀπολάψεις ὅ τι πλεῖστον δύνασαι,

ταχέως· φιλεῖ γάρ πως τὰ τοιαῦθʼ ἑτέρᾳ τρέπεσθαι.

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.) — 804 focus

Chorus.

Do you perceive that you are soon to obtain the greatest benefits through us alone of the gods? For this man is ready to do everything that you bid him.

But you, while the man is astounded and evidently elated, having perceived it, will quickly fleece him to the best of your power. Exit Socrates. For matters of this sort are somehow accustomed to turn the other way.
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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.) — 804 focus

Chorus: Do you now perceive that you will soon receive the greatest good things from us?

Chorus: Only the goddesses? Indeed,

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Chorus: Ready is this to do everything.

Chorus: whatever you order.

Chorus: but you, a man who has been struck and openly insulted

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Chorus: knowing what pleasure you are able to have the most,

Chorus: Quickly, for in a way it loves to be turned toward such things.

Aristophanes Clouds 804

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

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