Aristophanes, Clouds, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 1113-1130

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Χορός

χωρεῖτέ νυν. οἶμαι δέ σοι ταῦτα μεταμελήσειν.

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Χορός

τοὺς κριτὰς ἃ κερδανοῦσιν, ἤν τι τόνδε τὸν χορὸν
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ὠφελῶσʼ ἐκ τῶν δικαίων, βουλόμεσθʼ ἡμεῖς φράσαι.

πρῶτα μὲν γάρ, ἢν νεᾶν βούλησθʼ ἐν ὥρᾳ τοὺς ἀγρούς,

ὕσομεν πρώτοισιν ὑμῖν, τοῖσι δʼ ἄλλοις ὕστερον.

εἶτα τὸν καρπὸν τεκούσας ἀμπέλους φυλάξομεν,

ὥστε μήτʼ αὐχμὸν πιέζειν μήτʼ ἄγαν ἐπομβρίαν.
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ἢν δʼ ἀτιμάσῃ τις ἡμᾶς θνητὸς ὢν οὔσας θεάς,

προσεχέτω τὸν νοῦν, πρὸς ἡμῶν οἷα πείσεται κακά,

λαμβάνων οὔτʼ οἶνον οὔτʼ ἄλλʼ οὐδὲν ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου.

ἡνίκʼ ἂν γὰρ αἵ τʼ ἐλαῖαι βλαστάνωσʼ αἵ τʼ ἄμπελοι,

ἀποκεκόψονται· τοιαύταις σφενδόναις παιήσομεν.
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ἢν δὲ πλινθεύοντʼ ἴδωμεν, ὕσομεν καὶ τοῦ τέγους

τὸν κέραμον αὐτοῦ χαλάζαις στρογγύλαις συντρίψομεν.

κἂν γαμῇ ποτʼ αὐτὸς ἢ τῶν ξυγγενῶν ἢ τῶν φίλων,

ὕσομεν τὴν νύκτα πᾶσαν· ὥστʼ ἴσως βουλήσεται

κἂν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τυχεῖν ὢν μᾶλλον ἢ κρῖναι κακῶς.
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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.)

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Clouds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.) — 1113 focus

Chorus.

Go ye, then: but I think that you will repent of these proceedings.

Chorus.

We wish to speak about the judges, what they will gain, if at all they justly assist this Chorus. For in the first place, if you wish to plough up your fields in spring, we will rain for you first; but for the others afterward. And then we will protect the fruits, and the vines,
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so that neither drought afflict them, nor excessive wet weather. But if any mortal dishonour us who are goddesses, let him consider what evils he will suffer at our hands, obtaining neither wine nor anything else from his farm. For when his olives and vines sprout, they shall be cut down; with such slings
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will we smite them. And if we see him making brick, we will rain; and we will smash the tiles of his roof with round hailstones. And if he himself, or any one of his kindred or friends, at any time marry, we will rain the whole night; so he will probably wish rather to have been
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even in Egypt than to have judged badly.
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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.) — 1113 focus

Chorus: Come now. But I think you will regret this.

Chorus: the judges whatever they win, if they [should win] something from this chorus.

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Chorus: We wish to declare that we benefit from the just, and we wish to say it.

Chorus: First, then, for if you wish to plough the fields at the right time,

Chorus: We will sing first for you, and later for the others.

Chorus: Then, having brought forth the fruit, we shall guard the vines,

Chorus: so that neither drought nor excessive rain may oppress.

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Chorus: But if any mortal, while being a goddess, dishonors us,

Chorus: let him pay attention, what bad things he will suffer from us,

Chorus: taking neither wine nor anything else from the place.

Chorus: For whenever the olive trees sprout and the vines,

Chorus: They will be cut off; with such slings we shall dance a paean.

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Chorus: If we should see him making bricks, we will also eat the roof.

Chorus: We will crush his pottery with round hailstones.

Chorus: And if he himself should marry at some time, or one of his relatives or of his friends,

Chorus: We will sing the whole night, so perhaps he will wish [to do so].

Chorus: And if it happens in Egypt, to be better off than to be judged badly.

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Aristophanes Clouds 1113-1130

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

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Χορός

χωρεῖτέ νυν. οἶμαι δέ σοι ταῦτα μεταμελήσειν.

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Chorus.

Go ye, then: but I think that you will repent of these proceedings.

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Χορός χωρεῖτέ νυν. οἶμαι δέ σοι ταῦτα μεταμελήσειν.

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Chorus. Go ye, then: but I think that you will repent of these proceedings.

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Χορός

χωρεῖτέ νυν. οἶμαι δέ σοι ταῦτα μεταμελήσειν.

Chorus.

Go ye, then: but I think that you will repent of these proceedings.