Aristophanes, Wasps, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 1009

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Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἴτε χαίροντες ὅποι βούλεσθʼ.

ὑμεῖς δὲ τέως ὦ μυριάδες
1010

ἀναρίθμητοι,

νῦν τὰ μέλλοντʼ εὖ λέγεσθαι

μὴ πέσῃ φαύλως χαμᾶζʼ

εὐλαβεῖσθε.

τοῦτο γὰρ σκαιῶν θεατῶν

ἐστὶ πάσχειν, κοὐ πρὸς ὑμῶν.

Wasps. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1906.

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Σφῆκες (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.)

Translations (2)

Wasps (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1009 focus

They go into the house.

Leader of the Chorus

Go where it pleases you and may your happiness be great. The Chorus turns and faces the audience. 1010 You meanwhile, oh! countless myriads, listen to the sound counsels I am going to give you and take care they are not lost upon you. That would be the fate of vulgar spectators, not that of such an audience.

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.) — 1009 focus

Chorus: But come, rejoicing, wherever you wish.

Chorus: But you, myriads, for now

1010

Chorus: countless,

Chorus: now the things that are to be spoken well

Chorus: May he not fall ignominiously to the ground!

Chorus: beware.

Chorus: for this [is] for the left-handed spectators

Chorus: It is suffering, not from you.

Aristophanes Wasps 1009

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

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They go into the house.

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