Aristophanes, Wasps, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 281

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Χορός

τάχα δʼ ἂν διὰ τὸν χθιζινὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃς ἡμᾶς διεδύετʼ

ἐξαπατῶν καὶ λέγων

ὡς φιλαθήναιος ἦν καὶ

τἀν Σάμῳ πρῶτος κατείποι,

διὰ τοῦτʼ ὀδυνηθεὶς

εἶτʼ ἴσως κεῖται πυρέττων.

ἔστι γὰρ τοιοῦτος ἁνήρ.
285

ἀλλʼ ὦγάθʼ ἀνίστασο μηδʼ οὕτω σεαυτὸν

ἔσθιε μηδʼ ἀγανάκτει.

καὶ γὰρ ἀνὴρ παχὺς ἥκει

τῶν προδόντων τἀπὶ Θρᾴκης·

ὃν ὅπως ἐγχυτριεῖς.

ὕπαγʼ ὦ παῖ ὕπαγε.
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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.) — 281 focus

Chorus

But I be-think me, an accused man escaped us yesterday through his false pretence that he loved Athens and had been the first to unfold the Samian plot. Perhaps his acquittal has so distressed Philocleon that he is abed with fever — 285 he is quite capable of such a thing. —Friend, arise, do not thus vex your heart, but forget your wrath. To-day we have to judge a man made wealthy by treason, one of those who set Thrace free; we have to prepare him a funeral urn ... 290 so march on, my boy, get going.

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.) — 281 focus

Chorus: Perhaps because of yesterday's man, who was crawling through us.

Chorus: deceiving and saying

Chorus: how Athen-loving he was and

Chorus: Let him first speak of the events in Samos,

Chorus: having been pained because of this,

Chorus: Then perhaps he is lying down with a fever.

Chorus: for there is such a man.

285

Chorus: But, good man, rise up and do not treat yourself so badly.

Chorus: Eat, but do not be angry.

Chorus: For a fat man has come.

Chorus: of those who betrayed the things in Thrace;

Chorus: that he may bury him.

Chorus: Go now, boy, go.

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Aristophanes Wasps 281

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