Aristophanes, Wasps, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 303

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Παίς

ἄγε νυν ὦ πάτερ ἢν μὴ

τὸ δικαστήριον ἅρχων

καθίσῃ νῦν, πόθεν ὠνησόμεθʼ
305

ἄριστον; ἔχεις ἐλπίδα

χρηστήν τινα νῷν ἢ

πόρον Ἕλλας ἱρὸν εὑρεῖν;

Χορός

ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ, ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ,

μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγε νῷν οἶδʼ
310

ὁπόθεν γε δεῖπνον ἔσται.

Παίς

τί με δῆτʼ ὦ μελέα μῆτερ ἔτικτες;

Χορός

ἵνʼ ἐμοὶ πράγματα βόσκειν παρέχῃς.

Παίς

ἀνόνητον ἄρʼ ὦ θυλάκιόν σʼ εἶχον ἄγαλμα.

ἒ ἔ. πάρα νῷν στενάζειν.
315

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.) — 303 focus

Boy

But, father, if the Archon should not form a court to-day, 305 how are we to buy our dinner? Have you some good hope to offer us or only "Helle's sacred waves"?

Chorus

310 Alas! alas! I have not a notion how we shall dine.

Boy

Oh! my poor mother! why did you let me see this day?

Chorus

So that you might give me troubles to feed on.

Boy

Little wallet, you seem like to be a mere useless ornament! 315 It is our destiny to groan.

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.) — 303 focus

Boy: Come now, father, if not

Boy: the court is in session.

Boy: Sit down now, from where shall we buy?

305

Boy: 'Is it the best? Do you have hope?'

Boy: some good, or

Boy: Did Greece manage to find a sacred place?

Chorus: Alas, alas!

Chorus: By Zeus, I do not know at all!

310

Chorus: But where will the dinner be?

Child: Why, then, did you, dear mother, bear me?

Chorus: so that you may provide me with things to raise.

Boy: Wretched, then, I had you as a trinket, little bag.

Boy: Oh yes. We have been groaning.

315

Aristophanes Wasps 303

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

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Παίς

ἄγε νυν ὦ πάτερ ἢν μὴ

τὸ δικαστήριον ἅρχων

καθίσῃ νῦν, πόθεν ὠνησόμεθʼ
305

ἄριστον; ἔχεις ἐλπίδα

χρηστήν τινα νῷν ἢ

πόρον Ἕλλας ἱρὸν εὑρεῖν;

Χορός

ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ, ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ,

μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγε νῷν οἶδʼ
310

ὁπόθεν γε δεῖπνον ἔσται.

Παίς

τί με δῆτʼ ὦ μελέα μῆτερ ἔτικτες;

Χορός

ἵνʼ ἐμοὶ πράγματα βόσκειν παρέχῃς.

Παίς

ἀνόνητον ἄρʼ ὦ θυλάκιόν σʼ εἶχον ἄγαλμα.

ἒ ἔ. πάρα νῷν στενάζειν.
315

Current edition Perseus

Boy

But, father, if the Archon should not form a court to-day, 305 how are we to buy our dinner? Have you some good hope to offer us or only "Helle's sacred waves"?

Chorus

310 Alas! alas! I have not a notion how we shall dine.

Boy

Oh! my poor mother! why did you let me see this day?

Chorus

So that you might give me troubles to feed on.

Boy

Little wallet, you seem like to be a mere useless ornament! 315 It is our destiny to groan.

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Παίς ἄγε νυν ὦ πάτερ ἢν μὴ τὸ δικαστήριον ἅρχων καθίσῃ νῦν, πόθεν ὠνησόμεθʼ 305 ἄριστον; ἔχεις ἐλπίδα χρηστήν τινα νῷν ἢ πόρον Ἕλλας ἱρὸν εὑρεῖν;

Χορός ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ, ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ, μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγε νῷν οἶδʼ 310 ὁπόθεν γε δεῖπνον ἔσται.

Παίς τί με δῆτʼ ὦ μελέα μῆτερ ἔτικτες;

Χορός ἵνʼ ἐμοὶ πράγματα βόσκειν παρέχῃς.

Παίς ἀνόνητον ἄρʼ ὦ θυλάκιόν σʼ εἶχον ἄγαλμα. ἒ ἔ. πάρα νῷν στενάζειν. 315

Current edition Perseus

Boy But, father, if the Archon should not form a court to-day, 305 how are we to buy our dinner? Have you some good hope to offer us or only "Helle's sacred waves"?

Chorus 310 Alas! alas! I have not a notion how we shall dine.

Boy Oh! my poor mother! why did you let me see this day?

Chorus So that you might give me troubles to feed on.

Boy Little wallet, you seem like to be a mere useless ornament! 315 It is our destiny to groan.

Stable identifiers

Παίς

ἄγε νυν ὦ πάτερ ἢν μὴ

τὸ δικαστήριον ἅρχων

καθίσῃ νῦν, πόθεν ὠνησόμεθʼ
305

ἄριστον; ἔχεις ἐλπίδα

χρηστήν τινα νῷν ἢ

πόρον Ἕλλας ἱρὸν εὑρεῖν;

Χορός

ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ, ἀπαπαῖ φεῦ,

μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγε νῷν οἶδʼ
310

ὁπόθεν γε δεῖπνον ἔσται.

Παίς

τί με δῆτʼ ὦ μελέα μῆτερ ἔτικτες;

Χορός

ἵνʼ ἐμοὶ πράγματα βόσκειν παρέχῃς.

Παίς

ἀνόνητον ἄρʼ ὦ θυλάκιόν σʼ εἶχον ἄγαλμα.

ἒ ἔ. πάρα νῷν στενάζειν.
315

Boy

But, father, if the Archon should not form a court to-day, 305 how are we to buy our dinner? Have you some good hope to offer us or only "Helle's sacred waves"?

Chorus

310 Alas! alas! I have not a notion how we shall dine.

Boy

Oh! my poor mother! why did you let me see this day?

Chorus

So that you might give me troubles to feed on.

Boy

Little wallet, you seem like to be a mere useless ornament! 315 It is our destiny to groan.