Aristophanes, Wasps, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 373

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Χορός

μηδὲν ὦ τᾶν δέδιθι, μηδέν·

ὡς ἐγὼ τοῦτόν γʼ, ἐὰν γρύξῃ

τι, ποιήσω δακεῖν τὴν

καρδίαν καὶ τὸν περὶ ψυχῆς
375

δρόμον δραμεῖν, ἵνʼ εἰδῇ

μὴ πατεῖν τὰ

τοῖν θεοῖν ψηφίσματα.

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.)

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Wasps (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 373 focus

Chorus

Have no fear, have no fear! if he breathes a syllable, it will be to bruise his own knuckles; 375 he will have to fight to defend his own head. We shall teach him not to insult the mysteries of the goddesses.

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.) — 373 focus

Chorus: do not be afraid, O woman, not at all.

Chorus: How I, if he should grumble,

Chorus: What, shall I bite her?

Chorus: the heart and that concerning the soul

375

Chorus: to run a race, so that he may know

Chorus: do not tread on the

Chorus: The decrees of the gods.

Aristophanes Wasps 373

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

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Have no fear, have no fear! if he breathes a syllable, it will be to bruise his own knuckles; 375 he will have to fight to defend his own head. We shall teach him not to insult the mysteries of the goddesses.

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Chorus Have no fear, have no fear! if he breathes a syllable, it will be to bruise his own knuckles; 375 he will have to fight to defend his own head. We shall teach him not to insult the mysteries of the goddesses.

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Chorus

Have no fear, have no fear! if he breathes a syllable, it will be to bruise his own knuckles; 375 he will have to fight to defend his own head. We shall teach him not to insult the mysteries of the goddesses.