Aristophanes, Wasps, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 725

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Χορός

ἦ που σοφὸς ἦν ὅστις ἔφασκεν, πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς,
725

οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις. σὺ γὰρ οὖν νῦν μοι νικᾶν πολλῷ δεδόκησαι·

ὥστʼ ἤδη τὴν ὀργὴν χαλάσας τοὺς σκίπωνας καταβάλλω.

ἀλλʼ ὦ τῆς ἡλικίας ἡμῖν τῆς αὐτῆς συνθιασῶτα,

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.) — 725 focus

Leader of the Chorus
to Bdelycleon

725 He was right who said, "Decide nothing till you have heard both sides," for now it seems to me that you are the one who gains the complete victory. My wrath is appeased and I throw away my sticks. To Philocleon But, you, our comrade and contemporary . . .

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.) — 725 focus

Chorus: Surely he was a wise man who used to say, 'Before you hear the story of both sides,'

725

Chorus: You would not be able to judge. For indeed, you have now appeared to me to win by a great margin;

Chorus: So now, having loosened my anger, I put down the clubs.

Chorus: But, O companion of our own age,

Aristophanes Wasps 725

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

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Leader of the Chorus
to Bdelycleon

725 He was right who said, "Decide nothing till you have heard both sides," for now it seems to me that you are the one who gains the complete victory. My wrath is appeased and I throw away my sticks. To Philocleon But, you, our comrade and contemporary . . .

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Leader of the Chorus to Bdelycleon 725 He was right who said, "Decide nothing till you have heard both sides," for now it seems to me that you are the one who gains the complete victory. My wrath is appeased and I throw away my sticks. To Philocleon But, you, our comrade and contemporary . . .

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Leader of the Chorus
to Bdelycleon

725 He was right who said, "Decide nothing till you have heard both sides," for now it seems to me that you are the one who gains the complete victory. My wrath is appeased and I throw away my sticks. To Philocleon But, you, our comrade and contemporary . . .