Aristophanes, Wasps, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 729

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Χορός

πιθοῦ πιθοῦ λόγοισι, μηδʼ ἄφρων γένῃ

μηδʼ ἀτενὴς ἄγαν ἀτεράμων τʼ ἀνήρ.
730

εἴθʼ ὤφελέν μοι κηδεμὼν ἢ ξυγγενὴς

εἶναί τις ὅστις τοιαῦτʼ ἐνουθέτει.

σοὶ δὲ νῦν τις θεῶν παρὼν ἐμφανὴς

ξυλλαμβάνει τοῦ πράγματος,

καὶ δῆλός ἐστιν εὖ ποιῶν·
735

σὺ δὲ παρὼν δέχου.

Βδελυκλέων

καὶ μὴν θρέψω γʼ αὐτὸν παρέχων

ὅσα πρεσβύτῃ ξύμφορα, χόνδρον

λείχειν, χλαῖναν μαλακήν, σισύραν,

πόρνην, ἥτις τὸ πέος τρίψει
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καὶ τὴν ὀσφῦν.

ἀλλʼ ὅτι σιγᾷ κοὐδὲν γρύζει,

τοῦτʼ οὐ δύναταί με προσέσθαι.

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.) — 729 focus

First Semi-Chorus
taking up the song from Bdelycleon

. . . let yourself be won over by his words; 730 come, be not too obstinate or too perverse. Would that I had a relative or kinsman to correct me thus! Clearly some god is at hand and 735 is now protecting you and loading you with benefits. Accept them.

Bdelycleon

I will feed him, I will give him everything that is suitable for an old man; oatmeal gruel, a cloak, soft furs, and a wench to rub his tool 740 and his loins. But he keeps silent and will not utter a sound; that's a bad sign.

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.) — 729 focus

Chorus: Obey, obey with words, and do not become foolish.

Chorus: Do not be an excessively staring and unmeasured man.

730

Chorus: If only a guardian or a relative had been mine!

Chorus: there is someone who gave such advice.

Chorus: But now some god is present to you, manifest.

Chorus: he is being caught in the affair,

Chorus: And he is clearly doing well;

735

Chorus: But you, being present, accept it.

Bdeluclion: Yes, indeed, I will rear him, providing [food].

Bdelucleon: Whatever is advantageous for an old man, a chunk.

Bdelycleon: to lick, a soft cloak, a sisyrion,

Bdelycleon: a whore, who will rub the penis.

740

Bdelucleon: and the loins.

BDEL: But that he is silent and grunts at nothing,

Bdelycleon: This cannot be added to me.

Aristophanes Wasps 729

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Bdelycleon

I will feed him, I will give him everything that is suitable for an old man; oatmeal gruel, a cloak, soft furs, and a wench to rub his tool 740 and his loins. But he keeps silent and will not utter a sound; that's a bad sign.

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Bdelycleon I will feed him, I will give him everything that is suitable for an old man; oatmeal gruel, a cloak, soft furs, and a wench to rub his tool 740 and his loins. But he keeps silent and will not utter a sound; that's a bad sign.

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Bdelycleon

I will feed him, I will give him everything that is suitable for an old man; oatmeal gruel, a cloak, soft furs, and a wench to rub his tool 740 and his loins. But he keeps silent and will not utter a sound; that's a bad sign.