Aristophanes, Wasps, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 743

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Χορός

νενουθέτηκεν αὑτὸν ἐς τὰ πράγμαθʼ, οἶς

τότʼ ἐπεμαίνετʼ· ἔγνωκε γὰρ ἀρτίως,

λογίζεταί τʼ ἐκεῖνα πάνθʼ ἁμαρτίας
745

ἃ σοῦ κελεύοντος οὐκ ἐπείθετο.

νῦν δʼ ἴσως τοῖσι σοῖς λόγοις πείθεται

καὶ σωφρονεῖ μέντοι μεθιστὰς

ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν τὸν τρόπον

πιθόμενός τέ σοι.

Φιλοκλέων

ἰώ μοί μοι.
750

Βδελυκλέων

οὗτος τί βοᾷς;

Φιλοκλέων

μή μοι τούτων μηδὲν ὑπισχνοῦ.

κείνων ἔραμαι, κεῖθι γενοίμαν,

ἵνʼ ὁ κῆρύξ φησι, ʼτίς ἀψήφιστος; ἀνιστάσθω.ʼ

κἀπισταίην ἐπὶ τοῖς κημοῖς

ψηφιζομένων ὁ τελευταῖος.
755

σπεῦδʼ ὦ ψυχή. ποῦ μοι ψυχή;

πάρες ὦ σκιερά. μὰ τὸν Ἡρακλέα

μή νυν ἔτʼ ἐγὼ ʼν τοῖσι δικασταῖς

κλέπτοντα Κλέωνα λάβοιμι.

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.) — 743 focus

Second Semi-Chorus

He has thought the thing over and 745 has recognized his folly; he is reproaching himself for not having followed your advice always. But there he is, converted by your words, and wiser now, so that he will no doubt alter his ways in the future and always believe in none but you.

Philocleon

Alas! alas!

Bdelycleon

Now why this lamentation?

Philocleon
in tragic style

750 A truce to your promises! What I love is down there, down there I want to be, there, where the herald cries, "Who has not yet voted? Let him rise!" 755 I want to be the last of all to leave the urn. Oh, my soul, my soul! where art thou? come! oh! dark shadows, make way for me! By Heracles, may I reach the court in time to convict Cleon of theft.

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.) — 743 focus

Chorus: he has taken advice for the affairs, which

Chorus: Then you went mad, for he has just realized it.

Chorus: It reckons all those things as mistakes.

745

Chorus: He did not obey your orders.

Chorus: Now, perhaps, he is persuaded by your words.

Chorus: Yet he does come to his senses, by changing places.

Chorus: in the future the manner

Chorus: having been persuaded by you.

Philocleon: Oh woe is me, woe is me.

750

Bdelucleon: Who is shouting this?

Philocleon: Do not promise me anything about these things.

Philocleon: I long for those men; may I be there!

Philocleon: So that the herald says, 'Who has not voted? Let him stand up.'

Philocleon: And I wish I were on the roof-tiles!

Philocleon: 'Let the last one be voted on.'

755

Philocleon: Hurry, O soul. Where is my soul?

Philocleon: Take it, oh shadowy one. By Heracles

Philocleon: But now, I [will not be] among the jurors?

Philocleon: May I catch Kleon stealing!

Aristophanes Wasps 743

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

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Φιλοκλέων

ἰώ μοί μοι.
750

Βδελυκλέων

οὗτος τί βοᾷς;

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Second Semi-Chorus

He has thought the thing over and 745 has recognized his folly; he is reproaching himself for not having followed your advice always. But there he is, converted by your words, and wiser now, so that he will no doubt alter his ways in the future and always believe in none but you.

Philocleon

Alas! alas!

Bdelycleon

Now why this lamentation?

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Φιλοκλέων ἰώ μοί μοι. 750

Βδελυκλέων οὗτος τί βοᾷς;

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Second Semi-Chorus He has thought the thing over and 745 has recognized his folly; he is reproaching himself for not having followed your advice always. But there he is, converted by your words, and wiser now, so that he will no doubt alter his ways in the future and always believe in none but you.

Philocleon Alas! alas!

Bdelycleon Now why this lamentation?

Stable identifiers

Φιλοκλέων

ἰώ μοί μοι.
750

Βδελυκλέων

οὗτος τί βοᾷς;

Philocleon

Alas! alas!

Bdelycleon

Now why this lamentation?