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τῆς Ἀγκυλίωνος θυγατέρος καὶ Σωστράτης,

The phrase lists two daughters of the same father, Ankylios, using a singular genitive (τῆς Ἀγκυλίωνος) governing two nominative subjects. This construction, where a single genitive of relationship applies to multiple coordinated nouns without repetition, is a standard feature of Greek syntax but requires attention here because it clarifies the familial relationship between the two women in the context of the trial narrative. The mention of Sosstra as a daughter of Ankylios is significant for understanding the social standing and potential connections of the characters involved in the satire of the lawcourts.

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Editions (1)

Σφῆκες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1450-1473 focus

Χορός

ζηλῶ γε τῆς εὐτυχίας
1450

τὸν πρέσβυν οἷ μετέστη

ξηρῶν τρόπων καὶ βιοτῆς·

ἕτερα δὲ νῦν ἀντιμαθὼν

ἦ μέγα τι μεταπεσεῖται

ἐπὶ τὸ τρυφῶν καὶ μαλακόν.
1455

τάχα δʼ ἂν ἴσως οὐκ ἐθέλοι.

τὸ γὰρ ἀποστῆναι χαλεπὸν

φύσεος, ἣν ἔχοι τις ἀεί.

καίτοι πολλοὶ ταῦτʼ ἔπαθον·

ξυνόντες γνώμαις ἑτέρων
1460

μετεβάλοντο τοὺς τρόπους.

1462

Χορός

πολλοῦ δʼ ἐπαίνου παρʼ ἐμοὶ

καὶ τοῖσιν εὖ φρονοῦσιν

τυχὼν ἄπεισιν διὰ τὴν

φιλοπατρίαν καὶ σοφίαν
1465

ὁ παῖς ὁ Φιλοκλέωνος.

οὐδενὶ γὰρ οὕτως ἀγανῷ

ξυνεγενόμην, οὐδὲ τρόποις

ἐπεμάνην οὐδʼ ἐξεχύθην.

τί γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ἀντιλέγων
1470

οὐ κρείττων ἦν, βουλόμενος

τὸν φύσαντα σεμνοτέροις

κατακοσμῆσαι πράγμασιν;

Translations (2)

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A Baker's Wife enters with an empty basket; she brings Chaerephon with her as witness.

Baker's Wife
to Chaerephon

Come to my help, I beg you, in the name of the gods! This cursed man, 1390 when striking out right and left with his torch, knocked over ten loaves worth an obolus apiece, and then, to cap the deal, four others.

Bdelycleon

Do you see what lawsuits you are drawing upon yourself with your drunkenness? You will have to plead.

Philocleon

Oh, no, no! a little pretty talk and pleasant tales will soon settle the matter 1395 and reconcile her with me.

Baker's Wife

Not so, by the goddesses twain! It shall not be said that you have with impunity spoilt the wares of Myrtia, the daughter of Ancylion and Sostrates.

Philocleon

Listen, woman, I wish 1400 to tell you a lovely anecdote.

Baker's Wife

By Zeus, no anecdotes for me, thank you.

Philocleon

One night Aesop was going out to supper. A drunken bitch had the impudence to bark near him. Aesop said to her, "Oh, bitch, bitch! 1405 you would do well to sell your wicked tongue and buy some wheat."

Baker's Wife

You make a mock of me! Very well! I don't care who you are, I shall summons you before the market inspectors for damage done to my business. Chaerephon here shall be my witness.

Philocleon

But just listen, here's another will perhaps please you better. 1410 Lasus and Simonides were contesting against each other for the singing prize. Lasus said, "Damned if I care."

Baker's Wife

Ah! really, did he now!

Philocleon

As for you, Chaerephon, can you be witness to this woman, who looks as pale and tragic as Ino when she throws herself from her rock ... at the feet of Euripides?

The Baker's Wife and Chaerephon depart.

Bdelycleon

1415 Here, I suppose, comes another to summons you; he has his witness too. Ah! unhappy indeed we are!

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.) — 1388 focus

Bread-seller: Come here and stand by me, I beg you by the gods.

Baker: For this man is one who has ruined me.

Bread-seller: striking her with the torch, she threw it out from here.

1390

Bread-seller: I'll take ten loaves for an obol and four for the deposit.

Bdelyclēon: Do you see what you have done? Now a matter and a lawsuit are required.

Bdelycleon: 'He has it because of your wine.'

Philocleon: Not at all, since

Philocleon: Right words will reconcile them.

Philocleon: So I know that I shall be reconciled in this way.

1395

Bakery-woman: By the two goddesses, Myrtias will certainly not be insulted.

Artopolis: the daughter of the Ankylians and Sostratis,

Bread-seller: thus ruining my loads.

Philocleon: Listen, woman; I want to tell you a story.

Philocleon: Speak a charming thing.

1400

Baker-woman: By Zeus, may I not be a honeycomb.

Philocleon: Walking from dinner in the evening, Aesop

Philocleon: A bold and drunken dog was barking.

Philocleon: And then that fellow said, 'O dog, dog,'

Philocleon: By Zeus, if instead of your bad tongue somewhere

Philocleon: Sell the wheat; you seem to me to be showing self-control.

1405

Bread-seller: And you are mocking me? I summon you, whoever you are.

Baker: 'Regarding the damage to the loads, [I appeal] to the agoranomoi.'

Baker: Having as a summoner this Chairephon.

Philocleon: By Zeus, but listen, if I seem to you to say anything.

Philocleon: A lasso also once taught Simonides;

1410

Philocleon: Since Lasus said it, I care little about it.

Bread-seller: Is this true?

Philokleon: and you too, Chairephon, say it to me.

Philocleon: seeming to summon a woman to a tomb,

Philocleon: [Hang it] on a donkey, hanging at the feet of Euripides.

Bdelycléon: Here comes another one, it seems.

1415

Bdelycleon: I am calling you; for he certainly has the crier.

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τῆς Ἀγκυλίωνος θυγατέρος καὶ Σωστράτης,

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Baker's Wife
to Chaerephon

Come to my help, I beg you, in the name of the gods! This cursed man, 1390 when striking out right and left with his torch, knocked over ten loaves worth an obolus apiece, and then, to cap the deal, four others.

Bdelycleon

Do you see what lawsuits you are drawing upon yourself with your drunkenness? You will have to plead.

Philocleon

Oh, no, no! a little pretty talk and pleasant tales will soon settle the matter 1395 and reconcile her with me.

Baker's Wife

Not so, by the goddesses twain! It shall not be said that you have with impunity spoilt the wares of Myrtia, the daughter of Ancylion and Sostrates.

Philocleon

Listen, woman, I wish 1400 to tell you a lovely anecdote.

Baker's Wife

By Zeus, no anecdotes for me, thank you.

Philocleon

One night Aesop was going out to supper. A drunken bitch had the impudence to bark near him. Aesop said to her, "Oh, bitch, bitch! 1405 you would do well to sell your wicked tongue and buy some wheat."

Baker's Wife

You make a mock of me! Very well! I don't care who you are, I shall summons you before the market inspectors for damage done to my business. Chaerephon here shall be my witness.

Philocleon

But just listen, here's another will perhaps please you better. 1410 Lasus and Simonides were contesting against each other for the singing prize. Lasus said, "Damned if I care."

Baker's Wife

Ah! really, did he now!

Philocleon

As for you, Chaerephon, can you be witness to this woman, who looks as pale and tragic as Ino when she throws herself from her rock ... at the feet of Euripides?

Bdelycleon

1415 Here, I suppose, comes another to summons you; he has his witness too. Ah! unhappy indeed we are!

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Baker's Wife to Chaerephon Come to my help, I beg you, in the name of the gods! This cursed man, 1390 when striking out right and left with his torch, knocked over ten loaves worth an obolus apiece, and then, to cap the deal, four others.

Bdelycleon Do you see what lawsuits you are drawing upon yourself with your drunkenness? You will have to plead.

Philocleon Oh, no, no! a little pretty talk and pleasant tales will soon settle the matter 1395 and reconcile her with me.

Baker's Wife Not so, by the goddesses twain! It shall not be said that you have with impunity spoilt the wares of Myrtia, the daughter of Ancylion and Sostrates.

Philocleon Listen, woman, I wish 1400 to tell you a lovely anecdote.

Baker's Wife By Zeus, no anecdotes for me, thank you.

Philocleon One night Aesop was going out to supper. A drunken bitch had the impudence to bark near him. Aesop said to her, "Oh, bitch, bitch! 1405 you would do well to sell your wicked tongue and buy some wheat."

Baker's Wife You make a mock of me! Very well! I don't care who you are, I shall summons you before the market inspectors for damage done to my business. Chaerephon here shall be my witness.

Philocleon But just listen, here's another will perhaps please you better. 1410 Lasus and Simonides were contesting against each other for the singing prize. Lasus said, "Damned if I care."

Baker's Wife Ah! really, did he now!

Philocleon As for you, Chaerephon, can you be witness to this woman, who looks as pale and tragic as Ino when she throws herself from her rock ... at the feet of Euripides?

Bdelycleon 1415 Here, I suppose, comes another to summons you; he has his witness too. Ah! unhappy indeed we are!

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Baker's Wife
to Chaerephon

Come to my help, I beg you, in the name of the gods! This cursed man, 1390 when striking out right and left with his torch, knocked over ten loaves worth an obolus apiece, and then, to cap the deal, four others.

Bdelycleon

Do you see what lawsuits you are drawing upon yourself with your drunkenness? You will have to plead.

Philocleon

Oh, no, no! a little pretty talk and pleasant tales will soon settle the matter 1395 and reconcile her with me.

Baker's Wife

Not so, by the goddesses twain! It shall not be said that you have with impunity spoilt the wares of Myrtia, the daughter of Ancylion and Sostrates.

Philocleon

Listen, woman, I wish 1400 to tell you a lovely anecdote.

Baker's Wife

By Zeus, no anecdotes for me, thank you.

Philocleon

One night Aesop was going out to supper. A drunken bitch had the impudence to bark near him. Aesop said to her, "Oh, bitch, bitch! 1405 you would do well to sell your wicked tongue and buy some wheat."

Baker's Wife

You make a mock of me! Very well! I don't care who you are, I shall summons you before the market inspectors for damage done to my business. Chaerephon here shall be my witness.

Philocleon

But just listen, here's another will perhaps please you better. 1410 Lasus and Simonides were contesting against each other for the singing prize. Lasus said, "Damned if I care."

Baker's Wife

Ah! really, did he now!

Philocleon

As for you, Chaerephon, can you be witness to this woman, who looks as pale and tragic as Ino when she throws herself from her rock ... at the feet of Euripides?

Bdelycleon

1415 Here, I suppose, comes another to summons you; he has his witness too. Ah! unhappy indeed we are!