Aristophanes, Wasps, 868

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Bdelycleon: Let there be silence first of all now.

Chorus: O Phoebus Apollo Pythian, with good fortune

Chorus: the thing which he is contriving

870

Chorus: This man is in front of the doors,

Chorus: to fit for all of us

Chorus: To those who have ceased wandering.

Chorus: Iēiē Paian.

Wasps. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Σφῆκες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 863-890a focus

Χορός

καὶ μὴν ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς

καὶ ταῖς εὐχαῖς

φήμην ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν ὑμῖν,
865

ὅτι γενναίως ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου

καὶ τοῦ νείκους ξυνεβήτην.

868

Βδελυκλέων

εὐφημία μὲν πρῶτα νῦν ὑπαρχέτω.

Χορός

ὦ Φοῖβʼ Ἄπολλον Πύθιʼ ἐπʼ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ

τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ὃ μηχανᾶται
870

ἔμπροσθεν οὗτος τῶν θυρῶν,

ἅπασιν ἡμῖν ἁρμόσαι

παυσαμένοις πλάνων.

ἰήιε Παιάν.

875

Βδελυκλέων

ὦ δέσποτʼ ἄναξ γεῖτον ἀγυιεῦ προθύρου προπύλαιε,
875

δέξαι τελετὴν καινὴν ὦναξ, ἣν τῷ πατρὶ καινοτομοῦμεν,

παῦσόν τʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦτο τὸ λίαν στρυφνὸν καὶ πρίνινον ἦθος,

ἀντὶ σιραίου μέλιτος μικρὸν τῷ θυμιδίῳ παραμείξας·

ἤδη δʼ εἶναι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις

ἤπιον αὐτόν,

τοὺς φεύγοντάς τʼ ἐλεεῖν μᾶλλον
880

τῶν γραψαμένων

κἀπιδακρύειν ἀντιβολούντων,

καὶ παυσάμενον τῆς δυσκολίας

ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς

τὴν ἀκαλήφην ἀφελέσθαι.

885

Χορός

ξυνευχόμεσθα ταὐτά σοι κἀπᾴδομεν
885

νέαισιν ἀρχαῖς ἕνεκα τῶν προλελεγμένων.

εὖνοι γάρ ἐσμεν ἐξ οὗ

τὸν δῆμον ᾐσθόμεσθά σου

φιλοῦντος ὡς οὐδεὶς ἀνὴρ

τῶν γε νεωτέρων.
890

ἰήιε Παιάν.

Translations (1)

Wasps (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 868 focus

Bdelycleon

And first let there be a sacred silence.

Chorus

Oh! god of Delphi ! oh! Phoebus Apollo! convert into the greatest blessing for us all 870 what is now happening before this house, and cure us of our error, oh, Paean, our helper!

Aristophanes Wasps 868

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Χορός

καὶ μὴν ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς

καὶ ταῖς εὐχαῖς

φήμην ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν ὑμῖν,
865

ὅτι γενναίως ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου

καὶ τοῦ νείκους ξυνεβήτην.

Βδελυκλέων

εὐφημία μὲν πρῶτα νῦν ὑπαρχέτω.

Χορός

ὦ Φοῖβʼ Ἄπολλον Πύθιʼ ἐπʼ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ

τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ὃ μηχανᾶται
870

ἔμπροσθεν οὗτος τῶν θυρῶν,

ἅπασιν ἡμῖν ἁρμόσαι

παυσαμένοις πλάνων.

ἰήιε Παιάν.

Bdelycleon

And first let there be a sacred silence.

Chorus

Oh! god of Delphi ! oh! Phoebus Apollo! convert into the greatest blessing for us all 870 what is now happening before this house, and cure us of our error, oh, Paean, our helper!

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Χορός καὶ μὴν ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς καὶ ταῖς εὐχαῖς φήμην ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν ὑμῖν, 865 ὅτι γενναίως ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τοῦ νείκους ξυνεβήτην.

Βδελυκλέων εὐφημία μὲν πρῶτα νῦν ὑπαρχέτω.

Χορός ὦ Φοῖβʼ Ἄπολλον Πύθιʼ ἐπʼ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ὃ μηχανᾶται 870 ἔμπροσθεν οὗτος τῶν θυρῶν, ἅπασιν ἡμῖν ἁρμόσαι παυσαμένοις πλάνων. ἰήιε Παιάν.

Bdelycleon And first let there be a sacred silence.

Chorus Oh! god of Delphi ! oh! Phoebus Apollo! convert into the greatest blessing for us all 870 what is now happening before this house, and cure us of our error, oh, Paean, our helper!

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Χορός

καὶ μὴν ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς

καὶ ταῖς εὐχαῖς

φήμην ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν ὑμῖν,
865

ὅτι γενναίως ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου

καὶ τοῦ νείκους ξυνεβήτην.

Βδελυκλέων

εὐφημία μὲν πρῶτα νῦν ὑπαρχέτω.

Χορός

ὦ Φοῖβʼ Ἄπολλον Πύθιʼ ἐπʼ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ

τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ὃ μηχανᾶται
870

ἔμπροσθεν οὗτος τῶν θυρῶν,

ἅπασιν ἡμῖν ἁρμόσαι

παυσαμένοις πλάνων.

ἰήιε Παιάν.

Bdelycleon

And first let there be a sacred silence.

Chorus

Oh! god of Delphi ! oh! Phoebus Apollo! convert into the greatest blessing for us all 870 what is now happening before this house, and cure us of our error, oh, Paean, our helper!