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Hierocles
To the Servant.

1105 Pour out also for me and give me some of this meat.

Trygaeus

No, the blessed gods won't allow it yet; let us drink; and as for you, get you gone, for that's their will. Mighty Peace! stay ever in our midst.

Hierocles

Bring the tongue hither.

Trygaeus

Relieve us of your own.

Hierocles

1110 The libation.

Trygaeus

Here! and this into the bargain.

He strikes him.

Hierocles

You will not give me any meat?

Trygaeus

We cannot give you any until the wolf unites with the sheep.

Hierocles

I will embrace your knees.

Trygaeus

'Tis lost labour, good fellow; you will never smooth the rough spikes of the hedgehog. 1115 Come, spectators, join us in our feast.

Hierocles

And what am I to do?

Trygaeus

You? go and eat the Sibyl.

Hierocles

No, by the Earth! no, you shall not eat without me; if you do not give, I shall take; it's common property.

Trygaeus
To the Servant.

Strike, strike this Bacis, this humbugging soothsayer.

Hierocles

I take to witness—

Trygaeus

1120 And I also, that you are a glutton and an impostor. To the Servant.Hold him tight and I'll beat the impostor with a stick.

Servant

You look to that; I will snatch the skin from him which he has stolen from us. Let go that skin, you priest from hell! 1125 do you hear! Oh! what a fine crow has come from Oreus! Won't you stretch your wings quickly for Elymnium? Hierocles flees. Trygaeus and the Servant go into the house.

Peace. Aristophanes. ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.. New York. 1938.

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Editions (1)

Εἰρήνη Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1127-1190 focus

Χορός

ἥδομαί γʼ ἥδομαι

κράνους ἀπηλλαγμένος

τυροῦ τε καὶ κρομμύων.

οὐ γὰρ φιληδῶ μάχαις,
1130

ἀλλὰ πρὸς πῦρ διέλκων

μετʼ ἀνδρῶν ἑταίρων φίλων,

ἐκκέας τῶν ξύλων ἅττʼ ἂν ᾖ

δανότατα τοῦ θέρους

†ἐκπεπρισμένα†,
1135

κἀνθρακίζων τοὐρεβίνθου

τήν τε φηγὸν ἐμπυρεύων,

χἄμα τὴν Θρᾷτταν κυνῶν

τῆς γυναικὸς λουμένης.

1140

Χορός

οὐ γὰρ ἔσθʼ ἥδιον ἢ τυχεῖν μὲν ἤδη ʼσπαρμένα,
1140

τὸν θεὸν δʼ ἐπιψακάζειν, καὶ τινʼ εἰπεῖν γείτονα,

εἰπέ μοι τί τηνικαῦτα δρῶμεν ὦ Κωμαρχίδη;

ἐμπιεῖν ἔμοιγʼ ἀρέσκει τοῦ θεοῦ δρῶντος καλῶς.

ἀλλʼ ἄφευε τῶν φασήλων ὦ γύναι τρεῖς χοίνικας,

τῶν τε πυρῶν μεῖξον αὐτοῖς, τῶν τε σύκων ἔξελε,
1145

τόν τε Μανῆν ἡ Σύρα βωστρησάτω κʼ τοῦ χωρίου.

οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τʼ ἐστὶ πάντως οἰναρίζειν τήμερον

οὐδὲ τυντλάζειν, ἐπειδὴ παρδακὸν τὸ χωρίον.

κἀξ ἐμοῦ δʼ ἐνεγκάτω τις τὴν κίχλην καὶ τὼ σπίνω·

ἦν δὲ καὶ πυός τις ἔνδον καὶ λαγῷα τέτταρα,
1150

εἴ τι μὴ ʼξήνεγκεν αὐτῶν ἡ γαλῆ τῆς ἑσπέρας·

ἐψόφει γοῦν ἔνδον οὐκ οἶδʼ ἅττα κἀκυδοιδόπα·

ὧν ἔνεγκʼ ὦ παῖ τρἴ ἡμῖν, ἓν δὲ δοῦναι τῷ πατρί·

μυρρίνας τʼ αἴτησον ἐξ Αἰσχινάδου τῶν καρπίμων·

χἄμα τῆς αὐτῆς ὁδοῦ Χαρινάδην τις βωσάτω,
1155

1156

Χορός

ὡς ἂν ἐμπίῃ μεθʼ ἡμῶν,

εὖ ποιοῦντος κὠφελοῦντος

τοῦ φεοῦ τἀρώματα.

1159

Χορός

ἡνίκʼ ἂν δʼ ἀχέτας

ᾄδῃ τὸν ἡδὺν νόμον,
1160

διασκοπῶν ἥδομαι

τὰς Λημυνίας ἀμπέλους,

εἰ πεπαίνουσιν ἤ-

δη ʽτὸ γὰρ φῖτυ πρῷον φύσεἰ,

τόν τε φήληχʼ ὁρῶν οἰδάνοντʼ·
1165

εἶθʼ ὁπόταν ᾖ πέπων,

ἐσθίω κἀπέχω

χἄμα φήμʼ, ὧραι φίλαι· καὶ

τοῦ θύμου τρίβων κυκῶμαι·

κᾆτα γίγνομαι παχὺς
1170

τηνικαῦτα τοῦ θέρους

1172

Χορός

μᾶλλον ἢ θεοῖσιν ἐχθρὸν ταξίαρχον προσβλέπων

τρεῖς λόφους ἔχοντα καὶ φοινικίδʼ ὀξεῖαν πάνυ,

ἣν ἐκεῖνός φησιν εἶναι βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν·

ἢν δέ που δέῃ μάχεσθʼ ἔχοντα τὴν φοινικίδα,
1175

τηνικαῦτʼ αὐτὸς βέβαπται βάμμα Κυζικηνικόν·

κᾆτα φεύγει πρῶτος ὥσπερ ξουθὸς ἱππαλεκτρυὼν

τοὺς λόφους σείων· ἐγὼ δʼ ἕστηκα †λινοπτώμενος.†

ἡνίκʼ ἂν δʼ οἴκοι γένωνται, δρῶσιν οὐκ ἀνασχετά,

τοὺς μὲν ἐγγράφοντες ἡμῶν τοὺς δʼ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω
1180

ἐξαλείφοντες δὶς ἢ τρίς. αὔριον δʼ ἔσθʼ ἡ ʼξοδος·

τῷ δὲ σιτίʼ οὐκ ἐώνητʼ· οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ἐξιών·

εἶτα προστὰς πρὸς τὸν ἀνδριάντα τὸν Πανδίονος

εἶδεν αὑτόν, κἀπορῶν θεῖ τῷ κακῷ βλέπων ὀπόν.

ταῦτα δʼ ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀγροίκους δρῶσι, τοὺς δʼ ἐξ ἄστεως
1185

ἧττον, οἱ θεοῖσιν οὗτοι κἀνδράσιν ῥιψάσπιδες.

ὧν ἔτʼ εὐθύνας ἐμοὶ δώσουσιν, ἢν θεὸς θέλῃ.

1188

Χορός

πολλὰ γὰρ δή μʼ ἠδίκησαν,

ὄντες οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες

ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες.
1190

Translations (1)

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.) — 1105 focus

Hieroclés: Give me a knife too and offer me a share of the entrails.

1105

Trygaeus: but it is not yet dear to the blessed gods;

Trygaeus: But first, let us make a sacrifice, and you go away.

Trygaeus: Oh mistress Peace, remain with us for our lives.

Hieroikles: offer the tongue.

Trygaeus: But you, carry off your own.

Hierocles: A libation.

1110

Trygaeus: And take this too, along with the truce, quickly.

Hierocles: No one will give me the entrails?

Trygaeus: for it is not possible.

Trygaeus: We must be given [it], before a wolf can woo the woman.

Hieroacles: Yes, by the knees.

Trygaeus: You are begging in a strange way, by Zeus!

Trygaeus: For you will not make the rough hedgehog smooth.

Trygaeus: Come now, spectators, come here and feel compassion.

1115

Trygaeus: with us.

Hieroclēs: But why, am I the one?

Trygaeus: Eat the Sibyl.

Hierocles: By the earth, these things were not bound by me alone,

Hierocles: But I will snatch them from you two; they are lying in the middle.

Trygaeus: O boy, hit Bacinus.

Hiero-klês: I call [you] to witness.

Trygaeus: And I, that you are a thistle and a thorn, man.

1120

Trygaeus: Hold him back with the piece of wood, boy, the braggart.

Servant: Then you, then; but as for me, this fellow of the clowns,

Servant: Take him while he is deceiving, and beat him.

Slave: 'Aren't you going to put down the cymbals, you sacrilegious wretch?'

Servant: Did you hear? How the raven came from Oreus.

1125

Servant: Will he not fly away more quickly to Elymnium?

Commentary

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ἁλάμβανʼ αὐτὸς ἐξαπατῶν, ἐκβολβιῶ.

The imperative ἁλάμβανʼ (from ἁλίσκομαι, 'to catch' or 'to take') is here used in a middle voice form with an active sense of 'take for yourself,' a usage common in comedy but syntactically notable given the verb's typical middle-passive morphology. The compound verb ἐκβολβιῶ is a comic coinage, likely derived from βόλος ('ball' or 'clod') with the prefix ἐκ-, suggesting 'to throw out' or 'to expel' in a grotesque or exaggerated manner. This neologism reflects Aristophanes' characteristic invention of vocabulary to evoke the absurdity of the situation, where Trygaeus, the protagonist, is urging his companion to seize the goddess Peace while deceivingly acting out a role. The phrase thus combines a rare syntactic usage with a lexical invention typical of Old Comedy's linguistic play.

Aristophanes Peace 1105

ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.

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Hierocles
To the Servant.

1105 Pour out also for me and give me some of this meat.

Trygaeus

No, the blessed gods won't allow it yet; let us drink; and as for you, get you gone, for that's their will. Mighty Peace! stay ever in our midst.

Hierocles

Bring the tongue hither.

Trygaeus

Relieve us of your own.

Hierocles

1110 The libation.

Trygaeus

Here! and this into the bargain.

He strikes him.

Hierocles

You will not give me any meat?

Trygaeus

We cannot give you any until the wolf unites with the sheep.

Hierocles

I will embrace your knees.

Trygaeus

'Tis lost labour, good fellow; you will never smooth the rough spikes of the hedgehog. 1115 Come, spectators, join us in our feast.

Hierocles

And what am I to do?

Trygaeus

You? go and eat the Sibyl.

Hierocles

No, by the Earth! no, you shall not eat without me; if you do not give, I shall take; it's common property.

Trygaeus
To the Servant.

Strike, strike this Bacis, this humbugging soothsayer.

Hierocles

I take to witness—

Trygaeus

1120 And I also, that you are a glutton and an impostor. To the Servant.Hold him tight and I'll beat the impostor with a stick.

Servant

You look to that; I will snatch the skin from him which he has stolen from us. Let go that skin, you priest from hell! 1125 do you hear! Oh! what a fine crow has come from Oreus! Won't you stretch your wings quickly for Elymnium? Hierocles flees. Trygaeus and the Servant go into the house.

Current edition Experimental

Χορός

ὡς ἂν ἐμπίῃ μεθʼ ἡμῶν,

εὖ ποιοῦντος κὠφελοῦντος

τοῦ φεοῦ τἀρώματα.

Χορός

πολλὰ γὰρ δή μʼ ἠδίκησαν,

ὄντες οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες

ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες.
1190

Commentary

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Hierocles To the Servant. 1105 Pour out also for me and give me some of this meat.

Trygaeus No, the blessed gods won't allow it yet; let us drink; and as for you, get you gone, for that's their will. Mighty Peace! stay ever in our midst.

Hierocles Bring the tongue hither.

Trygaeus Relieve us of your own.

Hierocles 1110 The libation.

Trygaeus Here! and this into the bargain. He strikes him.

Hierocles You will not give me any meat?

Trygaeus We cannot give you any until the wolf unites with the sheep.

Hierocles I will embrace your knees.

Trygaeus 'Tis lost labour, good fellow; you will never smooth the rough spikes of the hedgehog. 1115 Come, spectators, join us in our feast.

Hierocles And what am I to do?

Trygaeus You? go and eat the Sibyl.

Hierocles No, by the Earth! no, you shall not eat without me; if you do not give, I shall take; it's common property.

Trygaeus To the Servant. Strike, strike this Bacis, this humbugging soothsayer.

Hierocles I take to witness—

Trygaeus 1120 And I also, that you are a glutton and an impostor. To the Servant.Hold him tight and I'll beat the impostor with a stick.

Servant You look to that; I will snatch the skin from him which he has stolen from us. Let go that skin, you priest from hell! 1125 do you hear! Oh! what a fine crow has come from Oreus! Won't you stretch your wings quickly for Elymnium? Hierocles flees. Trygaeus and the Servant go into the house.

Current edition Experimental

Χορός ὡς ἂν ἐμπίῃ μεθʼ ἡμῶν, εὖ ποιοῦντος κὠφελοῦντος τοῦ φεοῦ τἀρώματα.

Χορός πολλὰ γὰρ δή μʼ ἠδίκησαν, ὄντες οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες. 1190

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Hierocles
To the Servant.

1105 Pour out also for me and give me some of this meat.

Trygaeus

No, the blessed gods won't allow it yet; let us drink; and as for you, get you gone, for that's their will. Mighty Peace! stay ever in our midst.

Hierocles

Bring the tongue hither.

Trygaeus

Relieve us of your own.

Hierocles

1110 The libation.

Trygaeus

Here! and this into the bargain.

He strikes him.

Hierocles

You will not give me any meat?

Trygaeus

We cannot give you any until the wolf unites with the sheep.

Hierocles

I will embrace your knees.

Trygaeus

'Tis lost labour, good fellow; you will never smooth the rough spikes of the hedgehog. 1115 Come, spectators, join us in our feast.

Hierocles

And what am I to do?

Trygaeus

You? go and eat the Sibyl.

Hierocles

No, by the Earth! no, you shall not eat without me; if you do not give, I shall take; it's common property.

Trygaeus
To the Servant.

Strike, strike this Bacis, this humbugging soothsayer.

Hierocles

I take to witness—

Trygaeus

1120 And I also, that you are a glutton and an impostor. To the Servant.Hold him tight and I'll beat the impostor with a stick.

Servant

You look to that; I will snatch the skin from him which he has stolen from us. Let go that skin, you priest from hell! 1125 do you hear! Oh! what a fine crow has come from Oreus! Won't you stretch your wings quickly for Elymnium? Hierocles flees. Trygaeus and the Servant go into the house.

Χορός

ὡς ἂν ἐμπίῃ μεθʼ ἡμῶν,

εὖ ποιοῦντος κὠφελοῦντος

τοῦ φεοῦ τἀρώματα.

Χορός

πολλὰ γὰρ δή μʼ ἠδίκησαν,

ὄντες οἴκοι μὲν λέοντες

ἐν μάχῃ δʼ ἀλώπεκες.
1190