Aristophanes, Peace, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 1016

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Τρυγαῖος

ταῦτʼ ὦ πολυτίμητʼ εὐχομένοις ἡμῖν δίδου.

Οἰκέτης

λαβὲ τὴν μάχαιραν· εἶθʼ ὅπως μαγειρικῶς

σφάξεις τὸν οἶν.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ οὐ θέμις.

Οἰκέτης

τιὴ τί δή;

Τρυγαῖος

οὐχ ἥδεται δήπουθεν Εἰρήνη σφαγαῖς,

οὐδʼ αἱματοῦται βωμός. ἀλλʼ εἴσω φέρων
1020

θύσας τὰ μηρἴ ἐξελὼν δεῦρʼ ἔκφερε,

χοὔτω τὸ πρόβατον τῷ χορηγῷ σῴζεται.

Peace. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1906.

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Current edition Perseus

Εἰρήνη (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.)

Translations (2)

Peace (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1016 focus

Trygaeus

These are the wishes, mighty goddess, which we pray thee to grant.

Servant

Take the knife and slaughter the sheep like a finished cook.

Trygaeus

No, the goddess does not wish it.

Servant

And why not?

Trygaeus

Blood cannot please Peace, 1020 so let us spill none upon her altar. Then go and sacrifice the sheep in the house, cut off the legs and bring them here; thus the carcass will be saved for the Choregus. The Servant goes into the house with the sheep.

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.) — 1016 focus

Trygaeus: give these things to us, who pray for them, O most honored one.

Servant: take the knife; then [cut] in the manner of a cook.

Servant: you will slaughter the wine.

Trygaeus: But it is not lawful.

Servant: Why, what's that?

Trygaeus: Surely Peace does not delight in slaughters,

Trygaeus: The altar is not stained with blood. But bring it inside.

1020

Trygaeus: Having sacrificed the thigh bones and removed them, bring them here,

Trygaeus: And so the sheep is saved for the choregus.

Aristophanes Peace 1016

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

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Τρυγαῖος

ταῦτʼ ὦ πολυτίμητʼ εὐχομένοις ἡμῖν δίδου.

Οἰκέτης

λαβὲ τὴν μάχαιραν· εἶθʼ ὅπως μαγειρικῶς

σφάξεις τὸν οἶν.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ οὐ θέμις.

Οἰκέτης

τιὴ τί δή;

Current edition Perseus

Trygaeus

These are the wishes, mighty goddess, which we pray thee to grant.

Servant

Take the knife and slaughter the sheep like a finished cook.

Trygaeus

No, the goddess does not wish it.

Servant

And why not?

Trygaeus

Blood cannot please Peace, 1020 so let us spill none upon her altar. Then go and sacrifice the sheep in the house, cut off the legs and bring them here; thus the carcass will be saved for the Choregus. The Servant goes into the house with the sheep.

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Τρυγαῖος ταῦτʼ ὦ πολυτίμητʼ εὐχομένοις ἡμῖν δίδου.

Οἰκέτης λαβὲ τὴν μάχαιραν· εἶθʼ ὅπως μαγειρικῶς σφάξεις τὸν οἶν.

Τρυγαῖος ἀλλʼ οὐ θέμις.

Οἰκέτης τιὴ τί δή;

Current edition Perseus

Trygaeus These are the wishes, mighty goddess, which we pray thee to grant.

Servant Take the knife and slaughter the sheep like a finished cook.

Trygaeus No, the goddess does not wish it.

Servant And why not?

Trygaeus Blood cannot please Peace, 1020 so let us spill none upon her altar. Then go and sacrifice the sheep in the house, cut off the legs and bring them here; thus the carcass will be saved for the Choregus. The Servant goes into the house with the sheep.

Stable identifiers

Τρυγαῖος

ταῦτʼ ὦ πολυτίμητʼ εὐχομένοις ἡμῖν δίδου.

Οἰκέτης

λαβὲ τὴν μάχαιραν· εἶθʼ ὅπως μαγειρικῶς

σφάξεις τὸν οἶν.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ οὐ θέμις.

Οἰκέτης

τιὴ τί δή;

Trygaeus

These are the wishes, mighty goddess, which we pray thee to grant.

Servant

Take the knife and slaughter the sheep like a finished cook.

Trygaeus

No, the goddess does not wish it.

Servant

And why not?

Trygaeus

Blood cannot please Peace, 1020 so let us spill none upon her altar. Then go and sacrifice the sheep in the house, cut off the legs and bring them here; thus the carcass will be saved for the Choregus. The Servant goes into the house with the sheep.