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Χορός

σέ τοι θύρασι χρὴ μένοντα τοίνυν

σχίζας δευρὶ τιθέναι ταχέως

τά τε πρόσφορα πάντʼ ἐπὶ τούτοις.
1025

Τρυγαῖος

οὔκουν δοκῶ σοι μαντικῶς τὸ φρύγανον τίθεσθαι;

Χορός

πῶς δʼ οὐχί; τί γάρ σε πέφευγʼ

ὅσα χρὴ σοφὸν ἄνδρα; τί δʼ οὐ

σὺ φρονεῖς ὁπόσα χρεών ἐστιν

τόν γε σοφῇ δόκιμον
1030

φρενὶ πορίμῳ τε τόλμῃ;

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ σχίζα γοῦν ἐνημμένη τὸν Στιλβίδην πιέζει,

καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν οἴσομαι, καὶ παιδὸς οὐ δεήσει.

Χορός

τίς οὖν ἂν οὐκ ἐπαινέσειεν

ἄνδρα τοιοῦτον, ὅστις
1035

πόλλʼ ἀνατλὰς ἔσωσε

τὴν ἱερὰν πόλιν;

ὥστʼ οὐχὶ μὴ παύσῃ ποτʼ ὢν

ζηλωτὸς ἅπασιν.

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

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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.) — 1023 focus

Chorus
Singing.

You, who remain here, get chopped wood 1025 and everything needed for the sacrifice ready.

Trygaeus

Don't I look like a diviner preparing his mystic fire?

Chorus

Undoubtedly. Will anything that a wise man ought to know escape you? Don't you know all that a man should know, 1030 who is distinguished for his wisdom and inventive daring?

Trygaeus

There! the wood catches. Its smoke blinds poor Stilbides. I am now going to bring the table and thus be my own slave.

He goes into the house.

Chorus

1035 You have braved a thousand dangers to save your sacred town. All honor to you! your glory will be ever envied.

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.) — 1023 focus

Chorus: Therefore you must wait at the doors.

Chorus: bring the shears quickly to place them

Chorus: and all the suitable things in addition to these.

1025

Trygaeus: Don't I seem to you to be placing the brushwood in a prophetic manner?

Chorus: Why should we not? For what reason have you escaped?

Chorus: All that a wise man ought to do? Why not?

Chorus: you have good sense about all the things that are necessary.

Chorus: certainly a respected man of wisdom

1030

Chorus: with prudent mind and boldness?

Trygaeus: the wedge, at least, being wedged in, presses on Stilbides,

Trygaeus: And I will take the table, and there will be no need for a boy.

Chorus: who, then, would not praise?

Chorus: a man such as,

1035

Chorus: He has saved many hardships.

Chorus: the holy city?

Chorus: so that you will never stop being?

Chorus: envied by all.

Commentary

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

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ἡ σχίζα γοῦν ἐνημμένη τὸν Στιλβίδην πιέζει,

The verb πιέζει ('presses') is used here with the accusative object τὸν Στιλβίδην, while the agent of the pressure is the subject of the participle ἐνημμένη ('being fitted'). This construction, where the instrument or force (the wedge) is the grammatical subject of the verb of pressure, is a notable feature of Aristophanic comedy, reflecting the physical absurdity of the situation where the wedge itself is personified as the active agent crushing Stilbides, a reference to the tragic poet Stilbides who was reportedly crushed by a wedge in a metaphorical sense regarding his style or a literal incident in a play.

Aristophanes Peace 1023

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

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Χορός

σέ τοι θύρασι χρὴ μένοντα τοίνυν

σχίζας δευρὶ τιθέναι ταχέως

τά τε πρόσφορα πάντʼ ἐπὶ τούτοις.
1025

Τρυγαῖος

οὔκουν δοκῶ σοι μαντικῶς τὸ φρύγανον τίθεσθαι;

Χορός

πῶς δʼ οὐχί; τί γάρ σε πέφευγʼ

ὅσα χρὴ σοφὸν ἄνδρα; τί δʼ οὐ

σὺ φρονεῖς ὁπόσα χρεών ἐστιν

τόν γε σοφῇ δόκιμον
1030

φρενὶ πορίμῳ τε τόλμῃ;

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ σχίζα γοῦν ἐνημμένη τὸν Στιλβίδην πιέζει,

καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν οἴσομαι, καὶ παιδὸς οὐ δεήσει.

Χορός

τίς οὖν ἂν οὐκ ἐπαινέσειεν

ἄνδρα τοιοῦτον, ὅστις
1035

πόλλʼ ἀνατλὰς ἔσωσε

τὴν ἱερὰν πόλιν;

ὥστʼ οὐχὶ μὴ παύσῃ ποτʼ ὢν

ζηλωτὸς ἅπασιν.

Current edition Perseus

Chorus
Singing.

You, who remain here, get chopped wood 1025 and everything needed for the sacrifice ready.

Trygaeus

Don't I look like a diviner preparing his mystic fire?

Chorus

Undoubtedly. Will anything that a wise man ought to know escape you? Don't you know all that a man should know, 1030 who is distinguished for his wisdom and inventive daring?

Trygaeus

There! the wood catches. Its smoke blinds poor Stilbides. I am now going to bring the table and thus be my own slave.

He goes into the house.

Chorus

1035 You have braved a thousand dangers to save your sacred town. All honor to you! your glory will be ever envied.

Commentary

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Χορός σέ τοι θύρασι χρὴ μένοντα τοίνυν σχίζας δευρὶ τιθέναι ταχέως τά τε πρόσφορα πάντʼ ἐπὶ τούτοις. 1025

Τρυγαῖος οὔκουν δοκῶ σοι μαντικῶς τὸ φρύγανον τίθεσθαι;

Χορός πῶς δʼ οὐχί; τί γάρ σε πέφευγʼ ὅσα χρὴ σοφὸν ἄνδρα; τί δʼ οὐ σὺ φρονεῖς ὁπόσα χρεών ἐστιν τόν γε σοφῇ δόκιμον 1030 φρενὶ πορίμῳ τε τόλμῃ;

Τρυγαῖος ἡ σχίζα γοῦν ἐνημμένη τὸν Στιλβίδην πιέζει, καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν οἴσομαι, καὶ παιδὸς οὐ δεήσει.

Χορός τίς οὖν ἂν οὐκ ἐπαινέσειεν ἄνδρα τοιοῦτον, ὅστις 1035 πόλλʼ ἀνατλὰς ἔσωσε τὴν ἱερὰν πόλιν; ὥστʼ οὐχὶ μὴ παύσῃ ποτʼ ὢν ζηλωτὸς ἅπασιν.

Current edition Perseus

Chorus Singing. You, who remain here, get chopped wood 1025 and everything needed for the sacrifice ready.

Trygaeus Don't I look like a diviner preparing his mystic fire?

Chorus Undoubtedly. Will anything that a wise man ought to know escape you? Don't you know all that a man should know, 1030 who is distinguished for his wisdom and inventive daring?

Trygaeus There! the wood catches. Its smoke blinds poor Stilbides. I am now going to bring the table and thus be my own slave. He goes into the house.

Chorus 1035 You have braved a thousand dangers to save your sacred town. All honor to you! your glory will be ever envied.

Commentary

Line 1032

Stable identifiers

Χορός

σέ τοι θύρασι χρὴ μένοντα τοίνυν

σχίζας δευρὶ τιθέναι ταχέως

τά τε πρόσφορα πάντʼ ἐπὶ τούτοις.
1025

Τρυγαῖος

οὔκουν δοκῶ σοι μαντικῶς τὸ φρύγανον τίθεσθαι;

Χορός

πῶς δʼ οὐχί; τί γάρ σε πέφευγʼ

ὅσα χρὴ σοφὸν ἄνδρα; τί δʼ οὐ

σὺ φρονεῖς ὁπόσα χρεών ἐστιν

τόν γε σοφῇ δόκιμον
1030

φρενὶ πορίμῳ τε τόλμῃ;

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ σχίζα γοῦν ἐνημμένη τὸν Στιλβίδην πιέζει,

καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν οἴσομαι, καὶ παιδὸς οὐ δεήσει.

Χορός

τίς οὖν ἂν οὐκ ἐπαινέσειεν

ἄνδρα τοιοῦτον, ὅστις
1035

πόλλʼ ἀνατλὰς ἔσωσε

τὴν ἱερὰν πόλιν;

ὥστʼ οὐχὶ μὴ παύσῃ ποτʼ ὢν

ζηλωτὸς ἅπασιν.

Chorus
Singing.

You, who remain here, get chopped wood 1025 and everything needed for the sacrifice ready.

Trygaeus

Don't I look like a diviner preparing his mystic fire?

Chorus

Undoubtedly. Will anything that a wise man ought to know escape you? Don't you know all that a man should know, 1030 who is distinguished for his wisdom and inventive daring?

Trygaeus

There! the wood catches. Its smoke blinds poor Stilbides. I am now going to bring the table and thus be my own slave.

He goes into the house.

Chorus

1035 You have braved a thousand dangers to save your sacred town. All honor to you! your glory will be ever envied.