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Οἰκέτης

ταυτὶ δέδραται. τίθεσο τὼ μηρὼ λαβών.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπὶ σπλάγχνʼ εἶμι καὶ θυλήματα.
1040

Τρυγαῖος

ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτά γʼ· ἀλλʼ ἥκειν ἐχρῆν.

Οἰκέτης

ἰδοὺ πάρειμι. μῶν ἐπισχεῖν σοι δοκῶ;

Τρυγαῖος

ὄπτα καλῶς νυν αὐτά· καὶ γὰρ οὑτοσὶ

προσέρχεται δάφνῃ τις ἐστεφανωμένος.

τίς ἄρα ποτʼ ἐστίν;
1045

Οἰκέτης

ὡς ἀλαζὼν φαίνεται·

μάντις τίς ἐστιν.

Τρυγαῖος

οὐ μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ Ἱεροκλέης

οὗτός γέ πού ʼσθʼ ὁ χρησμολόγος οὑξ Ὠρεοῦ.

Οἰκέτης

τί ποτʼ ἄρα λέξει;

Τρυγαῖος

δῆλός ἐσθʼ οὗτός γʼ ὅτι

ἐναντιώσεταί τι ταῖς διαλλαγαῖς.

Οἰκέτης

οὔκ, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν κνῖσαν εἰσελήλυθεν.
1050

Τρυγαῖος

μή νυν ὁρᾶν δοκῶμεν αὐτόν.

Οἰκέτης

εὖ λέγεις.

Ἱεροκλῆς

τίς ἡ θυσία ποθʼ αὑτηὶ καὶ τῷ θεῶν;

Τρυγαῖος

ὀπτα σὺ σιγῇ κἄπαγʼ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ὅτῳ δὲ θύετʼ οὐ φράσεθʼ;

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ κέρκος ποιεῖ

καλῶς;
1055

Οἰκέτης

καλῶς δῆτʼ ὦ πότνιʼ Εἰρήνη φίλη.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἄγε νυν ἀπάρχου κᾆτα δὸς τἀπάργματα.

Τρυγαῖος

ὀπτᾶν ἄμεινον πρῶτον.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἀλλὰ ταυταγὶ

ἤδη ʼστὶν ὀπτά.

Τρυγαῖος

πολλὰ πράττεις, ὅστις εἶ.

κατάτεμνε. ποῦ τράπεζα; τὴν σπονδὴν φέρε.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἡ γλῶττα χωρὶς τέμνεται.
1060

Τρυγαῖος

μεμνήμεθα.

ἀλλʼ οἶσθʼ ὃ δρᾶσον;

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἢν φράσῃς.

Τρυγαῖος

μὴ διαλέγου

νῷν μηδέν· Εἰρήνῃ γὰρ ἱερὰ θύομεν.

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.) — 1039 focus

Servant
Returning with a table.

Wait. Here are the legs, place them upon the altar. 1040 For myself, I mean to go back to the entrails and the cakes.

Trygaeus
Going into the house ahead of the Servant.

I'll take care of them. But I want you here.

Servant

Well then, here I am. Do you think I have taken long?

Trygaeus

Just get this roasted. 1045 Ah! who is this man, crowned with laurel, who is coming to me?

Servant

He has a self-important look; is he some diviner?

Trygaeus

No, it's Hierocles, that oracle-monger from Oreus.

Servant

What is he going to tell us?

Trygaeus

Evidently he is coming to oppose the peace.

Servant

1050 No, it's the odor of the fat that attracts him.

Trygaeus

Let us appear not to see him.

Servant

Very well.

Hierocles
Approaching.

What sacrifice is this? to what god are you offering it?

Trygaeus
To the Servant.

Keep quiet.— Aloud.Look after the roasting and keep your hands off the meat.

Hierocles

To whom are you sacrificing? Answer me.

Trygaeus

Ah! the tail is showing 1055 favourable omens.

Servant

Aye, very favourable, oh, loved and mighty Peace!

Hierocles

Come, cut off the first offering and make the oblation.

Trygaeus

It's not roasted enough.

Hierocles

Yea, truly, it's done to a turn.

Trygaeus

Mind your own business, friend! To the Servant.Cut away.

Hierocles

Where is the table?

Trygaeus

Bring the libations.

The Servant departs.

Hierocles

1060 The tongue is cut separately.

Trygaeus

We know all that. But just listen to one piece of advice.

Hierocles

And that is?

Trygaeus

Don't talk, for it is divine Peace to whom we are sacrificing.

Hierocles
in an oracular tone.

Oh! wretched mortals, oh, you idiots!

Trygaeus

Keep such ugly terms for yourself.

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.) — 1039 focus

Servant: These things have been done. Take hold of the two thighs.

Servant: But I am going to the entrails and the offerings.

1040

Trygaeus: These matters shall concern me; but I ought to have come.

Servant: Behold, I am here. Do I seem to you to be delaying?

Trygaeus: Look well at them now; for even this man

Trygaeus: Someone approaches, crowned with bay.

Trygaeus: So who is it, pray?

1045

Servant: as a braggart he appears;

Slave: Who is the prophet?

Trygaeus: no, by Zeus, but Hierocles

Trygaeus: This must be the oracle-monger who is from Oreus.

Slave: What, then, will he say?

Trygaeus: It is clear, then, that he is.

Trygaeus: Something will oppose the peace terms.

Servant: No, but he has entered through the smoke.

1050

Trygaeus: Let us not seem to see him now.

Slave: You speak well.

Hierocles: What sacrifice is this, and to which of the gods?

Trygaeus: Open, but quietly, and take it off from your waist.

Hieroikles: But to whom did you not say you sacrificed?

Trygaeus: The rudder makes [it].

Trygaeus: Well?

1055

Servant: Very well, then, dear mistress Peace.

Hieroclès: come now, begin and then give the offerings.

Trygaeus: It is better to roast first.

Hierothes: But these here

Hierocles: It is already roasted.

Trygaeus: You are doing many things, whoever you are.

Trygaeus: cut it up. Where is the table? Bring the libation.

Hieroclēs: The tongue is cut without [the body].

1060

Trygaeus: Let us remember.

Trygaeus: But do you know what to do?

Hiero-clês: If you tell it.

Trygaeus: do not converse.

Trygaeus: Nothing for us; for we are sacrificing a holy offering to Peace.

Commentary

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Line 1046b

οὐ μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ Ἱεροκλέης

The phrase οὐ μὰ Δίʼ is a standard oath formula, but the elision of the final vowel of Διός to Δίʼ before the following vowel of ἀλλʼ (which itself is elided from ἀλλά) creates a specific crasis-like contraction often found in comic meter to preserve the dactylic or iambic rhythm. More significantly, the abrupt shift from a solemn oath to the naming of Hierocles functions as a comedic anticlimax (bathos), where the speaker's indignation is immediately deflated by invoking a specific, likely notorious, individual, a rhetorical device characteristic of Aristophanic parody of tragic oratory.

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Οἰκέτης ταυτὶ δέδραται. τίθεσο τὼ μηρὼ λαβών. ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπὶ σπλάγχνʼ εἶμι καὶ θυλήματα. 1040

Τρυγαῖος ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτά γʼ· ἀλλʼ ἥκειν ἐχρῆν.

Οἰκέτης ἰδοὺ πάρειμι. μῶν ἐπισχεῖν σοι δοκῶ;

Τρυγαῖος ὄπτα καλῶς νυν αὐτά· καὶ γὰρ οὑτοσὶ προσέρχεται δάφνῃ τις ἐστεφανωμένος. τίς ἄρα ποτʼ ἐστίν; 1045

Οἰκέτης ὡς ἀλαζὼν φαίνεται· μάντις τίς ἐστιν.

Τρυγαῖος οὐ μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ Ἱεροκλέης οὗτός γέ πού ʼσθʼ ὁ χρησμολόγος οὑξ Ὠρεοῦ.

Οἰκέτης τί ποτʼ ἄρα λέξει;

Τρυγαῖος δῆλός ἐσθʼ οὗτός γʼ ὅτι ἐναντιώσεταί τι ταῖς διαλλαγαῖς.

Οἰκέτης οὔκ, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν κνῖσαν εἰσελήλυθεν. 1050

Τρυγαῖος μή νυν ὁρᾶν δοκῶμεν αὐτόν.

Οἰκέτης εὖ λέγεις.

Ἱεροκλῆς τίς ἡ θυσία ποθʼ αὑτηὶ καὶ τῷ θεῶν;

Τρυγαῖος ὀπτα σὺ σιγῇ κἄπαγʼ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος.

Ἱεροκλῆς ὅτῳ δὲ θύετʼ οὐ φράσεθʼ;

Τρυγαῖος ἡ κέρκος ποιεῖ καλῶς; 1055

Οἰκέτης καλῶς δῆτʼ ὦ πότνιʼ Εἰρήνη φίλη.

Ἱεροκλῆς ἄγε νυν ἀπάρχου κᾆτα δὸς τἀπάργματα.

Τρυγαῖος ὀπτᾶν ἄμεινον πρῶτον.

Ἱεροκλῆς ἀλλὰ ταυταγὶ ἤδη ʼστὶν ὀπτά.

Τρυγαῖος πολλὰ πράττεις, ὅστις εἶ. κατάτεμνε. ποῦ τράπεζα; τὴν σπονδὴν φέρε.

Ἱεροκλῆς ἡ γλῶττα χωρὶς τέμνεται. 1060

Τρυγαῖος μεμνήμεθα. ἀλλʼ οἶσθʼ ὃ δρᾶσον;

Ἱεροκλῆς ἢν φράσῃς.

Τρυγαῖος μὴ διαλέγου νῷν μηδέν· Εἰρήνῃ γὰρ ἱερὰ θύομεν.

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Servant Returning with a table. Wait. Here are the legs, place them upon the altar. 1040 For myself, I mean to go back to the entrails and the cakes.

Trygaeus Going into the house ahead of the Servant. I'll take care of them. But I want you here.

Servant Well then, here I am. Do you think I have taken long?

Trygaeus Just get this roasted. 1045 Ah! who is this man, crowned with laurel, who is coming to me?

Servant He has a self-important look; is he some diviner?

Trygaeus No, it's Hierocles, that oracle-monger from Oreus.

Servant What is he going to tell us?

Trygaeus Evidently he is coming to oppose the peace.

Servant 1050 No, it's the odor of the fat that attracts him.

Trygaeus Let us appear not to see him.

Servant Very well.

Hierocles Approaching. What sacrifice is this? to what god are you offering it?

Trygaeus To the Servant. Keep quiet.— Aloud.Look after the roasting and keep your hands off the meat.

Hierocles To whom are you sacrificing? Answer me.

Trygaeus Ah! the tail is showing 1055 favourable omens.

Servant Aye, very favourable, oh, loved and mighty Peace!

Hierocles Come, cut off the first offering and make the oblation.

Trygaeus It's not roasted enough.

Hierocles Yea, truly, it's done to a turn.

Trygaeus Mind your own business, friend! To the Servant.Cut away.

Hierocles Where is the table?

Trygaeus Bring the libations.

Hierocles 1060 The tongue is cut separately.

Trygaeus We know all that. But just listen to one piece of advice.

Hierocles And that is?

Trygaeus Don't talk, for it is divine Peace to whom we are sacrificing.

Hierocles in an oracular tone. Oh! wretched mortals, oh, you idiots!

Trygaeus Keep such ugly terms for yourself.

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Stable identifiers

Οἰκέτης

ταυτὶ δέδραται. τίθεσο τὼ μηρὼ λαβών.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπὶ σπλάγχνʼ εἶμι καὶ θυλήματα.
1040

Τρυγαῖος

ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτά γʼ· ἀλλʼ ἥκειν ἐχρῆν.

Οἰκέτης

ἰδοὺ πάρειμι. μῶν ἐπισχεῖν σοι δοκῶ;

Τρυγαῖος

ὄπτα καλῶς νυν αὐτά· καὶ γὰρ οὑτοσὶ

προσέρχεται δάφνῃ τις ἐστεφανωμένος.

τίς ἄρα ποτʼ ἐστίν;
1045

Οἰκέτης

ὡς ἀλαζὼν φαίνεται·

μάντις τίς ἐστιν.

Τρυγαῖος

οὐ μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ Ἱεροκλέης

οὗτός γέ πού ʼσθʼ ὁ χρησμολόγος οὑξ Ὠρεοῦ.

Οἰκέτης

τί ποτʼ ἄρα λέξει;

Τρυγαῖος

δῆλός ἐσθʼ οὗτός γʼ ὅτι

ἐναντιώσεταί τι ταῖς διαλλαγαῖς.

Οἰκέτης

οὔκ, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν κνῖσαν εἰσελήλυθεν.
1050

Τρυγαῖος

μή νυν ὁρᾶν δοκῶμεν αὐτόν.

Οἰκέτης

εὖ λέγεις.

Ἱεροκλῆς

τίς ἡ θυσία ποθʼ αὑτηὶ καὶ τῷ θεῶν;

Τρυγαῖος

ὀπτα σὺ σιγῇ κἄπαγʼ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ὅτῳ δὲ θύετʼ οὐ φράσεθʼ;

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ κέρκος ποιεῖ

καλῶς;
1055

Οἰκέτης

καλῶς δῆτʼ ὦ πότνιʼ Εἰρήνη φίλη.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἄγε νυν ἀπάρχου κᾆτα δὸς τἀπάργματα.

Τρυγαῖος

ὀπτᾶν ἄμεινον πρῶτον.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἀλλὰ ταυταγὶ

ἤδη ʼστὶν ὀπτά.

Τρυγαῖος

πολλὰ πράττεις, ὅστις εἶ.

κατάτεμνε. ποῦ τράπεζα; τὴν σπονδὴν φέρε.

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἡ γλῶττα χωρὶς τέμνεται.
1060

Τρυγαῖος

μεμνήμεθα.

ἀλλʼ οἶσθʼ ὃ δρᾶσον;

Ἱεροκλῆς

ἢν φράσῃς.

Τρυγαῖος

μὴ διαλέγου

νῷν μηδέν· Εἰρήνῃ γὰρ ἱερὰ θύομεν.

Servant
Returning with a table.

Wait. Here are the legs, place them upon the altar. 1040 For myself, I mean to go back to the entrails and the cakes.

Trygaeus
Going into the house ahead of the Servant.

I'll take care of them. But I want you here.

Servant

Well then, here I am. Do you think I have taken long?

Trygaeus

Just get this roasted. 1045 Ah! who is this man, crowned with laurel, who is coming to me?

Servant

He has a self-important look; is he some diviner?

Trygaeus

No, it's Hierocles, that oracle-monger from Oreus.

Servant

What is he going to tell us?

Trygaeus

Evidently he is coming to oppose the peace.

Servant

1050 No, it's the odor of the fat that attracts him.

Trygaeus

Let us appear not to see him.

Servant

Very well.

Hierocles
Approaching.

What sacrifice is this? to what god are you offering it?

Trygaeus
To the Servant.

Keep quiet.— Aloud.Look after the roasting and keep your hands off the meat.

Hierocles

To whom are you sacrificing? Answer me.

Trygaeus

Ah! the tail is showing 1055 favourable omens.

Servant

Aye, very favourable, oh, loved and mighty Peace!

Hierocles

Come, cut off the first offering and make the oblation.

Trygaeus

It's not roasted enough.

Hierocles

Yea, truly, it's done to a turn.

Trygaeus

Mind your own business, friend! To the Servant.Cut away.

Hierocles

Where is the table?

Trygaeus

Bring the libations.

Hierocles

1060 The tongue is cut separately.

Trygaeus

We know all that. But just listen to one piece of advice.

Hierocles

And that is?

Trygaeus

Don't talk, for it is divine Peace to whom we are sacrificing.

Hierocles
in an oracular tone.

Oh! wretched mortals, oh, you idiots!

Trygaeus

Keep such ugly terms for yourself.