Aristophanes, Peace, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 346

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Χορός

εἰ γὰρ ἐκγένοιτʼ ἰδεῖν ταύτην με τὴν ἡμέραν ποτέ.

πολλὰ γὰρ ἀνεσχόμην πράγματά τε καὶ στιβάδας, ἃς

ἔλαχε Φορμίων·

κοὐκέτʼ ἄν μʼ εὕροις δικαστὴν δριμὺν οὐδὲ δύσκολον,

οὐδὲ τοὺς τρόπους γε δήπου σκληρὸν ὥσπερ καὶ πρὸ τοῦ,
350

ἀλλʼ ἁπαλὸν ἄν μʼ ἴδοις καὶ πολὺ νεώτερον,

ἀπαλλαγέντα πραγμάτων.

καὶ γὰρ ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα πλανώμενοι
355

ἐς Λύκειον κἀκ Λυκείου ξὺν δορὶ ξὺν ἀσπίδι.

ἀλλʼ ὅ τι μάλιστα χαριούμεθα ποιοῦντες, ἄγε

φράζε· σὲ γὰρ αὐτοκράτορʼ εἵλετʼ ἀγαθή τις ἡμῖν τύχη.
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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.) — 346 focus

Chorus
Singing.

Ah! God grant we may see the blessed day. I have suffered so much; have so oft slept with Phormio on hard beds. 350 You will no longer find me a bitter and angry judge, nor, naturally, hard in my ways, as heretofore, but turned indulgent and grown younger by twenty years through happiness. 355 We have been killing ourselves long enough, tiring ourselves out with going to the Lyceum and returning laden with spear and buckler. —But what can we do to please you? Come, 360 speak; for 'tis a good Fate that has named you our leader.

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.) — 346 focus

Chorus: for if it were granted to me to see this day someday.

Chorus: for I have endured many troubles and beds, which

Chorus: the lot fell to Formion;

Chorus: And you will not find me a harsh or difficult juror.

Chorus: And surely, at least their habits are not hard, just as before,

350

Chorus: But you would see me as delicate and much younger,

Chorus: freed from affairs.

Chorus: For indeed we have been perishing and worn out for a sufficient time, wandering about.

355

Chorus: To the Lyceum and from the Lyceum with spear and shield.

Chorus: But let us do what we can most of all to please, come on.

Chorus: Declare it, for a certain good fortune has chosen you as our master.

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

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