Aristophanes, Peace, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 400

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Τρυγαῖος

ἴθʼ, ἀντιβολῶ σʼ, ἐλέησον αὐτῶν τὴν ὄπα,
400

ἐπεί σε καὶ τιμῶσι μᾶλλον ἢ πρὸ τοῦ.

κλέπται γάρ εἰσι νῦν γε μᾶλλον ἢ πρὸ τοῦ.

καί σοι φράσω τι πρᾶγμα δεινὸν καὶ μέγα,

ὃ τοῖς θεοῖς ἅπασιν ἐπιβουλεύεται.

Ἑρμῆς

ἴθι δὴ κάτειπʼ· ἴσως γὰρ ἂν πείσαις ἐμέ.
405

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ γὰρ Σελήνη χὠ πανοῦργος Ἥλιος

ὑμῖν ἐπιβουλεύοντε πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον

τοῖς βαρβάροισι προδίδοτον τὴν Ἑλλάδα.

Ἑρμῆς

ἵνα δὴ τί τοῦτο δρᾶτον;

Τρυγαῖος

ὁτιὴ νὴ Δία

ἡμεῖς μὲν ὑμῖν θύομεν, τούτοισι δὲ
410

οἱ βάρβαροι θύουσι. διὰ τοῦτʼ εἰκότως

βούλοιντʼ ἂν ἡμᾶς πάντας ἐξολωλέναι,

ἵνα τὰς τελετὰς λάβοιεν αὐτοὶ τῶν θεῶν.

Ἑρμῆς

ταῦτʼ ἄρα πάλαι τῶν ἡμερῶν παρεκλεπτέτην

καὶ τοῦ κύκλου παρέτρωγον ὑφʼ ἁμαρτωλίας.
415

Τρυγαῖος

ναὶ μὰ Δία. πρὸς ταῦτʼ ὦ φίλʼ Ἑρμῆ ξύλλαβε

ἡμῖν προθύμως τήνδε καὶ ξυνέλκυσον.

καί σοι τὰ μεγάλʼ ἡμεῖς Παναθήναιʼ ἄξομεν

πάσας τε τὰς ἄλλας τελετὰς τὰς τῶν θεῶν,

μυστήριʼ Ἑρμῇ, Διιπόλειʼ, Ἀδώνια·
420

ἄλλαι τέ σοι πόλεις πεπαυμέναι κακῶν

ἀλεξικάκῳ θύσουσιν Ἑρμῇ πανταχοῦ.

χἄτερʼ ἔτι πόλλʼ ἕξεις ἀγαθά. πρῶτον δέ σοι

δῶρον δίδωμι τήνδʼ, ἵνα σπένδειν ἔχῃς.

Ἑρμῆς

οἴμʼ ὡς ἐλεήμων εἴμʼ ἀεὶ τῶν χρυσίδων.
425

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.) — 400 focus

Trygaeus

400 Have mercy, mercy, let yourself be touched by their words; never was your worship so dear to them as to-day. Aside.Really they are the greatest thieves that ever were. To Hermes.And I shall reveal to you a great and terrible plot that is being hatched against the gods.

Hermes

405 Hah! speak and perchance I shall let myself be softened.

Trygaeus

Know then, that the Moon and that infamous Sun are plotting against you, and want to deliver Greece into the hands of the barbarians.

Hermes

What for?

Trygaeus

Because 410 it is to you that we sacrifice, whereas the barbarians worship them; hence they would like to see you destroyed, that they alone might receive the offerings.

Hermes

Is it then for this reason that these untrustworthy charioteers have for so long been defrauding us, one of them robbing us of daylight 415 and the other nibbling away at the other's disk?

Trygaeus

Yes, certainly. So therefore, Hermes, my friend, help us with your whole heart to find and deliver the captive and we will celebrate the great Panathenaea in your honor as well as all the festivals of the other gods; 420 for Hermes shall be the Mysteries, the Dipolia, the Adonia; everywhere the towns, freed from their miseries, will sacrifice to Hermes the Liberator; you will be loaded with benefits of every kind, and to start with, I offer you this cup for libations as your first present.

Hermes

425 Ah! how golden cups do influence me!

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.) — 400 focus

Trygaeus: Come, I beg you, have pity on their voice,

400

Trygaeus: since they now honor you more than before.

Trygaeus: for thieves are they now rather than before.

Trygaeus: And I will tell you a terrible and great matter,

Trygaeus: He is being plotted against by all the gods.

Hermes: Come on, then, speak up; for perhaps you might persuade me.

405

Trygaeus: For the Moon and the cunning Sun

Trygaeus: plotting against you for a long time already

Trygaeus: betraying Greece to the barbarians.

Hermes: But why is this being done?

Trygaeus: Why, by Zeus!

Trygaeus: we sacrifice to you, but to these...

410

Trygaeus: The barbarians are sacrificing. Therefore, it is reasonable.

Trygaeus: They would wish to destroy us all,

Trygaeus: so that they themselves might take the rites of the gods.

Hermes: So I was wasting these days away for a long time.

Hermes: and they made the wheel spin off course because of their recklessness.

415

Trygaeus: Yes, by Zeus. To these things, dear Hermes, lend a hand.

Trygaeus: drag this over eagerly for us.

Trygaeus: And we shall bring you the great Panathenaic [festivals].

Trygaeus: all the other sacred rites of the gods,

Trygaeus: Mysteries to Hermes, Dipoleia, Adonia;

420

Trygaeus: What other cities have ceased from evils?

Trygaeus: They will sacrifice to Hermes the Averter of Evil everywhere.

Trygaeus: And afterwards you will have many more good things. First, however,

Trygaeus: I give you this gift, so that you may have something to make libations.

Hermes: Oh, how pitiful I am always towards the wasps.

425

Aristophanes Peace 400

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

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Ἑρμῆς

ἴθι δὴ κάτειπʼ· ἴσως γὰρ ἂν πείσαις ἐμέ.
405

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ γὰρ Σελήνη χὠ πανοῦργος Ἥλιος

ὑμῖν ἐπιβουλεύοντε πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον

τοῖς βαρβάροισι προδίδοτον τὴν Ἑλλάδα.

Ἑρμῆς

ἵνα δὴ τί τοῦτο δρᾶτον;

Ἑρμῆς

ταῦτʼ ἄρα πάλαι τῶν ἡμερῶν παρεκλεπτέτην

καὶ τοῦ κύκλου παρέτρωγον ὑφʼ ἁμαρτωλίας.
415

Ἑρμῆς

οἴμʼ ὡς ἐλεήμων εἴμʼ ἀεὶ τῶν χρυσίδων.
425

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Trygaeus

400 Have mercy, mercy, let yourself be touched by their words; never was your worship so dear to them as to-day. Aside.Really they are the greatest thieves that ever were. To Hermes.And I shall reveal to you a great and terrible plot that is being hatched against the gods.

Hermes

405 Hah! speak and perchance I shall let myself be softened.

Trygaeus

Know then, that the Moon and that infamous Sun are plotting against you, and want to deliver Greece into the hands of the barbarians.

Hermes

What for?

Trygaeus

Because 410 it is to you that we sacrifice, whereas the barbarians worship them; hence they would like to see you destroyed, that they alone might receive the offerings.

Hermes

Is it then for this reason that these untrustworthy charioteers have for so long been defrauding us, one of them robbing us of daylight 415 and the other nibbling away at the other's disk?

Hermes

425 Ah! how golden cups do influence me!

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Ἑρμῆς ἴθι δὴ κάτειπʼ· ἴσως γὰρ ἂν πείσαις ἐμέ. 405

Τρυγαῖος ἡ γὰρ Σελήνη χὠ πανοῦργος Ἥλιος ὑμῖν ἐπιβουλεύοντε πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον τοῖς βαρβάροισι προδίδοτον τὴν Ἑλλάδα.

Ἑρμῆς ἵνα δὴ τί τοῦτο δρᾶτον;

Ἑρμῆς ταῦτʼ ἄρα πάλαι τῶν ἡμερῶν παρεκλεπτέτην καὶ τοῦ κύκλου παρέτρωγον ὑφʼ ἁμαρτωλίας. 415

Ἑρμῆς οἴμʼ ὡς ἐλεήμων εἴμʼ ἀεὶ τῶν χρυσίδων. 425

Current edition Perseus

Trygaeus 400 Have mercy, mercy, let yourself be touched by their words; never was your worship so dear to them as to-day. Aside.Really they are the greatest thieves that ever were. To Hermes.And I shall reveal to you a great and terrible plot that is being hatched against the gods.

Hermes 405 Hah! speak and perchance I shall let myself be softened.

Trygaeus Know then, that the Moon and that infamous Sun are plotting against you, and want to deliver Greece into the hands of the barbarians.

Hermes What for?

Trygaeus Because 410 it is to you that we sacrifice, whereas the barbarians worship them; hence they would like to see you destroyed, that they alone might receive the offerings.

Hermes Is it then for this reason that these untrustworthy charioteers have for so long been defrauding us, one of them robbing us of daylight 415 and the other nibbling away at the other's disk?

Hermes 425 Ah! how golden cups do influence me!

Stable identifiers

Ἑρμῆς

ἴθι δὴ κάτειπʼ· ἴσως γὰρ ἂν πείσαις ἐμέ.
405

Τρυγαῖος

ἡ γὰρ Σελήνη χὠ πανοῦργος Ἥλιος

ὑμῖν ἐπιβουλεύοντε πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον

τοῖς βαρβάροισι προδίδοτον τὴν Ἑλλάδα.

Ἑρμῆς

ἵνα δὴ τί τοῦτο δρᾶτον;

Ἑρμῆς

ταῦτʼ ἄρα πάλαι τῶν ἡμερῶν παρεκλεπτέτην

καὶ τοῦ κύκλου παρέτρωγον ὑφʼ ἁμαρτωλίας.
415

Ἑρμῆς

οἴμʼ ὡς ἐλεήμων εἴμʼ ἀεὶ τῶν χρυσίδων.
425

Trygaeus

400 Have mercy, mercy, let yourself be touched by their words; never was your worship so dear to them as to-day. Aside.Really they are the greatest thieves that ever were. To Hermes.And I shall reveal to you a great and terrible plot that is being hatched against the gods.

Hermes

405 Hah! speak and perchance I shall let myself be softened.

Trygaeus

Know then, that the Moon and that infamous Sun are plotting against you, and want to deliver Greece into the hands of the barbarians.

Hermes

What for?

Trygaeus

Because 410 it is to you that we sacrifice, whereas the barbarians worship them; hence they would like to see you destroyed, that they alone might receive the offerings.

Hermes

Is it then for this reason that these untrustworthy charioteers have for so long been defrauding us, one of them robbing us of daylight 415 and the other nibbling away at the other's disk?

Hermes

425 Ah! how golden cups do influence me!