Aristophanes, Peace, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 426

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Ἑρμῆς

ὑμέτερον ἐντεῦθεν ἔργον ὦνδρες. ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἄμαις

εἰσιόντες ὡς τάχιστα τοὺς λίθους ἀφέλκετε.

Χορός

ταῦτα δράσομεν· σὺ δʼ ἡμῖν ὦ θεῶν σοφώτατε

ἅττα χρὴ ποιεῖν ἐφεστὼς φράζε δημιουργικῶς·

τἄλλα δʼ εὑρήσεις ὑπουργεῖν ὄντας ἡμᾶς οὐ κακούς.
430

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.) — 426 focus

Hermes

Come, friends, get to work. To the pit quickly, pick in hand, and drag away the stones.

Leader of the Chorus

We go, but you, cleverest of all the gods, supervise our labours; tell us, good workman as you are, what we must do; 430 we shall obey your orders with alacrity.

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.) — 426 focus

Hermes: Your work from here, men. But with the oxen

Hermes: As quickly as possible, drag the stones in.

Chorus: We shall do these things; but you, most wise of the gods,

Chorus: What must be done, standing, consider in a creative manner;

Chorus: But as for the rest, you will find us to be not bad at serving.

430

Aristophanes Peace 426

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

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Ἑρμῆς

ὑμέτερον ἐντεῦθεν ἔργον ὦνδρες. ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἄμαις

εἰσιόντες ὡς τάχιστα τοὺς λίθους ἀφέλκετε.

Χορός

ταῦτα δράσομεν· σὺ δʼ ἡμῖν ὦ θεῶν σοφώτατε

ἅττα χρὴ ποιεῖν ἐφεστὼς φράζε δημιουργικῶς·

τἄλλα δʼ εὑρήσεις ὑπουργεῖν ὄντας ἡμᾶς οὐ κακούς.
430

Current edition Perseus

Hermes

Come, friends, get to work. To the pit quickly, pick in hand, and drag away the stones.

Leader of the Chorus

We go, but you, cleverest of all the gods, supervise our labours; tell us, good workman as you are, what we must do; 430 we shall obey your orders with alacrity.

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Ἑρμῆς ὑμέτερον ἐντεῦθεν ἔργον ὦνδρες. ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἄμαις εἰσιόντες ὡς τάχιστα τοὺς λίθους ἀφέλκετε.

Χορός ταῦτα δράσομεν· σὺ δʼ ἡμῖν ὦ θεῶν σοφώτατε ἅττα χρὴ ποιεῖν ἐφεστὼς φράζε δημιουργικῶς· τἄλλα δʼ εὑρήσεις ὑπουργεῖν ὄντας ἡμᾶς οὐ κακούς. 430

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Hermes Come, friends, get to work. To the pit quickly, pick in hand, and drag away the stones.

Leader of the Chorus We go, but you, cleverest of all the gods, supervise our labours; tell us, good workman as you are, what we must do; 430 we shall obey your orders with alacrity.

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Ἑρμῆς

ὑμέτερον ἐντεῦθεν ἔργον ὦνδρες. ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἄμαις

εἰσιόντες ὡς τάχιστα τοὺς λίθους ἀφέλκετε.

Χορός

ταῦτα δράσομεν· σὺ δʼ ἡμῖν ὦ θεῶν σοφώτατε

ἅττα χρὴ ποιεῖν ἐφεστὼς φράζε δημιουργικῶς·

τἄλλα δʼ εὑρήσεις ὑπουργεῖν ὄντας ἡμᾶς οὐ κακούς.
430

Hermes

Come, friends, get to work. To the pit quickly, pick in hand, and drag away the stones.

Leader of the Chorus

We go, but you, cleverest of all the gods, supervise our labours; tell us, good workman as you are, what we must do; 430 we shall obey your orders with alacrity.