Aristophanes, Peace, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 459

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Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα.

Χορός

εἶα μάλα.
460

Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα.

Χορός

εἶα ἔτι μάλα.

Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα, ὦ εἶα.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ οὐχ ἕλκουσʼ ἅνδρες ὁμοίως.

οὐ ξυλλήψεσθʼ; οἷʼ ὀγκύλλεσθʼ·
465

οἰμώξεσθʼ οἱ Βοιωτοί.

Ἑρμῆς

εἶά νυν.

Τρυγαῖος

εἶα ὦ.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἄγετε ξυνανέλκετε καὶ σφώ.

Τρυγαῖος

οὔκουν ἕλκω κἀξαρτῶμαι
470

κἀπεμπίπτω καὶ σπουδάζω;

Χορός

πῶς οὖν οὐ χωρεῖ τοὔργον;

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.) — 459 focus

The stones have been removed and a rope attached to the cover of the pit. The indented portions of the following scene are a sort of chanty.

Hermes

Heave away!

460 Chorus

Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes

Come, pull harder, harder.

Chorus

Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes

Still harder, harder still.

Chorus

Heave away, heave! Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Trygaeus

Come, come, there is no working together. 465 Come! all pull at the same instant! you Boeotians are only pretending. Beware!

Hermes

Come, heave away, heave!

Trygaeus

Heave away, heave oh!

Chorus

Hi! you two pull as well.

Trygaeus

470 Why, I am pulling, I am hanging on to the rope and straining till I am almost off my feet; I am working with all my might.

Chorus

Why does not the work advance then?

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.) — 459 focus

Hermes: Oh, come on.

Chorus: Come on, quite so.

460

Hermes: Come on!

Chorus: Come on, very much.

Hermes: O come on, O come on.

Trygaeus: But men are not pulling alike.

Trygaeus: You will not be gathered? How you are puffing yourself up!

465

Trygaeus: Alas, the Boeotians!

Hermes: All right, then.

Trygaeus: Come on, now.

Chorus: But come, let's drag her along together, and you too.

Trygaeus: Then I will pull it up and hang it.

470

Trygaeus: And I rush in and hurry?

Chorus: So why is the work not proceeding?

Aristophanes Peace 459

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

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Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα.

Χορός

εἶα μάλα.
460

Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα.

Χορός

εἶα ἔτι μάλα.

Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα, ὦ εἶα.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ οὐχ ἕλκουσʼ ἅνδρες ὁμοίως.

οὐ ξυλλήψεσθʼ; οἷʼ ὀγκύλλεσθʼ·
465

οἰμώξεσθʼ οἱ Βοιωτοί.

Ἑρμῆς

εἶά νυν.

Τρυγαῖος

εἶα ὦ.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἄγετε ξυνανέλκετε καὶ σφώ.

Τρυγαῖος

οὔκουν ἕλκω κἀξαρτῶμαι
470

κἀπεμπίπτω καὶ σπουδάζω;

Χορός

πῶς οὖν οὐ χωρεῖ τοὔργον;

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Hermes

Heave away!

460 Chorus

Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes

Come, pull harder, harder.

Chorus

Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes

Still harder, harder still.

Chorus

Heave away, heave! Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Trygaeus

Come, come, there is no working together. 465 Come! all pull at the same instant! you Boeotians are only pretending. Beware!

Hermes

Come, heave away, heave!

Trygaeus

Heave away, heave oh!

Chorus

Hi! you two pull as well.

Trygaeus

470 Why, I am pulling, I am hanging on to the rope and straining till I am almost off my feet; I am working with all my might.

Chorus

Why does not the work advance then?

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Ἑρμῆς ὦ εἶα.

Χορός εἶα μάλα. 460

Ἑρμῆς ὦ εἶα.

Χορός εἶα ἔτι μάλα.

Ἑρμῆς ὦ εἶα, ὦ εἶα.

Τρυγαῖος ἀλλʼ οὐχ ἕλκουσʼ ἅνδρες ὁμοίως. οὐ ξυλλήψεσθʼ; οἷʼ ὀγκύλλεσθʼ· 465 οἰμώξεσθʼ οἱ Βοιωτοί.

Ἑρμῆς εἶά νυν.

Τρυγαῖος εἶα ὦ.

Χορός ἀλλʼ ἄγετε ξυνανέλκετε καὶ σφώ.

Τρυγαῖος οὔκουν ἕλκω κἀξαρτῶμαι 470 κἀπεμπίπτω καὶ σπουδάζω;

Χορός πῶς οὖν οὐ χωρεῖ τοὔργον;

Current edition Perseus

Hermes Heave away!

460 Chorus Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes Come, pull harder, harder.

Chorus Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes Still harder, harder still.

Chorus Heave away, heave! Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Trygaeus Come, come, there is no working together. 465 Come! all pull at the same instant! you Boeotians are only pretending. Beware!

Hermes Come, heave away, heave!

Trygaeus Heave away, heave oh!

Chorus Hi! you two pull as well.

Trygaeus 470 Why, I am pulling, I am hanging on to the rope and straining till I am almost off my feet; I am working with all my might.

Chorus Why does not the work advance then?

Stable identifiers

Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα.

Χορός

εἶα μάλα.
460

Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα.

Χορός

εἶα ἔτι μάλα.

Ἑρμῆς

ὦ εἶα, ὦ εἶα.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ οὐχ ἕλκουσʼ ἅνδρες ὁμοίως.

οὐ ξυλλήψεσθʼ; οἷʼ ὀγκύλλεσθʼ·
465

οἰμώξεσθʼ οἱ Βοιωτοί.

Ἑρμῆς

εἶά νυν.

Τρυγαῖος

εἶα ὦ.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ἄγετε ξυνανέλκετε καὶ σφώ.

Τρυγαῖος

οὔκουν ἕλκω κἀξαρτῶμαι
470

κἀπεμπίπτω καὶ σπουδάζω;

Χορός

πῶς οὖν οὐ χωρεῖ τοὔργον;

Hermes

Heave away!

460 Chorus

Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes

Come, pull harder, harder.

Chorus

Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Hermes

Still harder, harder still.

Chorus

Heave away, heave! Heave away, heave, heave, oh!

Trygaeus

Come, come, there is no working together. 465 Come! all pull at the same instant! you Boeotians are only pretending. Beware!

Hermes

Come, heave away, heave!

Trygaeus

Heave away, heave oh!

Chorus

Hi! you two pull as well.

Trygaeus

470 Why, I am pulling, I am hanging on to the rope and straining till I am almost off my feet; I am working with all my might.

Chorus

Why does not the work advance then?