Aristophanes, Peace, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 500

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Ἑρμῆς

ἄνδρες Μεγαρῆς οὐκ ἐς κόρακας ἐρρήσετε;
500

μισεῖ γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἡ θεὸς μεμνημένη·

πρῶτοι γὰρ αὐτὴν τοῖς σκορόδοις ἠλείψατε.

καὶ τοῖς Ἀθηναίοισι παύσασθαι λέγω

ἐντεῦθεν ἐχομένοις ὅθεν νῦν ἕλκετε·

οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλλο δρᾶτε πλὴν δικάζετε.
505

ἀλλʼ εἴπερ ἐπιθυμεῖτε τήνδʼ ἐξελκύσαι,

πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν ὀλίγον ὑποχωρήσατε.

Χορός

ἄγʼ ὦνδρες αὐτοὶ δὴ μόνοι λαβώμεθʼ οἱ γεωργοί.

Ἑρμῆς

χωρεῖ γέ τοι τὸ πρᾶγμα πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὦνδρες ὑμῖν.

Χορός

χωρεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμά φησιν· ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἀνὴρ προθυμοῦ.
510

Τρυγαῖος

οἵ τοι γεωργοὶ τοὔργον ἐξέλκουσι κἄλλος οὐδείς.

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.) — 500 focus

Hermes

500 Off to the Devil with you, Megarians! The goddess hates you. She recollects that you were the first to rub her the wrong way. Athenians, you are not well placed for pulling. 505 There you are too busy with law-suits; if you really want to free the goddess, get down a little towards the sea.

Leader of the Chorus

Come, friends, none but husbandmen on the rope.

Hermes

Ah! that will do ever so much better.

Leader of the Chorus

510 He says the thing is going well. Come, all of you, together and with a will.

Trygaeus

It's the husbandmen who are doing all the work.

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.) — 500 focus

Hermes: Men of Megara, are you not going to crows?

500

Hermes: For the goddess hates you, remembering;

Hermes: for you first anointed her with garlic.

Hermes: And I tell the Athenians to stop.

Hermes: from here, following the path from which you now draw;

Hermes: For you do nothing else but judge.

505

Hermes: But if you wish to drag this out,

Hermes: Step back a little toward the sea.

Chorus: Come on then, men, let us, the farmers, be the only ones to take it.

Hermes: The matter is far better off, indeed, for you, men.

Chorus: He says the affair should proceed; but every man should be eager.

510

Trygaeus: You farmers indeed drag out the work, and no one else.

Aristophanes Peace 500

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

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Χορός

ἄγʼ ὦνδρες αὐτοὶ δὴ μόνοι λαβώμεθʼ οἱ γεωργοί.

Ἑρμῆς

χωρεῖ γέ τοι τὸ πρᾶγμα πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὦνδρες ὑμῖν.

Χορός

χωρεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμά φησιν· ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἀνὴρ προθυμοῦ.
510

Τρυγαῖος

οἵ τοι γεωργοὶ τοὔργον ἐξέλκουσι κἄλλος οὐδείς.

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Leader of the Chorus

Come, friends, none but husbandmen on the rope.

Hermes

Ah! that will do ever so much better.

Leader of the Chorus

510 He says the thing is going well. Come, all of you, together and with a will.

Trygaeus

It's the husbandmen who are doing all the work.

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Χορός ἄγʼ ὦνδρες αὐτοὶ δὴ μόνοι λαβώμεθʼ οἱ γεωργοί.

Ἑρμῆς χωρεῖ γέ τοι τὸ πρᾶγμα πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὦνδρες ὑμῖν.

Χορός χωρεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμά φησιν· ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἀνὴρ προθυμοῦ. 510

Τρυγαῖος οἵ τοι γεωργοὶ τοὔργον ἐξέλκουσι κἄλλος οὐδείς.

Current edition Perseus

Leader of the Chorus Come, friends, none but husbandmen on the rope.

Hermes Ah! that will do ever so much better.

Leader of the Chorus 510 He says the thing is going well. Come, all of you, together and with a will.

Trygaeus It's the husbandmen who are doing all the work.

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ἄγʼ ὦνδρες αὐτοὶ δὴ μόνοι λαβώμεθʼ οἱ γεωργοί.

Ἑρμῆς

χωρεῖ γέ τοι τὸ πρᾶγμα πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὦνδρες ὑμῖν.

Χορός

χωρεῖν τὸ πρᾶγμά φησιν· ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἀνὴρ προθυμοῦ.
510

Τρυγαῖος

οἵ τοι γεωργοὶ τοὔργον ἐξέλκουσι κἄλλος οὐδείς.

Leader of the Chorus

Come, friends, none but husbandmen on the rope.

Hermes

Ah! that will do ever so much better.

Leader of the Chorus

510 He says the thing is going well. Come, all of you, together and with a will.

Trygaeus

It's the husbandmen who are doing all the work.