Aristophanes, Peace, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 922

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Οἰκέτης

ἄγε δὴ τί νῷν ἐντευθενὶ ποιητέον;

Τρυγαῖος

τί δʼ ἄλλο γʼ ἢ ταύτην χύτραις ἱδρυτέον;

Χορός

χύτραισιν, ὥσπερ μεμφόμενον Ἑρμῄδιον;

Τρυγαῖος

τί δαὶ δοκεῖ; βούλεσθε λαρινῷ βοΐ;
925

Χορός

βοΐ; μηδαμῶς, ἵνα μὴ βοηθεῖν ποι δέῃ.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ ὑὶ παχείᾳ καὶ μεγάλῃ;

Χορός

μὴ μή.

Τρυγαῖος

τιή;

Χορός

ἵνα μὴ γένηται Θεογένους ὑηνία.

Τρυγαῖος

τῷ δὴ δοκεῖ σοι δῆτα τῶν λοιπῶν;

Χορός

ὀί.

Τρυγαῖος

ὀί;
930

Χορός

ναὶ μὰ Δίʼ.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλὰ τοῦτό γʼ ἔστʼ Ἰωνικὸν

τὸ ῥῆμʼ.

Χορός

ἐπίτηδές γʼ, ἵνʼ ὅταν ἐν τἠκκλησίᾳ

ὡς χρὴ πολεμεῖν λέγῃ τις, οἱ καθήμενοι

ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους λέγωσʼ Ἰωνικῶς ὀὶ—

Τρυγαῖος

εὖ τοι λέγεις.

Χορός

καὶ τἄλλα γʼ ὦσιν ἤπιοι.

ὥστʼ ἐσόμεθʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους
935

καὶ τοῖσι συμμάχοισι πρᾳότεροι πολύ.

Τρυγαῖος

ἴθι νυν ἄγʼ ὡς τάχιστα τὸ πρόβατον λαβών·

ἐγὼ δὲ ποριῶ βωμὸν ἐφʼ ὅτου θύσομεν.

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.) — 922 focus

Servant

Well then, what must be done now?

Trygaeus

You must offer pots of green-stuff to the goddess to consecrate her altars.

Chorus

Pots of green-stuff as we do to poor Hermes —and even he thinks the fare pretty mean?

Trygaeus

925 What will you offer then? A fatted bull?

Chorus

Oh no! I don't want to start bellowing the battle-cry.

Trygaeus

A great fat swine then?

Chorus

No, no.

Trygaeus

Why not?

Chorus

We don't want any of the swinishness of Theagenes.

Trygaeus

What other victim do you prefer then?

Chorus

A sheep.

Trygaeus

930 A sheep?

Chorus

Yes, by Zeus.

Trygaeus

But that's the Ionic form of the word.

Chorus

Purposely. So that if anyone in the assembly says, “We must go to war,” all may start bleating in alarm, “Ba-ah, ba-ah!.”

Trygaeus

A brilliant idea.

Chorus

935 And we shall all be lambs one toward the other, yes, and milder still toward the allies.

Trygaeus

Then go for the sheep and haste to bring it back with you; I will prepare the altar for the sacrifice. They both leave.

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.) — 922 focus

Slave: Come now, what must we do from here?

Trygaeus: But what else is there to be established with this pot?

Chorus: pots, as if reproaching a Hermes-shrine?

Trygaeus: So what do you think? Do you want a larinum ox?

925

Chorus: A bellow? By no means, so that it may not be necessary to help anyone.

Trygaeus: But a thick and large pig?

Chorus: No, no.

Trygaeus: what?

Chorus: so that Theogenes' daughter may not be born.

Trygaeus: But to whom, pray, does it now seem to you, then, of the rest?

Chorus: Oho.

Trygaeus: Ouch?

930

Chorus: yes, by Zeus.

Trygaeus: But this is Ionian.

Trygaeus: the word.

Chorus: Intentionally, so that whenever in the assembly

Chorus: Let someone say how one ought to wage war, you who are seated.

Chorus: They are speaking Ionically because of fear, oh—

Trygaeus: You speak well.

Chorus: And let the rest be mild too.

Chorus: So we shall be lambs to one another in our behavior.

935

Chorus: and softer to the allies by far.

Trygaeus: Go now, and taking the sheep, as quickly as possible;

Trygaeus: And I will procure an altar on which we will sacrifice.

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Οἰκέτης ἄγε δὴ τί νῷν ἐντευθενὶ ποιητέον;

Τρυγαῖος τί δʼ ἄλλο γʼ ἢ ταύτην χύτραις ἱδρυτέον;

Χορός χύτραισιν, ὥσπερ μεμφόμενον Ἑρμῄδιον;

Τρυγαῖος τί δαὶ δοκεῖ; βούλεσθε λαρινῷ βοΐ; 925

Χορός βοΐ; μηδαμῶς, ἵνα μὴ βοηθεῖν ποι δέῃ.

Τρυγαῖος ἀλλʼ ὑὶ παχείᾳ καὶ μεγάλῃ;

Χορός μὴ μή.

Τρυγαῖος τιή;

Χορός ἵνα μὴ γένηται Θεογένους ὑηνία.

Τρυγαῖος τῷ δὴ δοκεῖ σοι δῆτα τῶν λοιπῶν;

Χορός ὀί.

Τρυγαῖος ὀί; 930

Χορός ναὶ μὰ Δίʼ.

Τρυγαῖος ἀλλὰ τοῦτό γʼ ἔστʼ Ἰωνικὸν τὸ ῥῆμʼ.

Χορός ἐπίτηδές γʼ, ἵνʼ ὅταν ἐν τἠκκλησίᾳ ὡς χρὴ πολεμεῖν λέγῃ τις, οἱ καθήμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους λέγωσʼ Ἰωνικῶς ὀὶ—

Τρυγαῖος εὖ τοι λέγεις.

Χορός καὶ τἄλλα γʼ ὦσιν ἤπιοι. ὥστʼ ἐσόμεθʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους 935 καὶ τοῖσι συμμάχοισι πρᾳότεροι πολύ.

Τρυγαῖος ἴθι νυν ἄγʼ ὡς τάχιστα τὸ πρόβατον λαβών· ἐγὼ δὲ ποριῶ βωμὸν ἐφʼ ὅτου θύσομεν.

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Servant Well then, what must be done now?

Trygaeus You must offer pots of green-stuff to the goddess to consecrate her altars.

Chorus Pots of green-stuff as we do to poor Hermes —and even he thinks the fare pretty mean?

Trygaeus 925 What will you offer then? A fatted bull?

Chorus Oh no! I don't want to start bellowing the battle-cry.

Trygaeus A great fat swine then?

Chorus No, no.

Trygaeus Why not?

Chorus We don't want any of the swinishness of Theagenes.

Trygaeus What other victim do you prefer then?

Chorus A sheep.

Trygaeus 930 A sheep?

Chorus Yes, by Zeus.

Trygaeus But that's the Ionic form of the word.

Chorus Purposely. So that if anyone in the assembly says, “We must go to war,” all may start bleating in alarm, “Ba-ah, ba-ah!.”

Trygaeus A brilliant idea.

Chorus 935 And we shall all be lambs one toward the other, yes, and milder still toward the allies.

Trygaeus Then go for the sheep and haste to bring it back with you; I will prepare the altar for the sacrifice. They both leave.

Stable identifiers

Οἰκέτης

ἄγε δὴ τί νῷν ἐντευθενὶ ποιητέον;

Τρυγαῖος

τί δʼ ἄλλο γʼ ἢ ταύτην χύτραις ἱδρυτέον;

Χορός

χύτραισιν, ὥσπερ μεμφόμενον Ἑρμῄδιον;

Τρυγαῖος

τί δαὶ δοκεῖ; βούλεσθε λαρινῷ βοΐ;
925

Χορός

βοΐ; μηδαμῶς, ἵνα μὴ βοηθεῖν ποι δέῃ.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ ὑὶ παχείᾳ καὶ μεγάλῃ;

Χορός

μὴ μή.

Τρυγαῖος

τιή;

Χορός

ἵνα μὴ γένηται Θεογένους ὑηνία.

Τρυγαῖος

τῷ δὴ δοκεῖ σοι δῆτα τῶν λοιπῶν;

Χορός

ὀί.

Τρυγαῖος

ὀί;
930

Χορός

ναὶ μὰ Δίʼ.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλὰ τοῦτό γʼ ἔστʼ Ἰωνικὸν

τὸ ῥῆμʼ.

Χορός

ἐπίτηδές γʼ, ἵνʼ ὅταν ἐν τἠκκλησίᾳ

ὡς χρὴ πολεμεῖν λέγῃ τις, οἱ καθήμενοι

ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους λέγωσʼ Ἰωνικῶς ὀὶ—

Τρυγαῖος

εὖ τοι λέγεις.

Χορός

καὶ τἄλλα γʼ ὦσιν ἤπιοι.

ὥστʼ ἐσόμεθʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους
935

καὶ τοῖσι συμμάχοισι πρᾳότεροι πολύ.

Τρυγαῖος

ἴθι νυν ἄγʼ ὡς τάχιστα τὸ πρόβατον λαβών·

ἐγὼ δὲ ποριῶ βωμὸν ἐφʼ ὅτου θύσομεν.

Servant

Well then, what must be done now?

Trygaeus

You must offer pots of green-stuff to the goddess to consecrate her altars.

Chorus

Pots of green-stuff as we do to poor Hermes —and even he thinks the fare pretty mean?

Trygaeus

925 What will you offer then? A fatted bull?

Chorus

Oh no! I don't want to start bellowing the battle-cry.

Trygaeus

A great fat swine then?

Chorus

No, no.

Trygaeus

Why not?

Chorus

We don't want any of the swinishness of Theagenes.

Trygaeus

What other victim do you prefer then?

Chorus

A sheep.

Trygaeus

930 A sheep?

Chorus

Yes, by Zeus.

Trygaeus

But that's the Ionic form of the word.

Chorus

Purposely. So that if anyone in the assembly says, “We must go to war,” all may start bleating in alarm, “Ba-ah, ba-ah!.”

Trygaeus

A brilliant idea.

Chorus

935 And we shall all be lambs one toward the other, yes, and milder still toward the allies.

Trygaeus

Then go for the sheep and haste to bring it back with you; I will prepare the altar for the sacrifice. They both leave.