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τριχορρυεῖτον, οὐδέν ἐστον τὼ λόφω.

The adjective τριχορρυεῖτον (trisyllabic, from τριχορρύετος, 'three-streamed' or 'having three channels') is a hapax legomenon in the surviving corpus of Aristophanes, describing a specific topographical feature of the λόφω (the hill). The construction relies on the rare neuter singular form used predicatively with ἐστον (an older form of ἦν, common in comedy and Doric dialects), creating a descriptive phrase that emphasizes the unique hydrological or geological nature of the hill in question, likely a specific local landmark in the Attic countryside that would have been immediately recognizable to the contemporary audience but is obscure to modern readers without specific topographical knowledge.

Peace. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Εἰρήνη Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1191-1304 focus

Τρυγαῖος

ἰοὺ ἰού.

ὅσον τὸ χρῆμʼ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἦλθʼ ἐς τοὺς γάμους.

ἔχʼ ἀποκάθαιρε τὰς τραπέζας ταυτῃί·

πάντως γὰρ οὐδὲν ὄφελός ἐστʼ αὐτῆς ἔτι.

ἔπειτʼ ἐπιφόρει τοὺς ἀμύλους καὶ τὰς κίχλας
1195

καὶ τῶν λαγῴων πολλὰ καὶ τοὺς κολλάβους.

Δρεπανουργός

ποῦ ποῦ Τρυγαῖός ἐστιν;

Τρυγαῖος

ἀναβράττω κίχλας.

Δρεπανουργός

ὦ φίλτατʼ ὦ Τρυγαἶ ὅσʼ ἡμᾶς τἀγαθὰ

δέδρακας εἰρήνην ποιήσας· ὡς πρὸ τοῦ

οὐδεὶς ἐπρίατʼ ἂν δρέπανον οὐδὲ κολλύβου,
1200

νυνὶ δὲ πεντήκοντα δραχμῶν ἐμπολῶ·

ὁδὶ δὲ τριδράχμους τοὺς κάδους ἐς τοὺς ἀγρούς.

ἀλλʼ ὦ Τρυγαῖε τῶν δρεπάνων τε λάμβανε

καὶ τῶνδʼ ὅ τι βούλει προῖκα· καὶ ταυτὶ δέχου·

ἀφʼ ὧν γὰρ ἀπεδόμεσθα κἀκερδήναμεν
1205

τὰ δῶρα ταυτί σοι φέρομεν ἐς τοὺς γάμους.

Τρυγαῖος

ἴθι νυν καταθέμενοι παρʼ ἐμοὶ ταῦτʼ εἴσιτε

ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ὡς τάχιστα· καὶ γὰρ οὑτοσὶ

ὅπλων κάπηλος ἀχθόμενος προσέρχεται.

Λοφοποιός

οἴμʼ ὡς προθέλυμνόν μʼ ὦ Τρυγαἶ ἀπώλεσας.
1210

Τρυγαῖος

τί δʼ ἔστιν ὦ κακόδαιμον; οὔτι που λοφᾷς;

Λοφοποιός

ἀπώλεσάς μου τὴν τέχνην καὶ τὸν βίον,

καὶ τουτουὶ καὶ τοῦ δορυξοῦ ʼκεινονί.

Τρυγαῖος

τί δῆτα τουτοινὶ καταθῶ σοι τοῖν λόφοιν;

Λοφοποιός

αὐτὸς σὺ τί δίδως;
1215

Τρυγαῖος

ὅ τι δίδωμʼ; αἰσχύνομαι.

ὅμως δʼ ὅτι τὸ σφήκωμʼ ἔχει πόνον πολύν,

δοίην ἂν αὐτοῖν ἰσχάδων τρεῖς χοίνικας.

ἵνʼ ἀποκαθαίρω τὴν τράπεζαν τουτῳί.

Λοφοποιός

ἔνεγκε τοίνυν εἰσιὼν τὰς ἰσχάδας·

κρεῖττον γὰρ ὦ τᾶν ἐστιν ἢ μηδὲν λαβεῖν.
1220

Τρυγαῖος

ἀπόφερʼ ἀπόφερʼ ἐς κόρακας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας.

τριχορρυεῖτον, οὐδέν ἐστον τὼ λόφω.

οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδʼ ἂν ἰσχάδος μιᾶς.

Θωρακοπώλης

τί δαὶ δεκάμνῳ τῷδε θώρηκος κύτει

ἐνημμένῳ κάλλιστα χρήσομαι τάλας;
1225

Τρυγαῖος

οὗτος μὲν οὐ μή σοι ποιήσει ζημίαν.

ἀλλʼ αἶρέ μοι τοῦτόν γε τῆς ἰσωνίας·

ἐναποπατεῖν γάρ ἐστʼ ἐπιτήδειος πάνυ—

Θωρακοπώλης

παῦσαί μʼ ὑβρίζων τοῖς ἐμοῖσι χρήμασιν.

1230

Τρυγαῖος

ὡδὶ παραθέντι τρεῖς λίθους. οὐ δεξιῶς;
1230

Θωρακοπώλης

ποίᾳ δʼ ἀποψήσει ποτʼ ὦμαθέστατε;

Τρυγαῖος

τῃδὶ διεὶς τὴν χεῖρα διὰ τῆς θαλαμιᾶς

καὶ τῇδʼ.

Θωρακοπώλης

ἅμʼ ἀμφοῖν δῆτʼ;

Τρυγαῖος

ἔγωγε νὴ Δία,

ἵνα μή γʼ ἁλῶ τρύπημα κλέπτων τῆς νεώς.

Θωρακοπώλης

ἔπειτʼ ἐπὶ δεκάμνῳ χεσεῖ καθήμενος;
1235

Τρυγαῖος

ἔγωγε νὴ Δίʼ ὦπίτριπτʼ. οἴει γὰρ ἂν

τὸν πρωκτὸν ἀποδόσθαι με χιλιῶν δραχμῶν;

Θωρακοπώλης

ἴθι δὴ ʼξένεγκε τἀργύριον.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ ὦγαθὲ

θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον. ἀπόφερʼ, οὐκ ὠνήσομαι.

Σαλπιγγοποιός

τί δʼ ἆρα τῇ σάλπιγγι τῇδε χρήσομαι,
1240

ἣν ἐπριάμην δραχμῶν ποθʼ ἑξήκοντʼ ἐγώ;

Τρυγαῖος

μόλυβδον ἐς τουτὶ τὸ κοῖλον ἐγχέας

ἔπειτʼ ἄνωθεν ῥάβδον ἐνθεὶς ὑπόμακρον,

γενήσεταί σοι τῶν κατακτῶν κοττάβων.

Σαλπιγγοποιός

οἴμοι καταγελᾷς.
1245

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ ἕτερον παραινέσω.

τὸν μὲν μόλυβδον, ὥσπερ εἶπον, ἔγχεον,

ἐντευθενὶ δὲ σπαρτίοις ἠρτημένην

πλάστιγγα πρόσθες, καὐτό σοι γενήσεται

τὰ σῦκʼ ἐν ἀγρῷ τοῖς οἰκέταισιν ἱστάναι.

Κρανοποιός

ὦ δυσκάθαρτε δαῖμον ὥς μʼ ἀπώλεσας,
1250

ὅτʼ ἀντέδωκά γʼ ἀντὶ τῶνδε μνᾶν ποτέ·

καὶ νῦν τί δράσω; τίς γὰρ αὔτʼ ὠνήσεται;

Τρυγαῖος

πώλει βαδίζων αὐτὰ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις·

ἔστιν γὰρ ἐπιτήδεια συρμαίαν μετρεῖν.

Δορυξός

οἴμʼ ὦ κρανοποίʼ ὡς ἀθλίως πεπράγαμεν.
1255

Τρυγαῖος

οὗτος μὲν οὐ πέπονθεν οὐδέν.

Δορυξός

ἀλλὰ τί

ἔτʼ ἐστὶ τοῖσι κράνεσιν ὅ τι τις χρήσεται;

Τρυγαῖος

ἐὰν τοιαυτασὶ μάθῃ λαβὰς ποιεῖν,

ἄμεινον ἢ νῦν αὔτʼ ἀποδώσεται πολύ.

Κρανοποιός

ἀπίωμεν ὦ δορυξέ.
1260

Τρυγαῖος

μηδαμῶς γʼ, ἐπεὶ

τούτῳ γʼ ἐγὼ τὰ δόρατα ταῦτʼ ὠνήσομαι.

Δορυξός

πόσον δίδως δῆτʼ;

Τρυγαῖος

εἰ διαπρισθεῖεν δίχα,

λάβοιμʼ ἂν αὔτʼ ἐς χάρακας ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς.

Δορυξός

ὑβριζόμεθα. χωρῶμεν ὦ τᾶν ἐκποδών.

Τρυγαῖος

νὴ τὸν Δίʼ, ὡς τὰ παιδίʼ ἤδη ʼξέρχεται
1265

οὐρησόμενα τὰ τῶν ἐπικλήτων δεῦρʼ, ἵνα

ἅττʼ ᾄσεται προαναβάληταί μοι δοκεῖ.

ἀλλʼ ὅ τι περ ᾄδειν ἐπινοεῖς ὦ παιδίον,

αὐτοῦ παρʼ ἐμὲ στὰν πρότερον ἀναβαλοῦ ʼνθαδί.

1270

Παῖς Λαμάχου

νῦν αὖθʼ ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν ἀρχώμεθα—
1270

Τρυγαῖος

παῦσαι

ὁπλοτέρους ᾆδον, καὶ ταῦτ ὦ τρισκακόδαιμον

εἰρήνης οὔσης· ἀμαθές γʼ εἶ καὶ κατάρατον.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

οἱ δʼ ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες,

σύν ῥʼ ἔβαλον ῥινούς τε καὶ ἀσπίδας ὀμφαλοέσσας.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀσπίδας; οὐ παύσει μεμνημένος ἀσπίδος ἡμῖν;
1275

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ἔνθα δʼ ἅμʼ οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλὴ πέλεν ἀνδρῶν.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀνδρῶν οἰμωγή; κλαύσει νὴ τὸν Διόνυσον

οἰμωγὰς ᾄδων, καὶ ταύτας ὀμφαλοέσσας.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ἀλλὰ τί δῆτʼ ᾄδω; σὺ γὰρ εἰπέ μοι οἷστισι χαίρεις.

Τρυγαῖος

ὣς οἱ μὲν δαίνυντο βοῶν κρέα, καὶ τὰ τοιαυτί·
1280

ἄριστον προτίθεντο καὶ ἅτθʼ ἥδιστα πάσασθαι.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ὣς οἱ μὲν δαίνυντο βοῶν κρέα, καὐχένας ἵππων

ἔκλυον ἱδρώοντας, ἐπεὶ πολέμου ἐκόρεσθεν.

Τρυγαῖος

εἶεν; ἐκόρεσθεν τοῦ πολέμου κᾆτʼ ἤσθιον.

ταῦτʼ ᾆδε, ταῦθʼ, ὡς ἤσθιον κεκορημένοι.
1285

Παῖς Λαμάχου

θωρήσσοντʼ ἄρʼ ὄτειτα πεπαυμένοι—

Τρυγαῖος

ἄσμενοι, οἶμαι.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

πύργων δʼ ἐξεχέοντο, βοὴ δʼ ἄσβεστος ὀρώρει.

Τρυγαῖος

κάκιστʼ ἀπόλοιο παιδάριον αὐταῖς μάχαις·

οὐδὲν γὰρ ᾄδεις πλὴν πολέμους. τοῦ καί ποτʼ εἶ;

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ἐγώ;
1290

Τρυγαῖος

σὺ μέντοι νὴ Δίʼ.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

υἱὸς Λαμάχου.

Τρυγαῖος

αἰβοῖ·

ἦ γὰρ ἐγὼ θαύμαζον ἀκούων, εἰ σὺ μὴ εἴης

ἀνδρὸς βουλομάχου καὶ κλαυσιμάχου τινὸς υἱός.

ἄπερρε καὶ τοῖς λογχοφόροισιν ᾆδʼ ἰών.

ποῦ μοι τὸ τοῦ Κλεωνύμου ʼστὶ παιδίον;
1295

ᾆσον πρὶν εἰσιέναι τι· σὺ γὰρ εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι

οὐ πράγματʼ ᾄσει· σώφρονος γὰρ εἶ πατρός.

1298

Παῖς Κλεωνύμου

ἀσπίδι μὲν Σαΐων τις ἀγάλλεται, ἣν παρὰ θάμνῳ

ἔντος ἀμώμητον κάλλιπον οὐκ ἐθέλων.

Τρυγαῖος

εἰπέ μοι ὦ πόσθων, ἐς τὸν σαυτοῦ πατέρʼ ᾄδεις;
1300

Παῖς Κλεωνύμου

ψυχὴν δʼ ἐξεσάωσα—

Τρυγαῖος

κατῄσχυνας δὲ τοκῆας.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ εἰσίωμεν. εὖ γὰρ οἶδʼ ἐγὼ σαφῶς

ὅτι ταῦθʼ ὅσʼ ᾖσας ἄρτι περὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος

οὐ μὴ ʼπιλάθῃ ποτʼ ὢν ἐκείνου τοῦ πατρός.

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Peace (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1230 focus

Trygaeus

1230 ... if propped on three stones. He sits on it.Look, it's admirable.

Armourer

But how can you wipe yourself, idiot?

Trygaeus
with appropriate gestures.

I can put one hand through here, and the other there, and so ...

Armourer

What! do you wipe yourself with both hands?

Trygaeus

Aye, so that I may not be accused of robbing the State, by blocking up an oar-hole in the galley.

Armourer

1235 Would you crap in a thunder-mug that cost ten minae?

Trygaeus

Undoubtedly, you rascal. Do you think I would sell my arse for a thousand drachmae?

Armourer

Come, have the money paid over to me.

Trygaeus

No, friend; I find it pinches my bottom. Take it away, I won't buy it.

Maker of War Trumpets

1240 What is to be done with this trumpet, for which I gave sixty drachmae the other day?

Trygaeus

Pour lead into the hollow and fit a good, long stick to the top; and you will have a balanced cottabus.

Maker of War Trumpets

1245 Don't mock me.

Trygaeus

Well, here's another idea. Pour in lead as I said, add here a dish hung on strings, and you will have a balance for weighing the figs which you give your slaves in the fields.

Helmet Maker

1250 Cursed fate! I am ruined. Here are helmets, for which I gave a mina each. What am I to do with them? who will buy them?

Trygaeus

Go and sell them to the Egyptians; they will do for measuring laxatives.

Spear Maker

1255 >Ah! poor helmet-maker, things are indeed in a bad way.

Trygaeus

He has no cause for complaint.

Spear Maker

But helmets will be no more used.

Trygaeus

Let him learn to fit a handle to them and he can sell them for more money.

Helmet Maker

1260 Let us be off, comrade.

Trygaeus

No, I want to buy these spears.

Spear Maker

What will you give?

Trygaeus

If they could be split in two, I would take them at a drachma per hundred to use as vine-props.

Spear Maker

The insolent dog! Let us go, friend.

The munitions-makers all depart.

Trygaeus
As some young boys enter.

1265 Ah! here come the guests, young folks from the table to take a pee; I fancy they also want to hum over what they will be singing presently. Hi! child! what do you reckon to sing? Stand there and give me the opening line.

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.) — 1230 focus

Trygaeus: Thus, having placed three stones. Not skillfully?

1230

Thoracopoles: With what gaze, most foolish, will you ever look at me?

Trygaeus: having thrust his hand through the hatch.

Trygaeus: And this one too.

Thoracopoles: "Together with both of them, then?"

Trygaeus: By Zeus, I certainly do,

Trygaeus: so that I may not be caught stealing a hole in the ship.

Thoracopoles: Then, while sitting on a ten-pounder, will he urinate?

1235

Trygaeus: By Zeus, I'm absolutely right! For you would think

Trygaeus: that the rectum be given back for a thousand drachmas?

Thoracopolis: Go now, stranger, and bring the money.

Trygaeus: but, good sir

Trygaeus: Press down the trough. Carry it off, I shall not buy it.

Trumpet-maker: But what shall I do with this trumpet,

1240

Trumpet-maker: Which one did I buy for sixty drachmas, I wonder?

Trygaeus: pour lead into this hollow.

Trygaeus: then, having put a rod from above and a mat underneath,

Trygaeus: There will be knucklebones for you to gamble with.

Trumpet-Maker: Alas, you are laughing at me.

1245

Trygaeus: But I will give another piece of advice.

Trygaeus: pour the lead, as I said,

Trygaeus: and here it is hung up with ropes

Trygaeus: place the scales on top, and it will happen to you as well.

Trygaeus: to set the figs in the field for the slaves.

Cranemaker: O filthy demon, how you have destroyed me!

1250

Cranemaker: whenever I gave back a mina in exchange for these things once;

Crane-maker: And now what shall I do? For who will buy it?

Trygaeus: I sell them, walking to the Egyptians;

Trygaeus: For there are tools for measuring the rope.

Doryxos: Alas, O jar-makers, how wretchedly we have fared.

1255

Trygaeus: This one has suffered nothing.

Doryxus: But what

Doryxos: Is there still anything for which someone will use the helmets?

Trygaeus: if he learns to make such traps,

Trygaeus: He will give back more than he does now.

Crane-Poet: Let us go, O spear-bearer.

1260

Trygaeus: By no means, since

Trygaeus: By this one, I shall buy these spears.

Doryxus: How much are you actually giving?

Trygaeus: if they were cut apart from one another,

Trygaeus: I would take a hundred of them for the sake of a drachma.

Doryxus: We are being insulted. Let us get out of the way, you wretches.

Trygaeus: By Zeus, how the children are already coming out.

1265

Trygaeus: Let the urine of the courtesans be poured here, so that

Trygaeus: What will be sung, it seems to me that I will have sung beforehand.

Trygaeus: but whatever you think of singing, child,

Trygaeus: Here, stand by me as before, and wait here.

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Δρεπανουργός ποῦ ποῦ Τρυγαῖός ἐστιν;

Τρυγαῖος ἀναβράττω κίχλας.

Τρυγαῖος ἴθι νυν καταθέμενοι παρʼ ἐμοὶ ταῦτʼ εἴσιτε ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ὡς τάχιστα· καὶ γὰρ οὑτοσὶ ὅπλων κάπηλος ἀχθόμενος προσέρχεται.

Λοφοποιός οἴμʼ ὡς προθέλυμνόν μʼ ὦ Τρυγαἶ ἀπώλεσας. 1210

Τρυγαῖος τί δʼ ἔστιν ὦ κακόδαιμον; οὔτι που λοφᾷς;

Λοφοποιός ἀπώλεσάς μου τὴν τέχνην καὶ τὸν βίον, καὶ τουτουὶ καὶ τοῦ δορυξοῦ ʼκεινονί.

Τρυγαῖος τί δῆτα τουτοινὶ καταθῶ σοι τοῖν λόφοιν;

Λοφοποιός αὐτὸς σὺ τί δίδως; 1215

Τρυγαῖος ὅ τι δίδωμʼ; αἰσχύνομαι. ὅμως δʼ ὅτι τὸ σφήκωμʼ ἔχει πόνον πολύν, δοίην ἂν αὐτοῖν ἰσχάδων τρεῖς χοίνικας. ἵνʼ ἀποκαθαίρω τὴν τράπεζαν τουτῳί.

Λοφοποιός ἔνεγκε τοίνυν εἰσιὼν τὰς ἰσχάδας· κρεῖττον γὰρ ὦ τᾶν ἐστιν ἢ μηδὲν λαβεῖν. 1220

Τρυγαῖος ἀπόφερʼ ἀπόφερʼ ἐς κόρακας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας. τριχορρυεῖτον, οὐδέν ἐστον τὼ λόφω. οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδʼ ἂν ἰσχάδος μιᾶς.

Θωρακοπώλης τί δαὶ δεκάμνῳ τῷδε θώρηκος κύτει ἐνημμένῳ κάλλιστα χρήσομαι τάλας; 1225

Τρυγαῖος οὗτος μὲν οὐ μή σοι ποιήσει ζημίαν. ἀλλʼ αἶρέ μοι τοῦτόν γε τῆς ἰσωνίας· ἐναποπατεῖν γάρ ἐστʼ ἐπιτήδειος πάνυ—

Θωρακοπώλης παῦσαί μʼ ὑβρίζων τοῖς ἐμοῖσι χρήμασιν.

Τρυγαῖος ὡδὶ παραθέντι τρεῖς λίθους. οὐ δεξιῶς; 1230

Θωρακοπώλης ποίᾳ δʼ ἀποψήσει ποτʼ ὦμαθέστατε;

Τρυγαῖος τῃδὶ διεὶς τὴν χεῖρα διὰ τῆς θαλαμιᾶς καὶ τῇδʼ.

Θωρακοπώλης ἅμʼ ἀμφοῖν δῆτʼ;

Τρυγαῖος ἔγωγε νὴ Δία, ἵνα μή γʼ ἁλῶ τρύπημα κλέπτων τῆς νεώς.

Θωρακοπώλης ἔπειτʼ ἐπὶ δεκάμνῳ χεσεῖ καθήμενος; 1235

Τρυγαῖος ἔγωγε νὴ Δίʼ ὦπίτριπτʼ. οἴει γὰρ ἂν τὸν πρωκτὸν ἀποδόσθαι με χιλιῶν δραχμῶν;

Θωρακοπώλης ἴθι δὴ ʼξένεγκε τἀργύριον.

Τρυγαῖος ἀλλʼ ὦγαθὲ θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον. ἀπόφερʼ, οὐκ ὠνήσομαι.

Σαλπιγγοποιός τί δʼ ἆρα τῇ σάλπιγγι τῇδε χρήσομαι, 1240 ἣν ἐπριάμην δραχμῶν ποθʼ ἑξήκοντʼ ἐγώ;

Τρυγαῖος μόλυβδον ἐς τουτὶ τὸ κοῖλον ἐγχέας ἔπειτʼ ἄνωθεν ῥάβδον ἐνθεὶς ὑπόμακρον, γενήσεταί σοι τῶν κατακτῶν κοττάβων.

Σαλπιγγοποιός οἴμοι καταγελᾷς. 1245

Κρανοποιός ὦ δυσκάθαρτε δαῖμον ὥς μʼ ἀπώλεσας, 1250 ὅτʼ ἀντέδωκά γʼ ἀντὶ τῶνδε μνᾶν ποτέ· καὶ νῦν τί δράσω; τίς γὰρ αὔτʼ ὠνήσεται;

Τρυγαῖος πώλει βαδίζων αὐτὰ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις· ἔστιν γὰρ ἐπιτήδεια συρμαίαν μετρεῖν.

Δορυξός οἴμʼ ὦ κρανοποίʼ ὡς ἀθλίως πεπράγαμεν. 1255

Τρυγαῖος οὗτος μὲν οὐ πέπονθεν οὐδέν.

Δορυξός ἀλλὰ τί ἔτʼ ἐστὶ τοῖσι κράνεσιν ὅ τι τις χρήσεται;

Τρυγαῖος ἐὰν τοιαυτασὶ μάθῃ λαβὰς ποιεῖν, ἄμεινον ἢ νῦν αὔτʼ ἀποδώσεται πολύ.

Κρανοποιός ἀπίωμεν ὦ δορυξέ. 1260

Τρυγαῖος μηδαμῶς γʼ, ἐπεὶ τούτῳ γʼ ἐγὼ τὰ δόρατα ταῦτʼ ὠνήσομαι.

Δορυξός πόσον δίδως δῆτʼ;

Τρυγαῖος εἰ διαπρισθεῖεν δίχα, λάβοιμʼ ἂν αὔτʼ ἐς χάρακας ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς.

Δορυξός ὑβριζόμεθα. χωρῶμεν ὦ τᾶν ἐκποδών.

Παῖς Λαμάχου νῦν αὖθʼ ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν ἀρχώμεθα— 1270

Τρυγαῖος παῦσαι ὁπλοτέρους ᾆδον, καὶ ταῦτ ὦ τρισκακόδαιμον εἰρήνης οὔσης· ἀμαθές γʼ εἶ καὶ κατάρατον.

Παῖς Λαμάχου οἱ δʼ ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες, σύν ῥʼ ἔβαλον ῥινούς τε καὶ ἀσπίδας ὀμφαλοέσσας.

Τρυγαῖος ἀσπίδας; οὐ παύσει μεμνημένος ἀσπίδος ἡμῖν; 1275

Παῖς Λαμάχου ἔνθα δʼ ἅμʼ οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλὴ πέλεν ἀνδρῶν.

Τρυγαῖος ἀνδρῶν οἰμωγή; κλαύσει νὴ τὸν Διόνυσον οἰμωγὰς ᾄδων, καὶ ταύτας ὀμφαλοέσσας.

Παῖς Λαμάχου ἀλλὰ τί δῆτʼ ᾄδω; σὺ γὰρ εἰπέ μοι οἷστισι χαίρεις.

Τρυγαῖος ὣς οἱ μὲν δαίνυντο βοῶν κρέα, καὶ τὰ τοιαυτί· 1280 ἄριστον προτίθεντο καὶ ἅτθʼ ἥδιστα πάσασθαι.

Παῖς Λαμάχου ὣς οἱ μὲν δαίνυντο βοῶν κρέα, καὐχένας ἵππων ἔκλυον ἱδρώοντας, ἐπεὶ πολέμου ἐκόρεσθεν.

Τρυγαῖος εἶεν; ἐκόρεσθεν τοῦ πολέμου κᾆτʼ ἤσθιον. ταῦτʼ ᾆδε, ταῦθʼ, ὡς ἤσθιον κεκορημένοι. 1285

Παῖς Λαμάχου θωρήσσοντʼ ἄρʼ ὄτειτα πεπαυμένοι—

Τρυγαῖος ἄσμενοι, οἶμαι.

Παῖς Λαμάχου πύργων δʼ ἐξεχέοντο, βοὴ δʼ ἄσβεστος ὀρώρει.

Τρυγαῖος κάκιστʼ ἀπόλοιο παιδάριον αὐταῖς μάχαις· οὐδὲν γὰρ ᾄδεις πλὴν πολέμους. τοῦ καί ποτʼ εἶ;

Παῖς Λαμάχου ἐγώ; 1290

Τρυγαῖος σὺ μέντοι νὴ Δίʼ.

Παῖς Λαμάχου υἱὸς Λαμάχου.

Παῖς Κλεωνύμου ἀσπίδι μὲν Σαΐων τις ἀγάλλεται, ἣν παρὰ θάμνῳ ἔντος ἀμώμητον κάλλιπον οὐκ ἐθέλων.

Τρυγαῖος εἰπέ μοι ὦ πόσθων, ἐς τὸν σαυτοῦ πατέρʼ ᾄδεις; 1300

Παῖς Κλεωνύμου ψυχὴν δʼ ἐξεσάωσα—

Τρυγαῖος κατῄσχυνας δὲ τοκῆας.

Τρυγαῖος ἀλλʼ εἰσίωμεν. εὖ γὰρ οἶδʼ ἐγὼ σαφῶς ὅτι ταῦθʼ ὅσʼ ᾖσας ἄρτι περὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος οὐ μὴ ʼπιλάθῃ ποτʼ ὢν ἐκείνου τοῦ πατρός.

Trygaeus 1230 ... if propped on three stones. He sits on it.Look, it's admirable.

Armourer But how can you wipe yourself, idiot?

Trygaeus with appropriate gestures. I can put one hand through here, and the other there, and so ...

Armourer What! do you wipe yourself with both hands?

Trygaeus Aye, so that I may not be accused of robbing the State, by blocking up an oar-hole in the galley.

Armourer 1235 Would you crap in a thunder-mug that cost ten minae?

Trygaeus Undoubtedly, you rascal. Do you think I would sell my arse for a thousand drachmae?

Armourer Come, have the money paid over to me.

Trygaeus No, friend; I find it pinches my bottom. Take it away, I won't buy it.

Maker of War Trumpets 1240 What is to be done with this trumpet, for which I gave sixty drachmae the other day?

Trygaeus Pour lead into the hollow and fit a good, long stick to the top; and you will have a balanced cottabus.

Maker of War Trumpets 1245 Don't mock me.

Trygaeus Well, here's another idea. Pour in lead as I said, add here a dish hung on strings, and you will have a balance for weighing the figs which you give your slaves in the fields.

Helmet Maker 1250 Cursed fate! I am ruined. Here are helmets, for which I gave a mina each. What am I to do with them? who will buy them?

Trygaeus Go and sell them to the Egyptians; they will do for measuring laxatives.

Spear Maker 1255 >Ah! poor helmet-maker, things are indeed in a bad way.

Trygaeus He has no cause for complaint.

Δρεπανουργός

ποῦ ποῦ Τρυγαῖός ἐστιν;

Τρυγαῖος

ἀναβράττω κίχλας.

Τρυγαῖος

ἴθι νυν καταθέμενοι παρʼ ἐμοὶ ταῦτʼ εἴσιτε

ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ὡς τάχιστα· καὶ γὰρ οὑτοσὶ

ὅπλων κάπηλος ἀχθόμενος προσέρχεται.

Λοφοποιός

οἴμʼ ὡς προθέλυμνόν μʼ ὦ Τρυγαἶ ἀπώλεσας.
1210

Τρυγαῖος

τί δʼ ἔστιν ὦ κακόδαιμον; οὔτι που λοφᾷς;

Λοφοποιός

ἀπώλεσάς μου τὴν τέχνην καὶ τὸν βίον,

καὶ τουτουὶ καὶ τοῦ δορυξοῦ ʼκεινονί.

Τρυγαῖος

τί δῆτα τουτοινὶ καταθῶ σοι τοῖν λόφοιν;

Λοφοποιός

αὐτὸς σὺ τί δίδως;
1215

Τρυγαῖος

ὅ τι δίδωμʼ; αἰσχύνομαι.

ὅμως δʼ ὅτι τὸ σφήκωμʼ ἔχει πόνον πολύν,

δοίην ἂν αὐτοῖν ἰσχάδων τρεῖς χοίνικας.

ἵνʼ ἀποκαθαίρω τὴν τράπεζαν τουτῳί.

Λοφοποιός

ἔνεγκε τοίνυν εἰσιὼν τὰς ἰσχάδας·

κρεῖττον γὰρ ὦ τᾶν ἐστιν ἢ μηδὲν λαβεῖν.
1220

Τρυγαῖος

ἀπόφερʼ ἀπόφερʼ ἐς κόρακας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας.

τριχορρυεῖτον, οὐδέν ἐστον τὼ λόφω.

οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδʼ ἂν ἰσχάδος μιᾶς.

Θωρακοπώλης

τί δαὶ δεκάμνῳ τῷδε θώρηκος κύτει

ἐνημμένῳ κάλλιστα χρήσομαι τάλας;
1225

Τρυγαῖος

οὗτος μὲν οὐ μή σοι ποιήσει ζημίαν.

ἀλλʼ αἶρέ μοι τοῦτόν γε τῆς ἰσωνίας·

ἐναποπατεῖν γάρ ἐστʼ ἐπιτήδειος πάνυ—

Θωρακοπώλης

παῦσαί μʼ ὑβρίζων τοῖς ἐμοῖσι χρήμασιν.

Τρυγαῖος

ὡδὶ παραθέντι τρεῖς λίθους. οὐ δεξιῶς;
1230

Θωρακοπώλης

ποίᾳ δʼ ἀποψήσει ποτʼ ὦμαθέστατε;

Τρυγαῖος

τῃδὶ διεὶς τὴν χεῖρα διὰ τῆς θαλαμιᾶς

καὶ τῇδʼ.

Θωρακοπώλης

ἅμʼ ἀμφοῖν δῆτʼ;

Τρυγαῖος

ἔγωγε νὴ Δία,

ἵνα μή γʼ ἁλῶ τρύπημα κλέπτων τῆς νεώς.

Θωρακοπώλης

ἔπειτʼ ἐπὶ δεκάμνῳ χεσεῖ καθήμενος;
1235

Τρυγαῖος

ἔγωγε νὴ Δίʼ ὦπίτριπτʼ. οἴει γὰρ ἂν

τὸν πρωκτὸν ἀποδόσθαι με χιλιῶν δραχμῶν;

Θωρακοπώλης

ἴθι δὴ ʼξένεγκε τἀργύριον.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ ὦγαθὲ

θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον. ἀπόφερʼ, οὐκ ὠνήσομαι.

Σαλπιγγοποιός

τί δʼ ἆρα τῇ σάλπιγγι τῇδε χρήσομαι,
1240

ἣν ἐπριάμην δραχμῶν ποθʼ ἑξήκοντʼ ἐγώ;

Τρυγαῖος

μόλυβδον ἐς τουτὶ τὸ κοῖλον ἐγχέας

ἔπειτʼ ἄνωθεν ῥάβδον ἐνθεὶς ὑπόμακρον,

γενήσεταί σοι τῶν κατακτῶν κοττάβων.

Σαλπιγγοποιός

οἴμοι καταγελᾷς.
1245

Κρανοποιός

ὦ δυσκάθαρτε δαῖμον ὥς μʼ ἀπώλεσας,
1250

ὅτʼ ἀντέδωκά γʼ ἀντὶ τῶνδε μνᾶν ποτέ·

καὶ νῦν τί δράσω; τίς γὰρ αὔτʼ ὠνήσεται;

Τρυγαῖος

πώλει βαδίζων αὐτὰ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις·

ἔστιν γὰρ ἐπιτήδεια συρμαίαν μετρεῖν.

Δορυξός

οἴμʼ ὦ κρανοποίʼ ὡς ἀθλίως πεπράγαμεν.
1255

Τρυγαῖος

οὗτος μὲν οὐ πέπονθεν οὐδέν.

Δορυξός

ἀλλὰ τί

ἔτʼ ἐστὶ τοῖσι κράνεσιν ὅ τι τις χρήσεται;

Τρυγαῖος

ἐὰν τοιαυτασὶ μάθῃ λαβὰς ποιεῖν,

ἄμεινον ἢ νῦν αὔτʼ ἀποδώσεται πολύ.

Κρανοποιός

ἀπίωμεν ὦ δορυξέ.
1260

Τρυγαῖος

μηδαμῶς γʼ, ἐπεὶ

τούτῳ γʼ ἐγὼ τὰ δόρατα ταῦτʼ ὠνήσομαι.

Δορυξός

πόσον δίδως δῆτʼ;

Τρυγαῖος

εἰ διαπρισθεῖεν δίχα,

λάβοιμʼ ἂν αὔτʼ ἐς χάρακας ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς.

Δορυξός

ὑβριζόμεθα. χωρῶμεν ὦ τᾶν ἐκποδών.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

νῦν αὖθʼ ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν ἀρχώμεθα—
1270

Τρυγαῖος

παῦσαι

ὁπλοτέρους ᾆδον, καὶ ταῦτ ὦ τρισκακόδαιμον

εἰρήνης οὔσης· ἀμαθές γʼ εἶ καὶ κατάρατον.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

οἱ δʼ ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες,

σύν ῥʼ ἔβαλον ῥινούς τε καὶ ἀσπίδας ὀμφαλοέσσας.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀσπίδας; οὐ παύσει μεμνημένος ἀσπίδος ἡμῖν;
1275

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ἔνθα δʼ ἅμʼ οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλὴ πέλεν ἀνδρῶν.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀνδρῶν οἰμωγή; κλαύσει νὴ τὸν Διόνυσον

οἰμωγὰς ᾄδων, καὶ ταύτας ὀμφαλοέσσας.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ἀλλὰ τί δῆτʼ ᾄδω; σὺ γὰρ εἰπέ μοι οἷστισι χαίρεις.

Τρυγαῖος

ὣς οἱ μὲν δαίνυντο βοῶν κρέα, καὶ τὰ τοιαυτί·
1280

ἄριστον προτίθεντο καὶ ἅτθʼ ἥδιστα πάσασθαι.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ὣς οἱ μὲν δαίνυντο βοῶν κρέα, καὐχένας ἵππων

ἔκλυον ἱδρώοντας, ἐπεὶ πολέμου ἐκόρεσθεν.

Τρυγαῖος

εἶεν; ἐκόρεσθεν τοῦ πολέμου κᾆτʼ ἤσθιον.

ταῦτʼ ᾆδε, ταῦθʼ, ὡς ἤσθιον κεκορημένοι.
1285

Παῖς Λαμάχου

θωρήσσοντʼ ἄρʼ ὄτειτα πεπαυμένοι—

Τρυγαῖος

ἄσμενοι, οἶμαι.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

πύργων δʼ ἐξεχέοντο, βοὴ δʼ ἄσβεστος ὀρώρει.

Τρυγαῖος

κάκιστʼ ἀπόλοιο παιδάριον αὐταῖς μάχαις·

οὐδὲν γὰρ ᾄδεις πλὴν πολέμους. τοῦ καί ποτʼ εἶ;

Παῖς Λαμάχου

ἐγώ;
1290

Τρυγαῖος

σὺ μέντοι νὴ Δίʼ.

Παῖς Λαμάχου

υἱὸς Λαμάχου.

Παῖς Κλεωνύμου

ἀσπίδι μὲν Σαΐων τις ἀγάλλεται, ἣν παρὰ θάμνῳ

ἔντος ἀμώμητον κάλλιπον οὐκ ἐθέλων.

Τρυγαῖος

εἰπέ μοι ὦ πόσθων, ἐς τὸν σαυτοῦ πατέρʼ ᾄδεις;
1300

Παῖς Κλεωνύμου

ψυχὴν δʼ ἐξεσάωσα—

Τρυγαῖος

κατῄσχυνας δὲ τοκῆας.

Τρυγαῖος

ἀλλʼ εἰσίωμεν. εὖ γὰρ οἶδʼ ἐγὼ σαφῶς

ὅτι ταῦθʼ ὅσʼ ᾖσας ἄρτι περὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος

οὐ μὴ ʼπιλάθῃ ποτʼ ὢν ἐκείνου τοῦ πατρός.

Trygaeus

1230 ... if propped on three stones. He sits on it.Look, it's admirable.

Armourer

But how can you wipe yourself, idiot?

Trygaeus
with appropriate gestures.

I can put one hand through here, and the other there, and so ...

Armourer

What! do you wipe yourself with both hands?

Trygaeus

Aye, so that I may not be accused of robbing the State, by blocking up an oar-hole in the galley.

Armourer

1235 Would you crap in a thunder-mug that cost ten minae?

Trygaeus

Undoubtedly, you rascal. Do you think I would sell my arse for a thousand drachmae?

Armourer

Come, have the money paid over to me.

Trygaeus

No, friend; I find it pinches my bottom. Take it away, I won't buy it.

Maker of War Trumpets

1240 What is to be done with this trumpet, for which I gave sixty drachmae the other day?

Trygaeus

Pour lead into the hollow and fit a good, long stick to the top; and you will have a balanced cottabus.

Maker of War Trumpets

1245 Don't mock me.

Trygaeus

Well, here's another idea. Pour in lead as I said, add here a dish hung on strings, and you will have a balance for weighing the figs which you give your slaves in the fields.

Helmet Maker

1250 Cursed fate! I am ruined. Here are helmets, for which I gave a mina each. What am I to do with them? who will buy them?

Trygaeus

Go and sell them to the Egyptians; they will do for measuring laxatives.

Spear Maker

1255 >Ah! poor helmet-maker, things are indeed in a bad way.

Trygaeus

He has no cause for complaint.

Spear Maker

But helmets will be no more used.

Trygaeus

Let him learn to fit a handle to them and he can sell them for more money.

Helmet Maker

1260 Let us be off, comrade.

Trygaeus

No, I want to buy these spears.