Aristophanes, Birds, ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr., 539

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Chorus
Singing.

Man, your words have 540 made my heart bleed; I have groaned over the treachery of our fathers, who knew not how to transmit to us the high rank they held from their forefathers. But 'tis a benevolent Genius, a happy Fate, that sends you to us; 545 you shall be our deliverer and I place the destiny of my little ones and my own in your hands with every confidence.

Birds. Aristophanes. ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.. New York. 1938.

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Birds (OCR draft) (English) (Anonymous translation, 1938 compilation; legacy Perseus source migration. Preserved separately from the revised canonical perseus-eng2 at the project owner's request.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Ὄρνιθες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 539 focus

Χορός

πολὺ δὴ πολὺ δὴ χαλεπωτάτους λόγους

ἤνεγκας ἄνθρωφʼ. ὡς ἐδάκρυσά γʼ ἐμῶν
540

πατέρων κάκην, οἳ

τάσδε τὰς τιμὰς προγόνων παραδόντων

ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ κατέλυσαν.

σὺ δέ μοι κατὰ δαίμονα καί τινα συντυχίαν

ἀγαθὴν ἥκεις ἐμοὶ σωτήρ.
545

ἀναθεὶς γὰρ ἐγώ σοι

τὰ νεοττία κἀμαυτὸν οἰκήσω.

Translations (2)

Birds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Complete Greek Drama, Vol. 2. Anonymous, translator. O'Neill, Eugene; Oates, Whitney Jennings, editors. New York: Random House, 1938 (printing).)

No corresponding passage available

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.) — 539 focus

Chorus: very, very, very difficult words

Chorus: You have brought a man. How I have wept for my [own]!

540

Chorus: from the evil of fathers, who

Chorus: granting these honors to their ancestors

Chorus: They stayed with me.

Chorus: but you, according to a divine sign and some sort of coincidence,

Chorus: You have come as a savior, bringing good things to me.

545

Chorus: for having offered you I

Chorus: I will inhabit both the chicks and myself.

Aristophanes Birds 539

ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.

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