Aristophanes, Birds, ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr., 967

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Oracle-Monger

“But when the wolves and the white crows shall dwell together between Corinth and Sicyon ...”

Pisthetaerus

But how do the Corinthians concern me?

Oracle-Monger

970 It is the regions of the air that Bacis indicates in this manner.

“They must first sacrifice a white-fleeced goat to Pandora, and give the prophet who first reveals my words a good cloak and new sandals.”

Pisthetaerus

Does it say sandals there?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

975 “And besides this a goblet of wine and a good share of the entrails of the victim.”

Pisthetaerus

Of the entrails —does it say that?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

“If you do as I command, divine youth, you shall be an eagle among the clouds; if not, you shall be neither turtle-dove, nor eagle, nor woodpecker.”

Pisthetaerus

980 Does it say all that?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

Pisthetaerus

This oracle in no sort of way resembles the one Apollo dictated to me:

“If an impostor comes without invitation to annoy you during the sacrifice and to demand a share of the victim, 985 apply a stout stick to his ribs.”

Oracle-Monger

You are drivelling.

Pisthetaerus

Look at the book.

“And don't spare him, were he an eagle from out of the clouds, were it Lampon himself or the great Diopithes.”

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.) — 967 focus

Χρησμολόγος

ἀλλʼ ὅταν οἰκήσωσι λύκοι πολιαί τε κορῶναι

ἐν ταὐτῷ τὸ μεταξὺ Κορίνθου καὶ Σικυῶνος, —

Πισθέταιρος

τί οὖν προσήκει δῆτʼ ἐμοὶ Κορινθίων;

Χρησμολόγος

ᾐνίξαθʼ ὁ Βάκις τοῦτο πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα.
970

πρῶτον Πανδώρᾳ θῦσαι λευκότριχα κριόν·

ὃς δέ κʼ ἐμῶν ἐπέων ἔλθῃ πρώτιστα προφήτης,

τῷ δόμεν ἱμάτιον καθαρὸν καὶ καινὰ πέδιλα —

Πισθέταιρος

ἔνεστι καὶ τὰ πέδιλα;

Χρησμολόγος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

καὶ φιάλην δοῦναι, καὶ σπλάγχνων χεῖρʼ ἐπιπλῆσαι.
975

Πισθέταιρος

καὶ σπλάγχνα διδόνʼ ἔνεστι;

Χρησμολόγος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

κἂν μὲν θέσπιε κοῦρε ποιῇς ταῦθʼ ὡς ἐπιτέλλω,

αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλῃσι γενήσεαι· αιʼ δέ κε μὴ δῷς,

οὐκ ἔσει οὐ τρυγὼν οὐδʼ αἰετὸς οὐ δρυκολάπτης.

Πισθέταιρος

καὶ ταῦτʼ ἔνεστʼ ἐνταῦθα;
980

Χρησμολόγος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

Πισθέταιρος

οὐδὲν ἄρʼ ὅμοιός ἐσθʼ ὁ χρησμὸς τουτῳί,

ὃν ἐγὼ παρὰ τἀπόλλωνος ἐξεγραψάμην·

αὐτὰρ ἐπὴν ἄκλητος ἰὼν ἄνθρωπος ἀλαζὼν

λυπῇ θύοντας καὶ σπλαγχνεύειν ἐπιθυμῇ,

δὴ τότε χρὴ τύπτειν αὐτὸν πλευρῶν τὸ μεταξὺ —
985

Χρησμολόγος

οὐδὲν λέγειν οἶμαί σε.

Πισθέταιρος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

καὶ φείδου μηδὲν μηδʼ αἰετοῦ ἐν νεφέλῃσιν,

μήτʼ ἢν Λάμπων ᾖ μήτʼ ἢν ὁ μέγας Διοπείθης.

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.) — 967 focus

Chresmologos: But when wolves shall dwell and crows with long feathers

Prophet: at the same time, the place between Corinth and Sicyon, —

Pisthetaerus: So what, then, does concern me, Corinthians?

Oracle: Bakis has hinted at this to the air.

970

Prophet: First, sacrifice to Pandora a white-haired ram;

Prophet: And whoever comes first as a prophet from my verses,

Oracle: 'To give a clean cloak and new sandals —'

Pisthetaerus: Are the sandals also available?

Chresmologus: Take the scroll.

Chresmologus: 'And to give a bowl, and to fill a hand with entrails.'

975

Pisthetaerus: And can you give offal?

Prophet: take the book.

Prophet: and if indeed you do these things as I command, O inspired youth,

Chresmologus: you will become an eagle among the clouds; but if you do not give [it],

Oraclemonger: You will not be a thicket-woodpecker, nor an eagle, nor a woodpecker.

Pisthetaerus: And are these things present here?

980

Prophet: Take the book.

Pisthetairos: So the oracle is nothing like this one,

Pisthetaerus: whom I erased from the Delphic oracle;

Pisthetaerus: But when an uninvited, boastful man comes

Pisthetaerus: He annoys those sacrificing and wishes to have compassion,

Pisthetaerus: Now then, we must strike him in the middle of his ribs—

985

Chresmologos: I think you are saying nothing.

Pisthetaerus: Take the book.

Pisthetaerus: And spare nothing, not even an eagle in the clouds,

Pisthetaerus: neither may Lampo be, nor may the great Diopeithes be.

Aristophanes Birds 967

ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.

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Oracle-Monger

“But when the wolves and the white crows shall dwell together between Corinth and Sicyon ...”

Pisthetaerus

But how do the Corinthians concern me?

Oracle-Monger

970 It is the regions of the air that Bacis indicates in this manner.

“They must first sacrifice a white-fleeced goat to Pandora, and give the prophet who first reveals my words a good cloak and new sandals.”

Pisthetaerus

Does it say sandals there?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

975 “And besides this a goblet of wine and a good share of the entrails of the victim.”

Pisthetaerus

Of the entrails —does it say that?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

“If you do as I command, divine youth, you shall be an eagle among the clouds; if not, you shall be neither turtle-dove, nor eagle, nor woodpecker.”

Pisthetaerus

980 Does it say all that?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

Pisthetaerus

This oracle in no sort of way resembles the one Apollo dictated to me:

“If an impostor comes without invitation to annoy you during the sacrifice and to demand a share of the victim, 985 apply a stout stick to his ribs.”

Oracle-Monger

You are drivelling.

Pisthetaerus

Look at the book.

“And don't spare him, were he an eagle from out of the clouds, were it Lampon himself or the great Diopithes.”

Current edition Experimental

Χρησμολόγος

ἀλλʼ ὅταν οἰκήσωσι λύκοι πολιαί τε κορῶναι

ἐν ταὐτῷ τὸ μεταξὺ Κορίνθου καὶ Σικυῶνος, —

Πισθέταιρος

τί οὖν προσήκει δῆτʼ ἐμοὶ Κορινθίων;

Πισθέταιρος

ἔνεστι καὶ τὰ πέδιλα;

Χρησμολόγος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

καὶ φιάλην δοῦναι, καὶ σπλάγχνων χεῖρʼ ἐπιπλῆσαι.
975

Πισθέταιρος

καὶ σπλάγχνα διδόνʼ ἔνεστι;

Πισθέταιρος

καὶ ταῦτʼ ἔνεστʼ ἐνταῦθα;
980

Χρησμολόγος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

Χρησμολόγος

οὐδὲν λέγειν οἶμαί σε.

Πισθέταιρος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

καὶ φείδου μηδὲν μηδʼ αἰετοῦ ἐν νεφέλῃσιν,

μήτʼ ἢν Λάμπων ᾖ μήτʼ ἢν ὁ μέγας Διοπείθης.

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Oracle-Monger “But when the wolves and the white crows shall dwell together between Corinth and Sicyon ...”

Pisthetaerus But how do the Corinthians concern me?

Oracle-Monger 970 It is the regions of the air that Bacis indicates in this manner.

“They must first sacrifice a white-fleeced goat to Pandora, and give the prophet who first reveals my words a good cloak and new sandals.”

Pisthetaerus Does it say sandals there?

Oracle-Monger Look at the book.

975 “And besides this a goblet of wine and a good share of the entrails of the victim.”

Pisthetaerus Of the entrails —does it say that?

Oracle-Monger Look at the book.

“If you do as I command, divine youth, you shall be an eagle among the clouds; if not, you shall be neither turtle-dove, nor eagle, nor woodpecker.”

Pisthetaerus 980 Does it say all that?

Oracle-Monger Look at the book.

Pisthetaerus This oracle in no sort of way resembles the one Apollo dictated to me:

“If an impostor comes without invitation to annoy you during the sacrifice and to demand a share of the victim, 985 apply a stout stick to his ribs.”

Oracle-Monger You are drivelling.

Pisthetaerus Look at the book.

“And don't spare him, were he an eagle from out of the clouds, were it Lampon himself or the great Diopithes.”

Current edition Experimental

Χρησμολόγος ἀλλʼ ὅταν οἰκήσωσι λύκοι πολιαί τε κορῶναι ἐν ταὐτῷ τὸ μεταξὺ Κορίνθου καὶ Σικυῶνος, —

Πισθέταιρος τί οὖν προσήκει δῆτʼ ἐμοὶ Κορινθίων;

Πισθέταιρος ἔνεστι καὶ τὰ πέδιλα;

Χρησμολόγος λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον. καὶ φιάλην δοῦναι, καὶ σπλάγχνων χεῖρʼ ἐπιπλῆσαι. 975

Πισθέταιρος καὶ σπλάγχνα διδόνʼ ἔνεστι;

Πισθέταιρος καὶ ταῦτʼ ἔνεστʼ ἐνταῦθα; 980

Χρησμολόγος λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

Χρησμολόγος οὐδὲν λέγειν οἶμαί σε.

Πισθέταιρος λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον. καὶ φείδου μηδὲν μηδʼ αἰετοῦ ἐν νεφέλῃσιν, μήτʼ ἢν Λάμπων ᾖ μήτʼ ἢν ὁ μέγας Διοπείθης.

Stable identifiers

Oracle-Monger

“But when the wolves and the white crows shall dwell together between Corinth and Sicyon ...”

Pisthetaerus

But how do the Corinthians concern me?

Oracle-Monger

970 It is the regions of the air that Bacis indicates in this manner.

Pisthetaerus

Does it say sandals there?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

Pisthetaerus

Of the entrails —does it say that?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

Pisthetaerus

980 Does it say all that?

Oracle-Monger

Look at the book.

Pisthetaerus

This oracle in no sort of way resembles the one Apollo dictated to me:

Oracle-Monger

You are drivelling.

Pisthetaerus

Look at the book.

Χρησμολόγος

ἀλλʼ ὅταν οἰκήσωσι λύκοι πολιαί τε κορῶναι

ἐν ταὐτῷ τὸ μεταξὺ Κορίνθου καὶ Σικυῶνος, —

Πισθέταιρος

τί οὖν προσήκει δῆτʼ ἐμοὶ Κορινθίων;

Πισθέταιρος

ἔνεστι καὶ τὰ πέδιλα;

Χρησμολόγος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

καὶ φιάλην δοῦναι, καὶ σπλάγχνων χεῖρʼ ἐπιπλῆσαι.
975

Πισθέταιρος

καὶ σπλάγχνα διδόνʼ ἔνεστι;

Πισθέταιρος

καὶ ταῦτʼ ἔνεστʼ ἐνταῦθα;
980

Χρησμολόγος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

Χρησμολόγος

οὐδὲν λέγειν οἶμαί σε.

Πισθέταιρος

λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον.

καὶ φείδου μηδὲν μηδʼ αἰετοῦ ἐν νεφέλῃσιν,

μήτʼ ἢν Λάμπων ᾖ μήτʼ ἢν ὁ μέγας Διοπείθης.