Aristophanes, Birds, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 1313

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Χορός

ταχὺ δὴ πολυάνορα τάνδε πόλιν

καλεῖ τις ἀνθρώπων.

Πισθέταιρος

τύχη μόνον προσείη.
1315

Χορός

κατέχουσι δʼ ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως.

Πισθέταιρος

θάττον φέρειν κελεύω.

Χορός

τί γὰρ οὐκ ἔνι ταύτῃ

καλὸν ἀνδρὶ μετοικεῖν;

Σοφία Πόθος Ἀμβροσία Χάριτες
1320

τό τε τῆς ἀγανόφρονος Ἡσυχίας

εὐήμερον πρόσωπον.

Πισθέταιρος

ὡς βλακικῶς διακονεῖς·

οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις;

Birds. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1906.

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

Translations (3)

Birds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Complete Greek Drama, Vol. 2. Anonymous, translator. O'Neill, Eugene; Oates, Whitney Jennings, editors. New York: Random House, 1938 (printing).) — 1313 focus

Chorus
Singing.

This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men.

Fortune favours us alone
1315

and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus
To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings.

Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus

Will not man find here everything that can please him —

wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?
1320

Pisthetaerus
As Manes comes in with another basket.

Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?

Birds (OCR draft) Experimental (Anonymous translation, 1938 compilation; legacy Perseus source migration. Preserved separately from the revised canonical perseus-eng2 at the project owner's request.) — 1313 focus

Chorus
Singing.

This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men. 1315 Fortune favours us alone and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus
To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings.

Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus

Will not man find here everything that can please him — 1320 wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?

Pisthetaerus
As Manes comes in with another basket.

Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?

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.) — 1313 focus

Chorus: quickly, then, this city of many men

Chorus: Someone is calling among men.

Pisthetaerus: Let it be by mere chance.

1315

Chorus: Loves hold our city.

Pisthetaerus: I order you to bring it faster.

Chorus: for what is not possible here?

Chorus: Is it good for a man to move house?

Chorus: Wisdom, Desire, Ambrosia, Graces

1320

Chorus: and the peace of the gentle-minded

Chorus: a happy face.

Pisthetaerus: How foolishly you serve!

Pisthetaerus: Will you not get there sooner?

Aristophanes Birds 1313

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

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Χορός

ταχὺ δὴ πολυάνορα τάνδε πόλιν

καλεῖ τις ἀνθρώπων.

Πισθέταιρος

τύχη μόνον προσείη.
1315

Χορός

κατέχουσι δʼ ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως.

Πισθέταιρος

θάττον φέρειν κελεύω.

Χορός

τί γὰρ οὐκ ἔνι ταύτῃ

καλὸν ἀνδρὶ μετοικεῖν;

Σοφία Πόθος Ἀμβροσία Χάριτες
1320

τό τε τῆς ἀγανόφρονος Ἡσυχίας

εὐήμερον πρόσωπον.

Πισθέταιρος

ὡς βλακικῶς διακονεῖς·

οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις;

Current edition Perseus

Chorus
Singing.

This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men.

Fortune favours us alone
1315

and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus
To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings.

Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus

Will not man find here everything that can please him —

wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?
1320

Pisthetaerus
As Manes comes in with another basket.

Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?

Chorus
Singing.

This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men. 1315 Fortune favours us alone and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus
To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings.

Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus

Will not man find here everything that can please him — 1320 wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?

Pisthetaerus
As Manes comes in with another basket.

Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?

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Χορός ταχὺ δὴ πολυάνορα τάνδε πόλιν καλεῖ τις ἀνθρώπων.

Πισθέταιρος τύχη μόνον προσείη. 1315

Χορός κατέχουσι δʼ ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως.

Πισθέταιρος θάττον φέρειν κελεύω.

Χορός τί γὰρ οὐκ ἔνι ταύτῃ καλὸν ἀνδρὶ μετοικεῖν; Σοφία Πόθος Ἀμβροσία Χάριτες 1320 τό τε τῆς ἀγανόφρονος Ἡσυχίας εὐήμερον πρόσωπον.

Πισθέταιρος ὡς βλακικῶς διακονεῖς· οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις;

Current edition Perseus

Chorus Singing. This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men. Fortune favours us alone 1315 and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings. Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus Will not man find here everything that can please him — wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace? 1320

Pisthetaerus As Manes comes in with another basket. Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?

Chorus Singing. This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men. 1315 Fortune favours us alone and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings. Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus Will not man find here everything that can please him — 1320 wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?

Pisthetaerus As Manes comes in with another basket. Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ταχὺ δὴ πολυάνορα τάνδε πόλιν

καλεῖ τις ἀνθρώπων.

Πισθέταιρος

τύχη μόνον προσείη.
1315

Χορός

κατέχουσι δʼ ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως.

Πισθέταιρος

θάττον φέρειν κελεύω.

Χορός

τί γὰρ οὐκ ἔνι ταύτῃ

καλὸν ἀνδρὶ μετοικεῖν;

Σοφία Πόθος Ἀμβροσία Χάριτες
1320

τό τε τῆς ἀγανόφρονος Ἡσυχίας

εὐήμερον πρόσωπον.

Πισθέταιρος

ὡς βλακικῶς διακονεῖς·

οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις;

Chorus
Singing.

This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men.

Fortune favours us alone
1315

and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus
To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings.

Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus

Will not man find here everything that can please him —

wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?
1320

Pisthetaerus
As Manes comes in with another basket.

Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?

Chorus
Singing.

This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men. 1315 Fortune favours us alone and thus they have fallen in love with our city.

Pisthetaerus
To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings.

Come, hurry up and bring them along.

Chorus

Will not man find here everything that can please him — 1320 wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?

Pisthetaerus
As Manes comes in with another basket.

Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?