Aristophanes, Birds, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 676

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Χορός

ὦ φίλη, ὦ ξουθή,

ὦ φίλτατον ὀρνέων

πάντων, ξύννομε τῶν ἐμῶν

ὕμνων, ξύντροφʼ ἀηδοῖ,

ἦλθες ἦλθες ὤφθης,
680

ἡδὺν φθόγγον ἐμοὶ φέρουσʼ.

ἀλλʼ ὦ καλλιβόαν κρέκουσʼ

αὐλὸν φθέγμασιν ἠρινοῖς,

ἄρχου τῶν ἀναπαίστων.

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).)

No corresponding passage available

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.) — 676 focus

Chorus
Singing.

Lovable golden bird, whom I cherish above all others, you, whom I associate with all my songs, nightingale, 680 you have come, you have come, to show yourself to me and to charm me with your notes. Come, you, who play spring melodies upon the harmonious flute, lead off our anapests.

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.) — 676 focus

Chorus: O dear one, O beautiful one,

Chorus: O dearest of birds

Chorus: of all, my fellow-drinkers

Chorus: Of songs, nightingales raised together,

Chorus: You came, you came, you appeared,

680

Chorus: bringing a sweet sound to me.

Chorus: But O, beautiful-voiced crower,

Chorus: with flutes, morning sounds,

Chorus: Lead the antepast.

Aristophanes Birds 676

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

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Chorus
Singing.

Lovable golden bird, whom I cherish above all others, you, whom I associate with all my songs, nightingale, 680 you have come, you have come, to show yourself to me and to charm me with your notes. Come, you, who play spring melodies upon the harmonious flute, lead off our anapests.

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Chorus Singing. Lovable golden bird, whom I cherish above all others, you, whom I associate with all my songs, nightingale, 680 you have come, you have come, to show yourself to me and to charm me with your notes. Come, you, who play spring melodies upon the harmonious flute, lead off our anapests.

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