Aristophanes, Birds, 1482

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Chorus: But the land is there by him.

Chorus: Far away from the darkness is someone.

Chorus: by the loneliness of the lamps,

Chorus: Here, to the heroes, men

1485

Chorus: they will join forces and join-

Chorus: They enter except for the evening.

Chorus: At that time, however, it was no longer.

Chorus: It is safe to meet.

Chorus: for if anyone should meet a hero,

1490

Chorus: by night of mortals, to Orestes,

Chorus: He was naked, struck by him.

Chorus: all things on the right.

Birds. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

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Ὄρνιθες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1482 focus

Χορός

ἔστι δʼ αὗ χώρα πρὸς αὐτῷ

τῷ σκότῳ πόρρω τις ἐν

τῇ λύχνων ἐρημίᾳ,

ἔνθα τοῖς ἥρωσιν ἄνθρωποι
1485

ξυναριστῶσι καὶ ξύν-

εισι πλὴν τῆς ἑσπέρας.

τηνικαῦτα δʼ οὐκέτʼ ἦν

ἀσφαλὲς ξυντυγχάνειν.

εἰ γὰρ ἐντύχοι τις ἥρῳ
1490

τῶν βροτῶν νύκτωρ Ὀρέστῃ,

γυμνὸς ἦν πληγεὶς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ

πάντα τἀπιδέξια.

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).)

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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.) — 1482 focus

Chorus

Far away in the regions of darkness, where no ray of light ever enters, there is a country, 1485 where men sit at the table of the heroes and dwell with them always —except in the evening. 1490 Should any mortal meet the hero Orestes at night, he would soon be stripped and covered with blows from head to foot.

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