Birds. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.
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Euelpides: You alone are responsible for these evils.
Euelpides: For what purpose, then, were you leading me from there?
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Pisthetaerus: So that you might follow me.
Euelpides: so that I might break off large ones.
Pisthetairos: saying this, you babble.
Pisthetaerus: Very well! For how will he cry, if you once cut out his eyes?
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Editions (1)
Ὄρνιθες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 339 focus
Ἐυελπίδης
αἴτιος μέντοι σὺ νῷν εἶ τῶν κακῶν τούτων μόνος.
ἐπὶ τί γάρ μʼ ἐκεῖθεν ἦγες;
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αἴτιος μέντοι σὺ νῷν εἶ τῶν κακῶν τούτων μόνος.
ἐπὶ τί γάρ μʼ ἐκεῖθεν ἦγες;
340
Πισθέταιρος
ἵνʼ ἀκολουθοίης ἐμοί.
ἵνʼ ἀκολουθοίης ἐμοί.
Ἐυελπίδης
ἵνα μὲν οὖν κλάοιμι μεγάλα.
ἵνα μὲν οὖν κλάοιμι μεγάλα.
Πισθέταιρος
τοῦτο μὲν ληρεῖς ἔχων
κάρτα· πῶς κλαύσει γάρ, ἢν ἅπαξ γε τὠφθαλμὼ ʼκκοπῇς;
τοῦτο μὲν ληρεῖς ἔχων
κάρτα· πῶς κλαύσει γάρ, ἢν ἅπαξ γε τὠφθαλμὼ ʼκκοπῇς;
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.) — 339 focus
Euelpides
You are the sole cause of all our trouble.
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Why did you bring me from down yonder?
You are the sole cause of all our trouble.
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Why did you bring me from down yonder?
Pisthetaerus
To have you with me.
To have you with me.
Euelpides
Say rather to have me melt into tears.
Say rather to have me melt into tears.
Pisthetaerus
Go on! you are talking nonsense. How will you weep with your eyes pecked out?
Go on! you are talking nonsense. How will you weep with your eyes pecked out?