Aristophanes, Birds, 451

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Chorus: treacherous, indeed, in every way

Chorus: a man has been born; but you, nevertheless, tell me.

Chorus: for perhaps you might happen

Chorus: Having said what is good that you overlook for me, or

Chorus: some greater power

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Chorus: which my unintelligent mind has omitted;

Chorus: But you, say this to everyone aloud.

Chorus: for whatever you happen to find for me

Chorus: Having procured it, this will be common.

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.) — 451 focus

Χορός

δολερὸν μὲν ἀεὶ κατὰ πάντα δὴ τρόπον

πέφυκεν ἄνθρωπος· σὺ δʼ ὅμως λέγε μοι.

τάχα γὰρ τύχοις ἂν

χρηστὸν ἐξειπὼν ὅ τι μοι παρορᾷς, ἢ

δύναμίν τινα μείζω
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παραλειπομένην ὑπʼ ἐμῆς φρενὸς ἀξυνέτου·

σὺ δὲ τοῦθʼ οὑρᾷς λέγʼ ἐς κοινόν.

ὃ γὰρ ἂν σὺ τύχῃς μοι

ἀγαθὸν πορίσας, τοῦτο κοινὸν ἔσται.

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.) — 451 focus

Chorus
Singing.

Man is a truly cunning creature, but nevertheless explain. Perhaps you are going to show me some good way 455 to extend my power, some way that I have not had the wit to find out and which you have discovered. Speak! 'tis to your own interest as well as to mine, for if you secure me some advantage, I will surely share it with you.

Aristophanes Birds 451

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