Aristophanes, Birds, 627

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Chorus: O dearest to me, having passed over from being most hateful among the elders,

Chorus: There is no way that I would ever willingly still abandon your opinion.

Chorus: having stopped your words

Chorus: I threatened and swore an oath,

630

Chorus: If you set yourself by my side,

Chorus: words of like-minded and just purpose

Chorus: without fraud, pious

Chorus: to the gods, I cry out, to me

Chorus: thinking in unison, not for a long time

635

Chorus: the gods will yet polish my scepters.

Chorus: But as for those things that must be done by force, we ourselves will be ready for them;

Chorus: As for all these matters which it is necessary to deliberate by judgment, they all rest with you.

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.)

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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.) — 627 focus

Χορός

ὦ φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πολὺ πρεσβυτῶν ἐξ ἐχθίστου μεταπίπτων,

οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως ἂν ἐγώ ποθʼ ἑκὼν τῆς σῆς γνώμης ἔτʼ ἀφείμην.

Χορός

ἐπαυχήσας δὲ τοῖσι σοῖς λόγοις

ἐπηπείλησα καὶ κατώμοσα,
630

ἢν σὺ παρʼ ἐμὲ θέμενος

ὁμόφρονας λόγους δικαίους

ἀδόλους ὁσίους

ἐπὶ θεοὺς ἴῃς, ἐμοὶ

Χορός

φρονῶν ξυνῳδά, μὴ πολὺν χρόνον
635

θεοὺς ἔτι σκῆπτρα τἀμὰ τρίψειν.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὅσα μὲν δεῖ ῥώμῃ πράττειν, ἐπὶ ταῦτα τεταξόμεθʼ ἡμεῖς·

ὅσα δὲ γνώμῃ δεῖ βουλεύειν, ἐπὶ σοὶ τάδε πάντʼ ἀνάκειται.

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.) — 627 focus

Leader of the Chorus

Old man, whom I detested, you are now to me the dearest of all; never shall I, if I can help it, fail to follow your advice.

Chorus
Singing.

Inspirited by your words, 630 I threaten my rivals the gods, and I swear that if you march in alliance with me against the gods 635 and are faithful to our just, loyal and sacred bond, we shall soon have shattered their scepter.

Leader of the Chorus

We shall charge ourselves with the performance of everything that requires force; that which demands thought and deliberation shall be yours to supply.

Aristophanes Birds 627

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Χορός

ὦ φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πολὺ πρεσβυτῶν ἐξ ἐχθίστου μεταπίπτων,

οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως ἂν ἐγώ ποθʼ ἑκὼν τῆς σῆς γνώμης ἔτʼ ἀφείμην.

Χορός

ἐπαυχήσας δὲ τοῖσι σοῖς λόγοις

ἐπηπείλησα καὶ κατώμοσα,
630

ἢν σὺ παρʼ ἐμὲ θέμενος

ὁμόφρονας λόγους δικαίους

ἀδόλους ὁσίους

ἐπὶ θεοὺς ἴῃς, ἐμοὶ

Χορός

φρονῶν ξυνῳδά, μὴ πολὺν χρόνον
635

θεοὺς ἔτι σκῆπτρα τἀμὰ τρίψειν.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὅσα μὲν δεῖ ῥώμῃ πράττειν, ἐπὶ ταῦτα τεταξόμεθʼ ἡμεῖς·

ὅσα δὲ γνώμῃ δεῖ βουλεύειν, ἐπὶ σοὶ τάδε πάντʼ ἀνάκειται.

Leader of the Chorus

Old man, whom I detested, you are now to me the dearest of all; never shall I, if I can help it, fail to follow your advice.

Chorus
Singing.

Inspirited by your words, 630 I threaten my rivals the gods, and I swear that if you march in alliance with me against the gods 635 and are faithful to our just, loyal and sacred bond, we shall soon have shattered their scepter.

Leader of the Chorus

We shall charge ourselves with the performance of everything that requires force; that which demands thought and deliberation shall be yours to supply.

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Χορός ὦ φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πολὺ πρεσβυτῶν ἐξ ἐχθίστου μεταπίπτων, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως ἂν ἐγώ ποθʼ ἑκὼν τῆς σῆς γνώμης ἔτʼ ἀφείμην.

Χορός ἐπαυχήσας δὲ τοῖσι σοῖς λόγοις ἐπηπείλησα καὶ κατώμοσα, 630 ἢν σὺ παρʼ ἐμὲ θέμενος ὁμόφρονας λόγους δικαίους ἀδόλους ὁσίους ἐπὶ θεοὺς ἴῃς, ἐμοὶ

Χορός φρονῶν ξυνῳδά, μὴ πολὺν χρόνον 635 θεοὺς ἔτι σκῆπτρα τἀμὰ τρίψειν.

Χορός ἀλλʼ ὅσα μὲν δεῖ ῥώμῃ πράττειν, ἐπὶ ταῦτα τεταξόμεθʼ ἡμεῖς· ὅσα δὲ γνώμῃ δεῖ βουλεύειν, ἐπὶ σοὶ τάδε πάντʼ ἀνάκειται.

Leader of the Chorus Old man, whom I detested, you are now to me the dearest of all; never shall I, if I can help it, fail to follow your advice.

Chorus Singing. Inspirited by your words, 630 I threaten my rivals the gods, and I swear that if you march in alliance with me against the gods 635 and are faithful to our just, loyal and sacred bond, we shall soon have shattered their scepter.

Leader of the Chorus We shall charge ourselves with the performance of everything that requires force; that which demands thought and deliberation shall be yours to supply.

Stable identifiers

Χορός

ὦ φίλτατʼ ἐμοὶ πολὺ πρεσβυτῶν ἐξ ἐχθίστου μεταπίπτων,

οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως ἂν ἐγώ ποθʼ ἑκὼν τῆς σῆς γνώμης ἔτʼ ἀφείμην.

Χορός

ἐπαυχήσας δὲ τοῖσι σοῖς λόγοις

ἐπηπείλησα καὶ κατώμοσα,
630

ἢν σὺ παρʼ ἐμὲ θέμενος

ὁμόφρονας λόγους δικαίους

ἀδόλους ὁσίους

ἐπὶ θεοὺς ἴῃς, ἐμοὶ

Χορός

φρονῶν ξυνῳδά, μὴ πολὺν χρόνον
635

θεοὺς ἔτι σκῆπτρα τἀμὰ τρίψειν.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ ὅσα μὲν δεῖ ῥώμῃ πράττειν, ἐπὶ ταῦτα τεταξόμεθʼ ἡμεῖς·

ὅσα δὲ γνώμῃ δεῖ βουλεύειν, ἐπὶ σοὶ τάδε πάντʼ ἀνάκειται.

Leader of the Chorus

Old man, whom I detested, you are now to me the dearest of all; never shall I, if I can help it, fail to follow your advice.

Chorus
Singing.

Inspirited by your words, 630 I threaten my rivals the gods, and I swear that if you march in alliance with me against the gods 635 and are faithful to our just, loyal and sacred bond, we shall soon have shattered their scepter.

Leader of the Chorus

We shall charge ourselves with the performance of everything that requires force; that which demands thought and deliberation shall be yours to supply.