Aristophanes, Birds, 851

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Priest: I will be made to bleed, I will be made to be torn.

Priest: I have given my joint advice.

Priest: great solemn songs to approach the gods,

Priest: And at the same time, for the sake of favor, he sacrifices a lamb.

855

Priest: Let Pythias go, let her go to the god with a shout,

Priest: let Charis sing the song too.

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.

Editions (1)

Ὄρνιθες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 851 focus

Ἱερεύς

ὁμορροθῶ, συνθέλω,

συμπαραινέσας ἔχω

προσόδια μεγάλα σεμνὰ προσιέναι θεοῖσιν,

ἅμα δὲ προσέτι χάριτος ἕνεκα προβάτιόν τι θύειν.
855

ἴτω ἴτω δὲ Πυθιὰς βοὰ θεῷ,

συνᾳδέτω δὲ Χαῖρις ᾠδάν.

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.) — 851 focus

Chorus
Singing.

I do as you do, and I wish as you wish, and I implore you to address powerful and solemn prayers to the gods, and in addition 855 to immolate a sheep as a token of our gratitude. Let us sing the Pythian chant in honor of the god, and let Chaeris accompany our voices.

Aristophanes Birds 851

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Chorus
Singing.

I do as you do, and I wish as you wish, and I implore you to address powerful and solemn prayers to the gods, and in addition 855 to immolate a sheep as a token of our gratitude. Let us sing the Pythian chant in honor of the god, and let Chaeris accompany our voices.

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Chorus Singing. I do as you do, and I wish as you wish, and I implore you to address powerful and solemn prayers to the gods, and in addition 855 to immolate a sheep as a token of our gratitude. Let us sing the Pythian chant in honor of the god, and let Chaeris accompany our voices.

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Chorus
Singing.

I do as you do, and I wish as you wish, and I implore you to address powerful and solemn prayers to the gods, and in addition 855 to immolate a sheep as a token of our gratitude. Let us sing the Pythian chant in honor of the god, and let Chaeris accompany our voices.