Aristophanes, Lysistrata, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 296

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Χορὸς γερόντων

ὡς δεινὸν ὦναξ Ἡράκλεις

προσπεσόν μʼ ἐκ τῆς χύτρας

ὥσπερ κύων λυττῶσα τὠφθαλμὼ δάκνει·

κἄστιν γε Λήμνιον τὸ πῦρ

τοῦτο πάσῃ μηχανῇ.
300

οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποθʼ ὧδʼ ὀδὰξ ἔβρυκε τὰς λήμας ἐμοῦ.

σπεῦδε πρόσθεν ἐς πόλιν

καὶ βοήθει τῇ θεῷ.

ἢ πότʼ αὐτῇ μᾶλλον ἢ νῦν ὦ Λάχης ἀρήξομεν;

φῦ φῦ.
305

ἰοὺ ἰοὺ τοῦ καπνοῦ.

Lysistrata. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1907.

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Λυσιστράτη (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.)

Translations (2)

Lysistrata (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Jack Lindsay). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 296 focus

Chorus of MEN

Lord Heracles, how acrid-hot
340

Out of the pot

This mad-dog smoke leaps, worrying me

And biting angrily....

'Tis Lemnian fire that smokes,

Or else it would not sting my eyelids thus....
345

Haste, all of us;

Athene invokes our aid.

Laches, now or never the assault must be made!

Ough, phew!

I choke with the smoke. ..
350

English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) Experimental (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.) — 296 focus

Chorus of old men: How terrible, oh lord Heracles!

Chorus of old men: having fallen upon me out of the pot,

Chorus of old men: just as a rabid dog bites with its eyes;

Chorus of old men: And indeed, the fire is from Lemnos.

Chorus of old men: by every device.

300

Chorus of old men: For never before have they gnashed their teeth so savagely at me.

Chorus of old men: hurry before into the city.

Chorus of old men: and help the goddess.

Chorus of old men: Shall we come to her aid sooner or now, Laches?

Chorus of old men: Phew, phew.

305

Chorus of old men: Ouch, ouch, the smoke!

Aristophanes Lysistrata 296

ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart

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