Aristophanes, Lysistrata, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 696

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Χορὸς Γυναικῶν

οὐ γὰρ ὑμῶν φροντίσαιμʼ ἄν, ἢν ἐμοὶ ζῇ Λαμπιτὼ

ἥ τε Θηβαία φίλη παῖς εὐγενὴς Ἰσμηνία.

οὐ γὰρ ἔσται δύναμις, οὐδʼ ἢν ἑπτάκις σὺ ψηφίσῃ,

ὅστις ὦ δύστηνʼ ἀπήχθου πᾶσι καὶ τοῖς γείτοσιν.

ὥστε κἀχθὲς θἠκάτῃ ποιοῦσα παιγνίαν ἐγὼ
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τοῖσι παισὶ τὴν ἑταίραν ἐκάλεσʼ ἐκ τῶν γειτόνων,

παῖδα χρηστὴν κἀγαπητὴν ἐκ Βοιωτῶν ἔγχελυν·

οἱ δὲ πέμψειν οὐκ ἔφασκον διὰ τὰ σὰ ψηφίσματα.

κοὐχὶ μὴ παύσησθε τῶν ψηφισμάτων τούτων, πρὶν ἂν

τοῦ σκέλους ὑμᾶς λαβών τις ἐκτραχηλίσῃ φέρων.
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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.) — 696 focus

WOMEN.

Scornfully aside I set

Every silly old-man threat
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While Lampito's with me.

Or dear Ismenia, the noble Theban girl. Then let decree

Be hotly piled upon decree; in vain will be your labours,

You futile rogue abominated by your suffering neighbour

To Hecate's feast I yesterday went-
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Off I sent

To our neighbours in Boeotia , asking as a gift to me

For them to pack immediately

That darling dainty thing ... a good fat eel¹ I meant of course;

But they refused because some idiotic old decree's in force.
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O this strange passion for decrees nothing on earth can check,

Till someone puts a foot out tripping you,

and slipping you

Break your neck.

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.) — 696 focus

Chorus of Women: For I would not care about you, if Lampito is still alive.

Chorus of Women: and Ismenia, the Theban girl, a dear, noble child.

Chorus of Women: for there will be no power, nor even if you vote seven times,

Chorus of Women: whoever you were, wretched man, that you became hateful to everyone and even to the neighbors.

Chorus of Women: so that I, even on the very day before yesterday, was making a game.

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Chorus of Women: I called the courtesan for the boys from the neighbors,

Chorus of Women: a useful and beloved child, an eel from Boeotia;

Chorus of Women: But they said they would not send, because of your decrees.

Chorus of Women: And you will not stop these decrees until

Chorus of Women: Someone who grabs you by the leg will wrench your neck off while carrying you away.

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Aristophanes Lysistrata 696

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

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