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Κινησίας

οἴμοι τί πάθω; τίνα βινήσω

τῆς καλλίστης πασῶν ψευσθείς;
955

πῶς ταυτηνὶ παιδοτροφήσω;

ποῦ Κυναλώπηξ;

μίσθωσόν μοι τὴν τίτθην.

Χορὸς γερόντων

ἐν δεινῷ γʼ ὦ δύστηνε κακῷ

τείρει ψυχὴν ἐξαπατηθείς.
960

κἄγωγʼ οἰκτίρω σʼ αἰαῖ.

ποῖος γὰρ ἂν ἢ νέφρος ἀντίσχοι,

ποία ψυχή, ποῖοι δʼ ὄρχεις,

ποία δʼ ὀσφῦς, ποῖος δʼ ὄρρος

κατατεινόμενος
965

καὶ μὴ βινῶν τοὺς ὄρθρους;

Κινησίας

ὦ Ζεῦ δεινῶν ἀντισπασμῶν.

Χορὸς γερόντων

ταυτὶ μέντοι νυνί σʼ ἐποίησʼ

ἡ παμβδελυρὰ καὶ παμμυσαρά.

Κινησίας

μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλὰ φίλη καὶ παγγλυκερά.
970

Χορὸς γερόντων

ποία γλυκερά; μιαρὰ μιαρά.

Κινησίας

μιαρὰ δῆτʼ ὦ Ζεῦ ὦ Ζεῦ·

εἴθʼ αὐτὴν ὥσπερ τοὺς θωμοὺς

μεγάλῳ τυφῷ καὶ πρηστῆρι

ξυστρέψας καὶ ξυγγογγύλας
975

οἴχοιο φέρων, εἶτα μεθείης,

ἡ δὲ φέροιτʼ αὖ πάλιν ἐς τὴν γῆν,

κᾆτʼ ἐξαίφνης

περὶ τὴν ψωλὴν περιβαίη.

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.) — 954 focus

MEN

Baulked in your amorous delight

How melancholy is your plight.

With sympathy your case I view;

For I am sure it's hard on you.
1180

What human being could sustain

This unforeseen domestic strain,

And not a single trace

Of willing women in the place!

CINESIAS

O Zeus, what throbbing suffering!
1185

MEN

She did it all, the harlot, she

With her atrocious harlotry.

WOMEN

Nay, rather call her darling-sweet.

MEN

What, sweet? She's a rude, wicked thing.

CINESIAS

A wicked thing, as I repeat.
1190

O Zeus, O Zeus,

Canst Thou not suddenly let loose

Some twirling hurricane to tear

Her flapping up along the air

And drop her, when she's whirled around,
1195

Here to the ground

Neatly impaled upon the stake

That's ready upright for her sake.

He goes out.

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.) — 954 focus

Kinesias: Alas, what shall I suffer? Whom shall I punish?

Kinesias: having been deceived by the most beautiful of all?

955

Kinesias: How will I raise this one?

Kinesias: Where is the Fox?

Kinesias: rent me the tithe.

Chorus of old men: In a terrible plight, wretched man!

Chorus of old men: You tire the soul, having been deceived.

960

Chorus of old men: And I too pity you, alas.

Chorus of old men: for which, I ask, would either the kidneys hold out,

Chorus of old men: What soul, and what testicles,

Chorus of old men: What is the waist like, and what is the rump like?

Chorus of old men: straining

965

Chorus of old men: 'And not to work at dawn?'

Kinesias: O Zeus of terrible counter-strains.

Chorus of old men: But now this is what I have done to you.

Chorus of old men: the utterly detestable and utterly wretched one.

Kinesias: By Zeus, but she is dear and extremely sweet.

970

Chorus of old men: Which is sweet? A filthy, filthy one.

Kinesias: "Oh Zeus, oh Zeus, what a foul thing!"

Kinesias: if only she, just like the tomos!

Kinesias: with a huge swelling and a boil

Kinesias: having rubbed together and having grumbled.

975

Kinesias: Get out of here carrying it, and then you can let it go,

Kinesias: But let her bring it again to the earth,

Kinesias: and then suddenly

Kinesias: Let it wrap around the vulva.

Commentary

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

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Line 966

καὶ μὴ βινῶν τοὺς ὄρθρους;

The verb βινῶν is a hapax legomenon in the extant corpus of Attic comedy, appearing here as a present participle of a verb derived from βίνος (wine). While the context implies 'to be drunk' or 'to act the drunkard,' the specific morphological formation and the author's coinage highlight Aristophanes' lexical creativity in personifying the effects of wine as an active agent of disorder. The phrase 'not being drunk at dawn' serves as a sharp critique of the early-rising, sober diligence required of the protagonist, contrasting with the habitual nocturnal revelry of the chorus.

Aristophanes Lysistrata 954

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

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Κινησίας

οἴμοι τί πάθω; τίνα βινήσω

τῆς καλλίστης πασῶν ψευσθείς;
955

πῶς ταυτηνὶ παιδοτροφήσω;

ποῦ Κυναλώπηξ;

μίσθωσόν μοι τὴν τίτθην.

Κινησίας

ὦ Ζεῦ δεινῶν ἀντισπασμῶν.

Χορὸς γερόντων

ταυτὶ μέντοι νυνί σʼ ἐποίησʼ

ἡ παμβδελυρὰ καὶ παμμυσαρά.

Κινησίας

μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλὰ φίλη καὶ παγγλυκερά.
970

Χορὸς γερόντων

ποία γλυκερά; μιαρὰ μιαρά.

Current edition Perseus

MEN

Baulked in your amorous delight

How melancholy is your plight.

With sympathy your case I view;

For I am sure it's hard on you.
1180

What human being could sustain

This unforeseen domestic strain,

And not a single trace

Of willing women in the place!

CINESIAS

O Zeus, what throbbing suffering!
1185

MEN

She did it all, the harlot, she

With her atrocious harlotry.

WOMEN

Nay, rather call her darling-sweet.

MEN

What, sweet? She's a rude, wicked thing.

CINESIAS

A wicked thing, as I repeat.
1190

O Zeus, O Zeus,

Canst Thou not suddenly let loose

Some twirling hurricane to tear

Her flapping up along the air

And drop her, when she's whirled around,
1195

Here to the ground

Neatly impaled upon the stake

That's ready upright for her sake.

Commentary

Line 966

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Κινησίας οἴμοι τί πάθω; τίνα βινήσω τῆς καλλίστης πασῶν ψευσθείς; 955 πῶς ταυτηνὶ παιδοτροφήσω; ποῦ Κυναλώπηξ; μίσθωσόν μοι τὴν τίτθην.

Κινησίας ὦ Ζεῦ δεινῶν ἀντισπασμῶν.

Χορὸς γερόντων ταυτὶ μέντοι νυνί σʼ ἐποίησʼ ἡ παμβδελυρὰ καὶ παμμυσαρά.

Κινησίας μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλὰ φίλη καὶ παγγλυκερά. 970

Χορὸς γερόντων ποία γλυκερά; μιαρὰ μιαρά.

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MEN Baulked in your amorous delight How melancholy is your plight. With sympathy your case I view; For I am sure it's hard on you. 1180 What human being could sustain This unforeseen domestic strain, And not a single trace Of willing women in the place!

CINESIAS O Zeus, what throbbing suffering! 1185

MEN She did it all, the harlot, she With her atrocious harlotry.

WOMEN Nay, rather call her darling-sweet.

MEN What, sweet? She's a rude, wicked thing.

CINESIAS A wicked thing, as I repeat. 1190 O Zeus, O Zeus, Canst Thou not suddenly let loose Some twirling hurricane to tear Her flapping up along the air And drop her, when she's whirled around, 1195 Here to the ground Neatly impaled upon the stake That's ready upright for her sake.

Commentary

Line 966

Stable identifiers

Κινησίας

οἴμοι τί πάθω; τίνα βινήσω

τῆς καλλίστης πασῶν ψευσθείς;
955

πῶς ταυτηνὶ παιδοτροφήσω;

ποῦ Κυναλώπηξ;

μίσθωσόν μοι τὴν τίτθην.

Κινησίας

ὦ Ζεῦ δεινῶν ἀντισπασμῶν.

Χορὸς γερόντων

ταυτὶ μέντοι νυνί σʼ ἐποίησʼ

ἡ παμβδελυρὰ καὶ παμμυσαρά.

Κινησίας

μὰ Δίʼ ἀλλὰ φίλη καὶ παγγλυκερά.
970

Χορὸς γερόντων

ποία γλυκερά; μιαρὰ μιαρά.

MEN

Baulked in your amorous delight

How melancholy is your plight.

With sympathy your case I view;

For I am sure it's hard on you.
1180

What human being could sustain

This unforeseen domestic strain,

And not a single trace

Of willing women in the place!

CINESIAS

O Zeus, what throbbing suffering!
1185

MEN

She did it all, the harlot, she

With her atrocious harlotry.

WOMEN

Nay, rather call her darling-sweet.

MEN

What, sweet? She's a rude, wicked thing.

CINESIAS

A wicked thing, as I repeat.
1190

O Zeus, O Zeus,

Canst Thou not suddenly let loose

Some twirling hurricane to tear

Her flapping up along the air

And drop her, when she's whirled around,
1195

Here to the ground

Neatly impaled upon the stake

That's ready upright for her sake.