Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 256

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Chorus of old men: Indeed, many unexpected things happen in a long life, alas,

Chorus of old men: For who would ever have expected, O Strymodorus, to hear

Chorus of old men: the women whom we are feeding

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Chorus of old men: a manifest evil at home,

Chorus of old men: For, to have a sacred image,

Chorus of old men: but to take my Acropolis

Chorus of old men: but with wedges and bars

Chorus of old men: Shall we fasten the propylaea?

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Lysistrata. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Editions (1)

Λυσιστράτη Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 256 focus

Χορὸς γερόντων

ἦ πόλλʼ ἄελπτʼ ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ μακρῷ βίῳ φεῦ,

ἐπεὶ τίς ἄν ποτʼ ἤλπισʼ ὦ Στρυμόδωρʼ ἀκοῦσαι

γυναῖκας, ἃς ἐβόσκομεν
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κατʼ οἶκον ἐμφανὲς κακόν,

κατὰ μὲν ἅγιον ἔχειν βρέτας,

κατὰ δʼ ἀκρόπολιν ἐμὰν λαβεῖν

μοχλοῖς δὲ καὶ κλῄθροισι

τὰ προπύλαια πακτοῦν;
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Translations (1)

Lysistrata (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Jack Lindsay). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 256 focus

Chorus of MEN

How upside-down and wrong-way-round a long life sees things grow.

Ah, Strymodorus, who'd have thought affairs could tangle so?

The women whom at home we fed,
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Like witless fools, with fostering bread,

Have impiously come to this—

They've stolen the Acropolis,

With bolts and bars our orders flout

And shut us out.
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