Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 281

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Chorus of old men: So did I besiege that man savagely.

Chorus of old men: Asleep on top of the seventeen shields by the gates.

Chorus of old men: These women, however, are hostile to Euripides and to all the gods.

Chorus of old men: Shall I, then, not be able to restrain such a bold act while present?

Chorus of old men: May my trophy not now be in the tetrapole.

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Lysistrata. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Λυσιστράτη Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 281 focus

Χορὸς γερόντων

οὕτως ἐπολιόρκησʼ ἐγὼ τὸν ἄνδρʼ ἐκεῖνον ὠμῶς

ἐφʼ ἑπτακαίδεκʼ ἀσπίδων πρὸς ταῖς πύλαις καθεύδων.

τασδὶ δὲ τὰς Εὐριπίδῃ θεοῖς τε πᾶσιν ἐχθρὰς

ἐγὼ οὐκ ἄρα σχήσω παρὼν τολμήματος τοσούτου;

μή νυν ἔτʼ ἐν τῇ τετραπόλει τοὐμὸν τροπαῖον εἴη.
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Lysistrata (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Jack Lindsay). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 281 focus

Chorus of MEN

That was a siege! Our men were ranged in lines of seventeen deep

Before the gates, and never left their posts there, even to sleep.
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Shall I not smite the rash presumption then of foes like these,

Detested both of all the gods and of Euripides—

Else, may the Marathon-plain not boast my trophied victories!

Aristophanes Lysistrata 281

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