Chorus of old men: I wish to tell you a certain tale, which I once heard.
Chorus of old men: Even as a child himself.
Chorus of old men: 'So there was a young man named Melanion,'
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Chorus of old men: he who, fleeing marriage, came to a desert place,
Chorus of old men: And they used to dwell even in the mountains.
Chorus of old men: And then, he is catching the hedgehog!
Chorus of old men: having made a snare,
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Chorus of old men: "And he had a certain dog."
Chorus of old men: And he has not come down again home because of hatred.
Chorus of old men: Thus the women were abhorred
Chorus of old men: 'That one, and we none the less.'
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Chorus of old men: 'The sensible ones are those of Melanion.'
OLD MAN: I want to kiss you, old woman—
Woman: And indeed, an onion should not have been.
OLD MAN: And stretching out, kick.
Woman: You wear a great deal of pubic hair.
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Chorus of old men: For Myronides also was [there].
Chorus of old men: harsh from here is the black-throated one
Chorus of old men: to all the enemies,
Chorus of old men: 'As indeed also [it is with] Phormio.'
Lysistrata. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.