Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 459

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Χορός

ἕτερον αὖ τι λῆμα τοῦτο

κομψότερον ἔτʼ ἢ τὸ πρότερον
460

ἀναπέφηνεν.

οἷα κατεστωμύλατο

οὐκ ἄκαιρα, φρένας ἔχουσα

καὶ πολύπλοκον νόημʼ, οὐδʼ

ἀσύνετʼ ἀλλὰ πιθανὰ πάντα.

δεῖ δὲ ταύτης τῆς ὕβρεως ἡμῖν
465

τὸν ἄνδρα

περιφανῶς δοῦναι δίκην.

Thesmophoriazusae. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1907.

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Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.)

Translations (2)

Thesmophoriazusae (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 459 focus

Chorus
singing

This is even 460 more animated and more trenchant than the first speech; all she has just said is full of good sense and to the point; it is clever, clear and well calculated to convince. 465 Yes! we must have striking vengeance on the insults of Euripides.

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.) — 459 focus

Chorus: But this is another spirit entirely.

Chorus: more elegantly than before.

460

Chorus: It has shone forth.

Chorus: How she had been silenced!

Chorus: Not without sense, having understanding

Chorus: and a complicated thought, not

Chorus: all things, though unwise, are persuasive.

Chorus: And we must endure this outrage.

465

Chorus: the man

Chorus: to pay a very clear penalty.

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 459

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

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Chorus
singing

This is even 460 more animated and more trenchant than the first speech; all she has just said is full of good sense and to the point; it is clever, clear and well calculated to convince. 465 Yes! we must have striking vengeance on the insults of Euripides.

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Chorus singing This is even 460 more animated and more trenchant than the first speech; all she has just said is full of good sense and to the point; it is clever, clear and well calculated to convince. 465 Yes! we must have striking vengeance on the insults of Euripides.

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Chorus
singing

This is even 460 more animated and more trenchant than the first speech; all she has just said is full of good sense and to the point; it is clever, clear and well calculated to convince. 465 Yes! we must have striking vengeance on the insults of Euripides.