Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 947

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Χορός

ἄγε νυν ἡμεῖς παίσωμεν ἅπερ νόμος ἐνθάδε ταῖσι γυναιξίν,

ὅταν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν ἱεραῖς ὥραις ἀνέχωμεν, ἅπερ καὶ

Χορός

Παύσων σέβεται καὶ νηστεύει,

πολλάκις αὐτοῖν ἐκ τῶν ὡρῶν
950

ἐς τὰς ὥρας ξυνεπευχόμενος

τοιαῦτα μέλειν θάμʼ ἑαυτῷ.

ὅρμα χώρει·

κοῦφα ποσὶν ἄγʼ ἐς κύκλον,

χειρὶ σύναπτε χεῖρα,
955

ῥυθμὸν χορείας ὕπαγε πᾶσα·

βαῖνε καρπαλίμοιν ποδοῖν.

ἐπισκοπεῖν δὲ πανταχῇ

κυκλοῦσαν ὄμμα χρὴ χοροῦ κατάστασιν.

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.)

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Thesmophoriazusae (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 947 focus

Leader of the Chorus

Let us now devote ourselves to the sports which the women are accustomed to celebrate here, when time has again brought round the mighty Mysteries of the great goddesses, the sacred days which Pauson himself honors by fasting 950 and would wish feast to succeed feast, that he might keep them all holy. Spring forward with a light step, whirling in mazy circles; 955 let your hands interlace, let the eager and rapid dancers sway to the music and glance on every side as they move.

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.) — 947 focus

Chorus: Come now, let us play what is the custom here for the women,

Chorus: When we raise up the solemn mysteries of the gods at holy times, which also

Chorus: Let her cease from reverence and fasting,

Chorus: often from the hours

950

Chorus: being in a state of continuous prayer at the appointed times.

Chorus: such things to care for often oneself.

Chorus: Hasten, move forward.

Chorus: Lightly, step into the circle,

Chorus: join hand to hand,

955

Chorus: Let all follow the rhythm of the dance.

Chorus: Go swiftly with your feet.

Chorus: but to look around everywhere.

Chorus: It is necessary for the chorus to make a circular movement with its eyes.

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 947

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

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Χορός ἄγε νυν ἡμεῖς παίσωμεν ἅπερ νόμος ἐνθάδε ταῖσι γυναιξίν, ὅταν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν ἱεραῖς ὥραις ἀνέχωμεν, ἅπερ καὶ

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ἄγε νυν ἡμεῖς παίσωμεν ἅπερ νόμος ἐνθάδε ταῖσι γυναιξίν,

ὅταν ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν ἱεραῖς ὥραις ἀνέχωμεν, ἅπερ καὶ