Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 1148

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Χορός

ἥκετʼ εὔφρονες ἵλαοι,

πότνιαι, ἄλσος ἐς ὑμέτερον,

οὗ δὴ ἀνδράσιν οὐ θέμις εἰσορᾶν
1150

ὄργια σεμνὰ θεοῖν, ἵνα λαμπάσι

φαίνετον ἄμβροτον ὄψιν.

μόλετον ἔλθετον, ἀντόμεθʼ ὦ

Θεσμοφόρω πολυποτνία,

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

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Current edition Perseus

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.) — 1148 focus

Chorus

And ye, august goddesses, display a smiling and propitious countenance to our gaze; come into your sacred grove, 1150 the entry to which is forbidden to men; 'tis there in the midst of the sacred orgies that we contemplate your divine features.

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.) — 1148 focus

Chorus: Come, kindly and propitious ones,

Chorus: mistresses, to your grove,

Chorus: There it is, men are not permitted to see.

1150

Chorus: holy mysteries of the gods, that with torches

Chorus: Let an immortal vision appear.

Chorus: Come, come, let us go together, O...

Chorus: O Thesmophoros, much-endowed one,

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 1148

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

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Chorus

And ye, august goddesses, display a smiling and propitious countenance to our gaze; come into your sacred grove, 1150 the entry to which is forbidden to men; 'tis there in the midst of the sacred orgies that we contemplate your divine features.

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Chorus And ye, august goddesses, display a smiling and propitious countenance to our gaze; come into your sacred grove, 1150 the entry to which is forbidden to men; 'tis there in the midst of the sacred orgies that we contemplate your divine features.

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Chorus

And ye, august goddesses, display a smiling and propitious countenance to our gaze; come into your sacred grove, 1150 the entry to which is forbidden to men; 'tis there in the midst of the sacred orgies that we contemplate your divine features.