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Εὐριπίδης

ἁνὴρ μὲν ἡμῖν οὑτοσὶ καὶ δὴ γυνὴ

τό γʼ εἶδος· ἢν λαλῇς δʼ, ὅπως τῷ φθέγματι

γυναικιεῖς εὖ καὶ πιθανῶς.

Μνησίλοχος

πειράσομαι.

Εὐριπίδης

βάδιζε τοίνυν.

Μνησίλοχος

μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω οὔκ, ἤν γε μὴ

ὀμόσῃς ἐμοί—
270

Εὐριπίδης

τί χρῆμα;

Μνησίλοχος

συσσώσειν ἐμὲ

πάσαις τέχναις, ἤν μοί τι περιπίπτῃ κακόν.

Εὐριπίδης

ὄμνυμι τοίνυν αἰθέρʼ οἴκησιν Διός.

Μνησίλοχος

τί μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν Ἱπποκράτους ξυνοικίαν;

Εὐριπίδης

ὄμνυμι τοίνυν πάντας ἄρδην τοὺς θεούς.

Μνησίλοχος

μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῦθʼ, ὅτι ἡ φρὴν ὤμοσεν,
275

ἡ γλῶττα δʼ οὐκ ὀμώμοκʼ· οὐδʼ ὥρκωσʼ ἐγώ.

Εὐριπίδης

ἔκσπευδε ταχέως· ὡς τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας

σημεῖον ἐν τῷ Θεσμοφορείῳ φαίνεται.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἄπειμι.

Μνησίλοχος

δεῦρό νυν ὦ Θρᾷτθʼ ἕπου.

ὦ Θρᾷττα θέασαι, καομένων τῶν λαμπάδων
280

ὅσον τὸ χρῆμʼ ἀνέρχεθʼ ὑπὸ τῆς λιγνύος.

ἀλλʼ ὦ περικαλλεῖ Θεσμοφόρω δέξασθέ με

ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ καὶ δεῦρο καὶ πάλιν οἴκαδε.

ὦ Θρᾷττα τὴν κίστην κάθελε, κᾆτʼ ἔξελε

τὸ πόπανον, ὅπως λαβοῦσα θύσω τοῖν θεοῖν.
285

δέσποινα πολυτίμητε Δήμητερ φίλη

καὶ Φερρέφαττα, πολλὰ πολλάκις μέ σοι

θύειν ἔχουσαν, εἰ δὲ μἀλλὰ νῦν λαθεῖν.

καὶ τοῦ θυγατρίου χοῖρον ἀνδρός μοι τυχεῖν

πλουτοῦντος, ἄλλως δʼ ἠλιθίου κἀβελτέρου,
290

καὶ ποσθαλίσκον νοῦν ἔχειν μοι καὶ φρένας.

ποῦ ποῦ καθίζωμʼ ἐν καλῷ, τῶν ῥητόρων

ἵνʼ ἐξακούω; σὺ δʼ ἄπιθʼ ὦ Θρᾷττʼ ἐκποδών.

δούλοις γὰρ οὐκ ἔξεστʼ ἀκούειν τῶν λόγων.

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.) — 266 focus

The eccyclema turns and Agathon disappears.

Euripides

You look for all the world like a woman. But when you talk, take good care to give your voice a woman's tone.

Mnesilochus
falsetto

I'll try my best.

Euripides

Come, get yourself to the temple.

Mnesilochus

No, by Apollo, not unless 270 you swear to me ...

Euripides

What?

Mnesilochus

... that, if anything untoward happen to me, you will leave nothing undone to save me.

Euripides

Very well! I swear it by the Aether, the dwelling-place of the king of the gods.

Mnesilochus

Why not rather swear it by the sons of Hippocrates?

Euripides

Come, I swear it by all the gods, both great and small.

Mnesilochus

275 Remember, it's the heart, and not the tongue, that has sworn; for the oaths of the tongue concern me but little.

Euripides

Hurry up! The signal for the meeting has just been raised on the Temple of Demeter. Farewell.

They both depart. The scene changes to the interior of the Thesmophorion, where the women who form the chorus are assembled. Mnesilochus enters, in his feminine attire, striving to act as womanly as possible, and giving his voice as female a pitch and lilt as he can; he pretends to be addressing his slave-girl.

Mnesilochus

Here, Thratta, follow me. 280 Look, Thratta, at the cloud of smoke that arises from all these lighted torches. Ah! beautiful Thesmophorae! grant me your favours, protect me, both within the temple and on my way back! Come, Thratta, put down the basket and take out 285 the cake, which I wish to offer to the two goddesses. Mighty divinity, oh, Demeter, and thou, Persephone, grant that I may be able to offer you many sacrifices; above all things, grant that I may not be recognized. Would that my well-holed daughter might marry a man 290 as rich as he is foolish and silly, so that she may have nothing to do but amuse herself. But where can a place be found for hearing well? Be off, Thratta, be off; slaves have no right to be present at this gathering.

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 266

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

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Εὐριπίδης

ἁνὴρ μὲν ἡμῖν οὑτοσὶ καὶ δὴ γυνὴ

τό γʼ εἶδος· ἢν λαλῇς δʼ, ὅπως τῷ φθέγματι

γυναικιεῖς εὖ καὶ πιθανῶς.

Μνησίλοχος

πειράσομαι.

Εὐριπίδης

βάδιζε τοίνυν.

Μνησίλοχος

μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω οὔκ, ἤν γε μὴ

ὀμόσῃς ἐμοί—
270

Εὐριπίδης

τί χρῆμα;

Μνησίλοχος

συσσώσειν ἐμὲ

πάσαις τέχναις, ἤν μοί τι περιπίπτῃ κακόν.

Εὐριπίδης

ὄμνυμι τοίνυν αἰθέρʼ οἴκησιν Διός.

Μνησίλοχος

τί μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν Ἱπποκράτους ξυνοικίαν;

Εὐριπίδης

ὄμνυμι τοίνυν πάντας ἄρδην τοὺς θεούς.

Μνησίλοχος

μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῦθʼ, ὅτι ἡ φρὴν ὤμοσεν,
275

ἡ γλῶττα δʼ οὐκ ὀμώμοκʼ· οὐδʼ ὥρκωσʼ ἐγώ.

Εὐριπίδης

ἔκσπευδε ταχέως· ὡς τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας

σημεῖον ἐν τῷ Θεσμοφορείῳ φαίνεται.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἄπειμι.

Current edition Perseus

The eccyclema turns and Agathon disappears.

Euripides

You look for all the world like a woman. But when you talk, take good care to give your voice a woman's tone.

Mnesilochus
falsetto

I'll try my best.

Euripides

Come, get yourself to the temple.

Mnesilochus

No, by Apollo, not unless 270 you swear to me ...

Euripides

What?

Mnesilochus

... that, if anything untoward happen to me, you will leave nothing undone to save me.

Euripides

Very well! I swear it by the Aether, the dwelling-place of the king of the gods.

Mnesilochus

Why not rather swear it by the sons of Hippocrates?

Euripides

Come, I swear it by all the gods, both great and small.

Mnesilochus

275 Remember, it's the heart, and not the tongue, that has sworn; for the oaths of the tongue concern me but little.

Euripides

Hurry up! The signal for the meeting has just been raised on the Temple of Demeter. Farewell.

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Εὐριπίδης ἁνὴρ μὲν ἡμῖν οὑτοσὶ καὶ δὴ γυνὴ τό γʼ εἶδος· ἢν λαλῇς δʼ, ὅπως τῷ φθέγματι γυναικιεῖς εὖ καὶ πιθανῶς.

Μνησίλοχος πειράσομαι.

Εὐριπίδης βάδιζε τοίνυν.

Μνησίλοχος μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω οὔκ, ἤν γε μὴ ὀμόσῃς ἐμοί— 270

Εὐριπίδης τί χρῆμα;

Μνησίλοχος συσσώσειν ἐμὲ πάσαις τέχναις, ἤν μοί τι περιπίπτῃ κακόν.

Εὐριπίδης ὄμνυμι τοίνυν αἰθέρʼ οἴκησιν Διός.

Μνησίλοχος τί μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν Ἱπποκράτους ξυνοικίαν;

Εὐριπίδης ὄμνυμι τοίνυν πάντας ἄρδην τοὺς θεούς.

Μνησίλοχος μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῦθʼ, ὅτι ἡ φρὴν ὤμοσεν, 275 ἡ γλῶττα δʼ οὐκ ὀμώμοκʼ· οὐδʼ ὥρκωσʼ ἐγώ.

Εὐριπίδης ἔκσπευδε ταχέως· ὡς τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σημεῖον ἐν τῷ Θεσμοφορείῳ φαίνεται. ἐγὼ δʼ ἄπειμι.

Current edition Perseus

The eccyclema turns and Agathon disappears.

Euripides You look for all the world like a woman. But when you talk, take good care to give your voice a woman's tone.

Mnesilochus falsetto I'll try my best.

Euripides Come, get yourself to the temple.

Mnesilochus No, by Apollo, not unless 270 you swear to me ...

Euripides What?

Mnesilochus ... that, if anything untoward happen to me, you will leave nothing undone to save me.

Euripides Very well! I swear it by the Aether, the dwelling-place of the king of the gods.

Mnesilochus Why not rather swear it by the sons of Hippocrates?

Euripides Come, I swear it by all the gods, both great and small.

Mnesilochus 275 Remember, it's the heart, and not the tongue, that has sworn; for the oaths of the tongue concern me but little.

Euripides Hurry up! The signal for the meeting has just been raised on the Temple of Demeter. Farewell.

Stable identifiers

Εὐριπίδης

ἁνὴρ μὲν ἡμῖν οὑτοσὶ καὶ δὴ γυνὴ

τό γʼ εἶδος· ἢν λαλῇς δʼ, ὅπως τῷ φθέγματι

γυναικιεῖς εὖ καὶ πιθανῶς.

Μνησίλοχος

πειράσομαι.

Εὐριπίδης

βάδιζε τοίνυν.

Μνησίλοχος

μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω οὔκ, ἤν γε μὴ

ὀμόσῃς ἐμοί—
270

Εὐριπίδης

τί χρῆμα;

Μνησίλοχος

συσσώσειν ἐμὲ

πάσαις τέχναις, ἤν μοί τι περιπίπτῃ κακόν.

Εὐριπίδης

ὄμνυμι τοίνυν αἰθέρʼ οἴκησιν Διός.

Μνησίλοχος

τί μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν Ἱπποκράτους ξυνοικίαν;

Εὐριπίδης

ὄμνυμι τοίνυν πάντας ἄρδην τοὺς θεούς.

Μνησίλοχος

μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῦθʼ, ὅτι ἡ φρὴν ὤμοσεν,
275

ἡ γλῶττα δʼ οὐκ ὀμώμοκʼ· οὐδʼ ὥρκωσʼ ἐγώ.

Εὐριπίδης

ἔκσπευδε ταχέως· ὡς τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας

σημεῖον ἐν τῷ Θεσμοφορείῳ φαίνεται.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἄπειμι.

Euripides

You look for all the world like a woman. But when you talk, take good care to give your voice a woman's tone.

Mnesilochus
falsetto

I'll try my best.

Euripides

Come, get yourself to the temple.

Mnesilochus

No, by Apollo, not unless 270 you swear to me ...

Euripides

What?

Mnesilochus

... that, if anything untoward happen to me, you will leave nothing undone to save me.

Euripides

Very well! I swear it by the Aether, the dwelling-place of the king of the gods.

Mnesilochus

Why not rather swear it by the sons of Hippocrates?

Euripides

Come, I swear it by all the gods, both great and small.

Mnesilochus

275 Remember, it's the heart, and not the tongue, that has sworn; for the oaths of the tongue concern me but little.

Euripides

Hurry up! The signal for the meeting has just been raised on the Temple of Demeter. Farewell.