Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 352

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Χορός

ξυνευχόμεσθα τέλεα μὲν

πόλει τέλεα δὲ δήμῳ

τάδʼ εὔγματα γενέσθαι,

τὰ δʼ ἄρισθʼ ὅσαις προσήκει
355

νικᾶν λεγούσαις· ὁπόσαι δʼ

ἐξαπατῶσιν παραβαίνουσί τε τοὺς

ὅρκους τοὺς νενομισμένους

κερδῶν οὕνεκʼ ἐπὶ βλάβῃ,
360

ἢ ψηφίσματα καὶ νόμον

ζητοῦσʼ ἀντιμεθιστάναι,

τἀπόρρητά τε τοῖσιν ἐχθροῖς

τοῖς ἡμετέροις λέγουσʼ,

ἢ Μήδους ἐπάγουσι γῇ
365

κερδῶν οὕνεκʼ ἐπὶ βλάβῃ,

ἀσεβοῦσιν ἀδικοῦσίν τε τὴν πόλιν.

ἀλλʼ ὦ παγκρατὲς

Ζεῦ ταῦτα κυρώσειας, ὥσθʼ

ἡμῖν θεοὺς παραστατεῖν
370

καίπερ γυναιξὶν οὔσαις.

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.) — 352 focus

Chorus
singing

Let us ask the fulfillment of these wishes both for the city and for the people, 355 and may the wisest of us cause her opinion to be accepted. But woe to those women who break their oaths, 360 who speculate on the public misfortune, who seek to alter the laws and the decrees, who reveal our secrets to the foe 365 and admit the Medes into our territory so that they may devastate it! I declare them both impious and criminal. Oh! almighty Zeus! see to it that 370 the gods protect us, albeit we are but women!

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.) — 352 focus

Chorus: We are all praying that it may be successful.

Chorus: but may the city and the people be complete.

Chorus: May these things come to pass,

Chorus: But the best things belong to those whom they belong to.

355

Chorus: to be said to be victorious; but as many as

Chorus: they deceive and transgress the

Chorus: the customary oaths

Chorus: for the sake of profits, at the cost of damage,

360

Chorus: Or decrees and a law

Chorus: seeking to exchange places,

Chorus: the secrets to the enemies

Chorus: 'speaking to our men,'

Chorus: Or do they bring in Medus to the land?

365

Chorus: for the sake of gain, at the cost of harm,

Chorus: They are acting impiously and unjustly towards the city.

Chorus: but O all-powerful one

Chorus: May Zeus confirm these things, so that

Chorus: to stand as guardians for us

370

Chorus: even though they are women.

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 352

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

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