Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 707

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Χορός

τί ἂν οὖν εἴποι πρὸς ταῦτά τις, ὅτε

τοιαῦτα ποιῶν ὅδʼ ἀναισχυντεῖ;

Μνησίλοχος

κοὔπω μέντοι γε πέπαυμαι.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ οὖν ἥκεις γʼ ὅθεν οὐ φαύλως γʼ
710

ἀποδρὰς λέξεις

οἷον δράσας διέδυς ἔργον,

λήψει δὲ κακόν.

Μνησίλοχος

τοῦτο μέντοι μὴ γένοιτο μηδαμῶς, ἀπεύχομαι.

Χορός

τίς οὖν σοι, τίς ἂν σύμμαχος ἐκ θεῶν
715

ἀθανάτων ἔλθοι ξὺν ἀδίκοις ἔργοις;

Μνησίλοχος

μάτην λαλεῖτε· τὴν δʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀφήσω.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ οὐ μὰ τὼ θεὼ τάχʼ οὐ χαίρων ἴσως

ἐνυβριεῖς λόγους λέξεις τʼ ἀνοσίους
720

ἐπʼ ἀθέοις ἔργοις·

καὶ γὰρ ἀνταμειψόμεσθά σʼ ὥσπερ εἰκὸς ἀντὶ τῶνδε.

τάχα δὲ μεταβαλοῦσʼ ἐπὶ κακὸν ἑτερότροπον

ἐπέχει τύχη.
725

ἀλλὰ τάσδε μὲν λαβεῖν χρῆν σʼ ἐκφέρειν τε τῶν ξύλων,

καὶ καταίθειν τὸν πανοῦργον πυρπολεῖν θʼ ὅσον τάχος.

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.) — 707 focus

Chorus
Singing

It's past belief to be so criminal and so imprudent!

Mnesilochus

Ah! you're not near the end of it yet.

Chorus

710 Little I care whence you come; you shall not return to boast of having acted so odiously with impunity, for you shall be punished.

Mnesilochus

You won't do it, by the gods!

Chorus

715 And what immortal would protect you for your crime?

Mnesilochus

You talk in vain! I shall not let go the child.

Chorus

By the goddesses, you will not laugh presently 720 over your crime and your impious speech. For with impiety, as 'tis meet, shall we reply to your impiety. 725 Soon fortune will turn round and overwhelm you.

Leader of the Chorus

Come there, bring some firewood. Let's roast the wretch as quickly as we can.

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.) — 707 focus

Chorus: What, then, could anyone say in response to these things, when

Chorus: Does he do such things and yet have the audacity?

Mnesilochus: But I have not yet stopped.

Chorus: But indeed you have come from a place not insignificantly.

710

Chorus: having escaped, words

Chorus: such a deed you did and slipped through,

Chorus: She will receive a bad thing.

Mnesilochus: May this never, under any circumstances, happen; I pray for that.

Chorus: So, who, then, would be your ally from the gods?

715

Chorus: Would he come among the unjust deeds of the immortals?

Mnesilochus: You talk in vain; but I will not let her go.

Chorus: But by the two goddesses, perhaps he will not be glad soon.

Chorus: uttering insulting and impious words

720

Chorus: on unholy deeds;

Chorus: For we will also repay you, as is fitting, in return for these things.

Chorus: Perhaps they will change to a different sort of evil.

Chorus: Fortune holds back.

725

Chorus: But you ought to have taken these and carried them out from the wooden platform,

Chorus: And to burn down the cunning one, to set fire to him, as quickly as possible.

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 707

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

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Χορός

τί ἂν οὖν εἴποι πρὸς ταῦτά τις, ὅτε

τοιαῦτα ποιῶν ὅδʼ ἀναισχυντεῖ;

Μνησίλοχος

κοὔπω μέντοι γε πέπαυμαι.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ οὖν ἥκεις γʼ ὅθεν οὐ φαύλως γʼ
710

ἀποδρὰς λέξεις

οἷον δράσας διέδυς ἔργον,

λήψει δὲ κακόν.

Μνησίλοχος

τοῦτο μέντοι μὴ γένοιτο μηδαμῶς, ἀπεύχομαι.

Χορός

τίς οὖν σοι, τίς ἂν σύμμαχος ἐκ θεῶν
715

ἀθανάτων ἔλθοι ξὺν ἀδίκοις ἔργοις;

Μνησίλοχος

μάτην λαλεῖτε· τὴν δʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀφήσω.

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Chorus
Singing

It's past belief to be so criminal and so imprudent!

Mnesilochus

Ah! you're not near the end of it yet.

Chorus

710 Little I care whence you come; you shall not return to boast of having acted so odiously with impunity, for you shall be punished.

Mnesilochus

You won't do it, by the gods!

Chorus

715 And what immortal would protect you for your crime?

Mnesilochus

You talk in vain! I shall not let go the child.

Chorus

By the goddesses, you will not laugh presently 720 over your crime and your impious speech. For with impiety, as 'tis meet, shall we reply to your impiety. 725 Soon fortune will turn round and overwhelm you.

Leader of the Chorus

Come there, bring some firewood. Let's roast the wretch as quickly as we can.

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Χορός τί ἂν οὖν εἴποι πρὸς ταῦτά τις, ὅτε τοιαῦτα ποιῶν ὅδʼ ἀναισχυντεῖ;

Μνησίλοχος κοὔπω μέντοι γε πέπαυμαι.

Χορός ἀλλʼ οὖν ἥκεις γʼ ὅθεν οὐ φαύλως γʼ 710 ἀποδρὰς λέξεις οἷον δράσας διέδυς ἔργον, λήψει δὲ κακόν.

Μνησίλοχος τοῦτο μέντοι μὴ γένοιτο μηδαμῶς, ἀπεύχομαι.

Χορός τίς οὖν σοι, τίς ἂν σύμμαχος ἐκ θεῶν 715 ἀθανάτων ἔλθοι ξὺν ἀδίκοις ἔργοις;

Μνησίλοχος μάτην λαλεῖτε· τὴν δʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀφήσω.

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Chorus Singing It's past belief to be so criminal and so imprudent!

Mnesilochus Ah! you're not near the end of it yet.

Chorus 710 Little I care whence you come; you shall not return to boast of having acted so odiously with impunity, for you shall be punished.

Mnesilochus You won't do it, by the gods!

Chorus 715 And what immortal would protect you for your crime?

Mnesilochus You talk in vain! I shall not let go the child.

Chorus By the goddesses, you will not laugh presently 720 over your crime and your impious speech. For with impiety, as 'tis meet, shall we reply to your impiety. 725 Soon fortune will turn round and overwhelm you.

Leader of the Chorus Come there, bring some firewood. Let's roast the wretch as quickly as we can.

Stable identifiers

Χορός

τί ἂν οὖν εἴποι πρὸς ταῦτά τις, ὅτε

τοιαῦτα ποιῶν ὅδʼ ἀναισχυντεῖ;

Μνησίλοχος

κοὔπω μέντοι γε πέπαυμαι.

Χορός

ἀλλʼ οὖν ἥκεις γʼ ὅθεν οὐ φαύλως γʼ
710

ἀποδρὰς λέξεις

οἷον δράσας διέδυς ἔργον,

λήψει δὲ κακόν.

Μνησίλοχος

τοῦτο μέντοι μὴ γένοιτο μηδαμῶς, ἀπεύχομαι.

Χορός

τίς οὖν σοι, τίς ἂν σύμμαχος ἐκ θεῶν
715

ἀθανάτων ἔλθοι ξὺν ἀδίκοις ἔργοις;

Μνησίλοχος

μάτην λαλεῖτε· τὴν δʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀφήσω.

Chorus
Singing

It's past belief to be so criminal and so imprudent!

Mnesilochus

Ah! you're not near the end of it yet.

Chorus

710 Little I care whence you come; you shall not return to boast of having acted so odiously with impunity, for you shall be punished.

Mnesilochus

You won't do it, by the gods!

Chorus

715 And what immortal would protect you for your crime?

Mnesilochus

You talk in vain! I shall not let go the child.

Chorus

By the goddesses, you will not laugh presently 720 over your crime and your impious speech. For with impiety, as 'tis meet, shall we reply to your impiety. 725 Soon fortune will turn round and overwhelm you.

Leader of the Chorus

Come there, bring some firewood. Let's roast the wretch as quickly as we can.