Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 699

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Chorus: Let go, let go.

Chorus: O Lady Fates, what is this that I am looking at?

700

Chorus: a new wonder again?

Chorus: As all things are now full of daring and shamelessness.

Chorus: What a deed she has done again, what a deed, my dear friends, this one.

Mnesilochus: Just wait, I'll make an example of your excessive insolence.

Chorus: Surely these are not terrible things, are they, and even more?

705

Woman A: That's terrible, indeed, whoever has snatched my child away from me.

Thesmophoriazusae. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 699 focus

Χορός

ἔα ἔα.

ὦ πότνιαι Μοῖραι τί τόδε δέρκομαι
700

νεοχμὸν αὖ τέρας;

ὡς ἅπαντʼ ἄρʼ ἐστὶ τόλμης μεστὰ κἀναισχυντίας.

οἷον αὖ δέδρακεν ἔργον, οἷον αὖ φίλαι τόδε.

Μνησίλοχος

οἷον ὑμῶν ἐξαράξω τὴν ἄγαν αὐθαδίαν.

Χορός

ταῦτα δῆτʼ οὐ δεινὰ πράγματʼ ἐστὶ καὶ περαιτέρω;
705

Γυνὴ Α

δεινὰ δῆθʼ, ὅστις γʼ ἔχει μου ʼξαρπάσας τὸ παιδίον.

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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.) — 699 focus

Leader of the Chorus

Oh! oh! 700 venerable Moirai, what fresh attack is this? It's the crowning act of audacity and shamelessness! What has he done now, friends, what has he done?

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 699

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Μνησίλοχος

οἷον ὑμῶν ἐξαράξω τὴν ἄγαν αὐθαδίαν.

Χορός

ταῦτα δῆτʼ οὐ δεινὰ πράγματʼ ἐστὶ καὶ περαιτέρω;
705

Γυνὴ Α

δεινὰ δῆθʼ, ὅστις γʼ ἔχει μου ʼξαρπάσας τὸ παιδίον.

Leader of the Chorus

Oh! oh! 700 venerable Moirai, what fresh attack is this? It's the crowning act of audacity and shamelessness! What has he done now, friends, what has he done?

Mnesilochus

Ah! your insolence passes all bounds, but I know how to curb it!

Leader of the Chorus

705 What a shameful deed! the measure of his iniquities is full!

First Woman

Aye, it's shameful that he should have robbed me of my child.

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Μνησίλοχος οἷον ὑμῶν ἐξαράξω τὴν ἄγαν αὐθαδίαν.

Χορός ταῦτα δῆτʼ οὐ δεινὰ πράγματʼ ἐστὶ καὶ περαιτέρω; 705

Γυνὴ Α δεινὰ δῆθʼ, ὅστις γʼ ἔχει μου ʼξαρπάσας τὸ παιδίον.

Leader of the Chorus Oh! oh! 700 venerable Moirai, what fresh attack is this? It's the crowning act of audacity and shamelessness! What has he done now, friends, what has he done?

Mnesilochus Ah! your insolence passes all bounds, but I know how to curb it!

Leader of the Chorus 705 What a shameful deed! the measure of his iniquities is full!

First Woman Aye, it's shameful that he should have robbed me of my child.

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Μνησίλοχος

οἷον ὑμῶν ἐξαράξω τὴν ἄγαν αὐθαδίαν.

Χορός

ταῦτα δῆτʼ οὐ δεινὰ πράγματʼ ἐστὶ καὶ περαιτέρω;
705

Γυνὴ Α

δεινὰ δῆθʼ, ὅστις γʼ ἔχει μου ʼξαρπάσας τὸ παιδίον.

Leader of the Chorus

Oh! oh! 700 venerable Moirai, what fresh attack is this? It's the crowning act of audacity and shamelessness! What has he done now, friends, what has he done?

Mnesilochus

Ah! your insolence passes all bounds, but I know how to curb it!

Leader of the Chorus

705 What a shameful deed! the measure of his iniquities is full!

First Woman

Aye, it's shameful that he should have robbed me of my child.