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Mnesilochus: Oh my hands
Mnesilochus: One ought to undertake a serious task.
Mnesilochus: Come now, bring clean tablets and wax tablets,
Mnesilochus: Receive the wooden spoons.
Mnesilochus: heralds of my labors! Alas!
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Mnesilochus: This is a bad man!
Mnesilochus: Move along, move along. Which furrow?
Mnesilochus: Go, hurry, go through all the streets.
Mnesilochus: That one there. It must be done quickly.
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Editions (1)
Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 776 focus
Μνησίλοχος
ὦ χεῖρες ἐμαὶ
ἐγχειρεῖν χρῆν ἔργῳ πορίμῳ.
ἄγε δὴ πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι,
δέξασθε σμίλης ὁλκοὺς
κήρυκας ἐμῶν μόχθων· οἴμοι
780
τουτὶ τὸ ῥῶ μοχθηρόν·
χώρει χώρει. ποίαν αὔλακα;
βάσκετʼ ἐπείγετε πάσας καθʼ ὁδοὺς
κείνᾳ ταύτᾳ· ταχέως χρή.
ὦ χεῖρες ἐμαὶ
ἐγχειρεῖν χρῆν ἔργῳ πορίμῳ.
ἄγε δὴ πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι,
δέξασθε σμίλης ὁλκοὺς
κήρυκας ἐμῶν μόχθων· οἴμοι
780
τουτὶ τὸ ῥῶ μοχθηρόν·
χώρει χώρει. ποίαν αὔλακα;
βάσκετʼ ἐπείγετε πάσας καθʼ ὁδοὺς
κείνᾳ ταύτᾳ· ταχέως χρή.
Translations (1)
Thesmophoriazusae (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 776 focus
Mnesilochus
Oh! my hands, keep up your courage, for my safety is at stake. Come, my beautiful tablets, receive the traces of my stylus
780
and be the messengers of my sorry fate. Oh! oh! this R looks miserable enough! Where is it running to then? Come, off with you in all directions, to the right and to the left; and hurry yourselves, for there's much need indeed!
Oh! my hands, keep up your courage, for my safety is at stake. Come, my beautiful tablets, receive the traces of my stylus
780
and be the messengers of my sorry fate. Oh! oh! this R looks miserable enough! Where is it running to then? Come, off with you in all directions, to the right and to the left; and hurry yourselves, for there's much need indeed!