Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 969

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Chorus: Advance with your feet the well-strung [lyre].

Chorus: I will sing of the bow-bearing one

970

Chorus: Artemis, pure mistress.

Chorus: hail, O you who work from afar,

Chorus: Shout for victory!

Chorus: But Hera, the perfect one,

Chorus: Let us sing, as is proper,

Chorus: She mocks all the choruses and

975

Chorus: She guards the marriage keys.

Thesmophoriazusae. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)

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Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 969 focus

Χορός

πρόβαινε ποσὶ τὸν εὐλύραν

μέλπουσα καὶ τὴν τοξοφόρον
970

Ἄρτεμιν ἄνασσαν ἁγνήν.

χαῖρʼ ὦ ἑκάεργε,

ὄπαζε δὲ νίκην·

Ἥραν δὲ τὴν τελείαν

μέλψωμεν ὥσπερ εἰκός,

ἣ πᾶσι τοῖς χοροῖσιν ἐμπαίζει τε καὶ
975

κλῇδας γάμου φυλάττει.

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.) — 969 focus

Chorus

Start off 970 while you sing to the god of the lyre and to the chaste goddess armed with the bow. Hail! thou god who flingest thy darts so far, grant us the victory! The homage of our song is also due to Here, the goddess of marriage, 975 who interests herself in every chorus and guards the approach to the nuptial couch.

Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae 969

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