Aristophanes, Frogs, Matthew Dillon (Translator), 1528

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Chorus

First grant bon voyage to the departing poet

as he rises to the light, ye spirits under the earth,

and grant to the city good ideas for great gains.

For we would then cease completely from these great woes
1745

and dire clashes in arms. But let Cleophon

and anyone else who wants to, fight in their ancestral fields

Frogs. Aristophanes. Matthew Dillon (Translator). . 2026-09-08.

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Editions (1)

Βάτραχοι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 1528 focus

Χορός

πρῶτα μὲν εὐοδίαν ἀγαθὴν ἀπιόντι ποιητῇ

ἐς φάος ὀρνυμένῳ δότε δαίμονες οἱ κατὰ γαίας,

τῇ δὲ πόλει μεγάλων ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθὰς ἐπινοίας.
1530

πάγχυ γὰρ ἐκ μεγάλων ἀχέων παυσαίμεθʼ ἂν οὕτως

ἀργαλέων τʼ ἐν ὅπλοις ξυνόδων. Κλεοφῶν δὲ μαχέσθω

κἄλλος ὁ βουλόμενος τούτων πατρίοις ἐν ἀρούραις.

Translations (1)

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.) — 1528 focus

Chorus: First of all, a good journey for the departing poet

Chorus: Give light, gods, to him rising to the light from beneath the earth,

Chorus: And to the city, good suggestions for great blessings.

1530

Chorus: for we would quite well cease from great sorrows in this way

Chorus: of toilsome campaigns in arms. And let Kleophon fight.

Chorus: And beauty, whoever wants it, in ancestral fields.

Aristophanes Frogs 1528

Matthew Dillon (Translator)

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