Aristophanes, Frogs, 1370

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Chorus: The right-hand ones are indeed laborious.

1370

Chorus: For this is another wonder again.

Chorus: a new-fangled thing, full of absurdity,

Chorus: Who else could have thought of this?

Chorus: By Zeus, I certainly would not even if someone were to do so.

Chorus: Tell me of those who have succeeded,

1375

Chorus: I was angry, but I would have been angry.

Chorus: He himself is talking nonsense about these things.

Frogs. 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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Editions (1)

Βάτραχοι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 1370 focus

Χορός

ἐπίπονοί γʼ οἱ δεξιοί.
1370

τόδε γὰρ ἕτερον αὖ τέρας

νεοχμόν, ἀτοπίας πλέων,

ὃ τίς ἂν ἐπενόησεν ἄλλος;

μὰ τὸν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδʼ ἂν εἴ τις

ἔλεγέ μοι τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων,
1375

ἐπιθόμην, ἀλλʼ ᾠόμην ἂν

αὐτὸν αὐτὰ ληρεῖν.

Translations (1)

Frogs (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Matthew Dillon). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1370 focus

Chorus

Painstaking are the men of wit,

For once again here's another marvel,

brand new, full of the unusual,

who else could have thought it up?

Oh my, I'd never, not if anybody
1570

I ran into told me,

have believed it, but I would have thought

he was talking nonsense.

Aristophanes Frogs 1370

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Chorus

Painstaking are the men of wit,

For once again here's another marvel,

brand new, full of the unusual,

who else could have thought it up?

Oh my, I'd never, not if anybody
1570

I ran into told me,

have believed it, but I would have thought

he was talking nonsense.

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Chorus Painstaking are the men of wit, For once again here's another marvel, brand new, full of the unusual, who else could have thought it up? Oh my, I'd never, not if anybody 1570 I ran into told me, have believed it, but I would have thought he was talking nonsense.

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Chorus

Painstaking are the men of wit,

For once again here's another marvel,

brand new, full of the unusual,

who else could have thought it up?

Oh my, I'd never, not if anybody
1570

I ran into told me,

have believed it, but I would have thought

he was talking nonsense.