Aristophanes, Frogs, 590

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Chorus: Now it is your work, since

590

Chorus: You have taken the costume which

Chorus: You had it from the beginning again,

Chorus: to renew

Chorus: and again to see the dreadful thing,

Chorus: mindful of the god.

Chorus: to whom you liken yourself.

Chorus: but if he is caught while raving

Chorus: and after you have cast out some soft thing,

595

Chorus: Again, you must be lifted.

Chorus: The mattresses will be there again.

Xanthias: Not badly, then, men, you advise,

Xanthias: But I myself happen to know these things.

Xanthias: Just now understanding together.

Xanthias: Well then, if something is good,

Xanthias: he will try to take these away again.

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Xanthias: I know well that.

Xanthias: But nevertheless I will go out.

Xanthias: 'My courage is manly.'

Xanthias: and seeing oregano.

Xanthias: It seems, as I hear, a terrible thing.

Xanthias: The door, and now a noise.

Frogs. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Βάτραχοι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 590 focus

Χορός

νῦν σὸν ἔργον ἔστʼ, ἐπειδὴ
590

τὴν στολὴν εἴληφας ἥνπερ

εἶχες ἐξ ἀρχῆς πάλιν,

ἀνανεάζειν

καὶ βλέπειν αὖθις τὸ δεινόν,

τοῦ θεοῦ μεμνημένον

ᾧπερ εἰκάζεις σεαυτόν.

εἰ δὲ παραληρῶν ἁλώσει

κἀκβαλεῖς τι μαλθακόν,
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αὖθις αἴρεσθαί σʼ ἀνάγκη

ʼσται πάλιν τὰ στρώματα.

Ξανθίας

οὐ κακῶς ὦνδρες παραινεῖτʼ,

ἀλλὰ καὐτὸς τυγχάνω ταῦτʼ

ἄρτι συννοούμενος.

ὅτι μὲν οὖν, ἢν χρηστὸν ᾖ τι,

ταῦτʼ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι πάλιν πειράσεταί
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μʼ εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι.

ἀλλʼ ὅμως ἐγὼ παρέξω

ʼμαυτὸν ἀνδρεῖον τὸ λῆμα

καὶ βλέποντʼ ὀρίγανον.

δεῖν δʼ ἔοικεν, ὡς ἀκούω

τῆς θύρας καὶ δὴ ψόφον.

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.) — 590 focus

Chorus

Now again it's your job, since

you've taken the robe, which
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you had at the start, again

to rejuvenate yourself,

and cast an awful glance,

mindful of the god,

to whom you liken yourself.
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But if you're caught babbling

or emit some cowardly sound,

you'll have to pick up

the baggage again.

Xanthias

Not bad advice, my friends,
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And I just happened to think

this myself.

Since if there's anything good,

he'll try to take this back from me

I know full well.
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But nonetheless I'll show

myself manly of heart

and spicy of look.

I think I'll need to, since I hear

just now a knock on the door.
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