Frogs. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.
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Chorus: If I were to see a man's upright life or some character that still exists
Chorus: it will be wailed,
Chorus: Not much, nor does this monkey who is now causing trouble,
Chorus: Cleigenes the little one,
Chorus: the most wicked bathman, as many as rule, are ash-soakers.
710
Chorus: false plaster
Chorus: and of the land of Keos,
Chorus: He will stay for a while; but having seen these things, he will not
Chorus: It is peaceful, so that he might not even strip off drunk, without [it].
715
Chorus: walking on wood.
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Βάτραχοι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 706 focus
Χορός
εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ ὀρθὸς ἰδεῖν βίον ἀνέρος ἢ τρόπον ὅστις ἔτʼ
οἰμώξεται,
οὐ πολὺν οὐδʼ ὁ πίθηκος οὗτος ὁ νῦν ἐνοχλῶν,
Κλειγένης ὁ μικρός,
ὁ πονηρότατος βαλανεὺς ὁπόσοι κρατοῦσι κυκησιτέφρου
710
ψευδολίτρου κονίας
καὶ Κιμωλίας γῆς,
χρόνον ἐνδιατρίψει· ἰδὼν δὲ τάδʼ οὐκ
εἰρηνικὸς ἔσθʼ, ἵνα μή ποτε κἀποδυθῇ μεθύων ἄνευ
715
ξύλου βαδίζων.
εἰ δʼ ἐγὼ ὀρθὸς ἰδεῖν βίον ἀνέρος ἢ τρόπον ὅστις ἔτʼ
οἰμώξεται,
οὐ πολὺν οὐδʼ ὁ πίθηκος οὗτος ὁ νῦν ἐνοχλῶν,
Κλειγένης ὁ μικρός,
ὁ πονηρότατος βαλανεὺς ὁπόσοι κρατοῦσι κυκησιτέφρου
710
ψευδολίτρου κονίας
καὶ Κιμωλίας γῆς,
χρόνον ἐνδιατρίψει· ἰδὼν δὲ τάδʼ οὐκ
εἰρηνικὸς ἔσθʼ, ἵνα μή ποτε κἀποδυθῇ μεθύων ἄνευ
715
ξύλου βαδίζων.
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.) — 706 focus
Chorus
If I'm a fair judge of the life and habits of a man who will yet come to grief,
not long will this annoying ape
840
Cleigenes the tiny,
the nastiest bathman of all who rule the ash-mixed
polluted soda lye
and the Cimolian earth,
not long will he be around. But knowing this
845
he's no pacifist, lest he ever be stripped while
wandering drunk without his staff.
If I'm a fair judge of the life and habits of a man who will yet come to grief,
not long will this annoying ape
840
Cleigenes the tiny,
the nastiest bathman of all who rule the ash-mixed
polluted soda lye
and the Cimolian earth,
not long will he be around. But knowing this
845
he's no pacifist, lest he ever be stripped while
wandering drunk without his staff.