Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart, 960

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Νεανίας

δεῦρο δὴ δεῦρο δή,
960

καὶ σύ μοι καταδραμοῦσα

τὴν θύραν ἄνοιξον

τήνδʼ· εἰ δὲ μή, καταπεσὼν κείσομαι.

φίλον, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ σῷ

βούλομαι κόλπῳ πληκτίζεσθαι

μετὰ τῆς σῆς πυγῆς.
965

Κύπρι τί μʼ ἐκμαίνεις ἐπὶ ταύτῃ;

μέθες, ἱκνοῦμαί σʼ Ἔρως,

καὶ ποίησον τήνδʼ ἐς εὐνὴν

τὴν ἐμὴν ἱκέσθαι.

Ecclesiazusae. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1907.

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Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.)

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Ecclesiazusae (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 960 focus

Young Man
Standing beneath the Young Girl's window and singing.

960 Come down and haste to open the door unless you want to see me fall dead with desire. Dearest treasure, I am burning to yield myself to voluptuous sport, lying on your bosom, to let my hands play 965 with your bottom. Aphrodite, why dost thou fire me with such delight in her? Oh! Eros, I beseech thee, have mercy and make her share my couch.

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.) — 960 focus

Young man: 'Come here, come here, indeed.'

960

Young man: and you run down to me too

Young man: open the door.

Young Man: This one! But if not, I will lie prostrate.

Young man: a friend, but in your...

Young man: I want to be poked in the bosom.

Young man: with your buttocks.

965

Young man: Kypris, why are you driving me mad about this?

Young man: Let me go, I beg you, Love,

Young Man: And make this one go to bed.

Young Man: to come as a suppliant to my house.

Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 960

ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart

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