Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 1112

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Servant: Oh, blessed indeed is the people, but happy am I,

Servant: You, my most blessed mistress,

Maid: you all, who stood by the doors.

Servant: all the neighbors and the tax-gatherers,

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Maid: I, in addition to this, am the servant,

Maid: I who have anointed my head with perfumes,

Servant: For good men, O Zeus; and he has praised him much again.

Servant: of all these, the little jars from Thasos.

Maid: for she has been staying in her head for a long time;

1120

Servant: But all the rest, once they had blossomed, flew away;

Servant: So it is very best, very indeed, O gods.

Therapaina: give unmixed wine, it will make the whole night cheerful.

Maid: [choose the ones] that smell the strongest.

Servant: But, women, tell me about my master,

1125

Servant: the man, wherever he is, having acquired her.

Chorus: You seem to think that if they stay here, we would be able to find something.

Maid: Certainly, for she is coming right now for the dinner.

Maid: O mistress, O blessed and thrice blessed one.

Blepyrus: Me?

1130

Attendant: But you, by Zeus, are like no man.

Maid: For who could be more blessed,

Servant: whoever of the citizens more than thirty thousand

Therapaina: Since the crowd is present, have you not dined alone?

Chorus: You have spoken a very fortunate thing about a man.

Servant: Where, where are you going?

1135

Blepyrus: I am going to the dinner.

Servant: By Aphrodite, I am the very last of all.

Handmaiden: However, the woman ordered me to be seized.

Maid: I am to lead you and these girls along with you.

Servant: But Chian wine has been left over.

Servant: And all the rest well. Do not delay in response to these things,

1140

Maidservant: and if any of the spectators happens to be well-disposed,

Attendant: 'And if none of the judges looks elsewhere,'

Servant: Let her go with us; for we will provide everything.

Blepyrus: So you will not speak nobly to everyone, then?

Blepyrus: And you will not leave out anything, but freely.

1145

Blepyrus: You call an old man a youth and a girl? How...

Blepyrus: The dinner is prepared for them.

Blepyrus: They will go away entirely, if they go home.

Blepyrus: As for me, I will now start towards dinner.

Blepyrus: I also have a torch for you here, well.

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Chorus: Why then do you delay, having come, but do not lead?

Chorus: Taking these things? While you are coming down, I

Chorus: I shall sing a pre-dinner song.

Chorus: And I want to propose a small matter to the judges.

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Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 1112 focus

Θεραπαίνα

ὦ μακάριος μὲν δῆμος, εὐδαίμων δʼ ἐγώ,

αὐτή τέ μοι δέσποινα μακαριωτάτη,

ὑμεῖς θʼ ὅσαι παρέστατʼ ἐπὶ ταῖσιν θύραις

οἱ γείτονές τε πάντες οἵ τε δημόται,
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ἐγώ τε πρὸς τούτοισιν ἡ διάκονος,

ἥτις μεμύρισμαι τὴν κεφαλὴν μυρώμασιν,

ἀγαθοῖσιν ὦ Ζεῦ· πολὺ δʼ ὑπερπέπαικεν αὖ

τούτων ἁπάντων τὰ Θάσιʼ ἀμφορείδια.

ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ γὰρ ἐμμένει πολὺν χρόνον·
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τὰ δʼ ἄλλʼ ἀπανθήσαντα πάντʼ ἀπέπτετο·

ὥστʼ ἐστὶ πολὺ βέλτιστα, πολὺ δῆτʼ ὦ θεοί.

κέρασον ἄκρατον, εὐφρανεῖ τὴν νύχθʼ ὅλην

ἐκλεγομένας ὅ τι ἂν μάλιστʼ ὀσμὴν ἔχῃ.

ἀλλʼ ὦ γυναῖκες φράσατέ μοι τὸν δεσπότην,
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τὸν ἄνδρʼ, ὅπου ʼστί, τῆς ἐμῆς κεκτημένης.

Χορός

αὐτοῦ μένουσʼ ἡμῖν γʼ ἂν ἐξευρεῖν δοκεῖς.

Θεραπαίνα

μάλισθʼ· ὁδὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχεται.

ὦ δέσποτʼ ὦ μακάριε καὶ τρισόλβιε.

Βλέπυρος

ἐγώ;
1130

Θεραπαίνα

σὺ μέντοι νὴ Δίʼ ὥς γʼ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρ.

τίς γὰρ γένοιτʼ ἂν μᾶλλον ὀλβιώτερος,

ὅστις πολιτῶν πλεῖον ἢ τρισμυρίων

ὄντων τὸ πλῆθος οὐ δεδείπνηκας μόνος;

Χορός

εὐδαιμονικόν γʼ ἄνθρωπον εἴρηκας σαφῶς.

Θεραπαίνα

ποῖ ποῖ βαδίζεις;
1135

Βλέπυρος

ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχομαι.

Θεραπαίνα

νὴ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πολύ γʼ ἁπάντων ὕστατος.

ὅμως δʼ ἐκέλευε συλλαβοῦσάν μʼ ἡ γυνὴ

ἄγειν σε καὶ τασδὶ μετὰ σοῦ τὰς μείρακας.

οἶνος δὲ Χῖός ἐστι περιλελειμμένος

καὶ τἄλλʼ ἀγαθά. πρὸς ταῦτα μὴ βραδύνετε,
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καὶ τῶν θεατῶν εἴ τις εὔνους τυγχάνει,

καὶ τῶν κριτῶν εἰ μή τις ἑτέρωσε βλέπει,

ἴτω μεθʼ ἡμῶν· πάντα γὰρ παρέξομεν.

Βλέπυρος

οὔκουν ἅπασι δῆτα γενναίως ἐρεῖς

καὶ μὴ παραλείψεις μηδένʼ, ἀλλʼ ἐλευθέρως
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καλεῖς γέροντα μειράκιον παιδίσκον; ὡς

τὸ δεῖπνον αὐτοῖς ἐστʼ ἐπεσκευασμένον

ἁπαξάπασιν, ἢν ἀπίωσιν οἴκαδε.

ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸς τὸ δεῖπνον ἤδη ʼπείξομαι·

ἔχω δέ τοι καὶ δᾷδα ταυτηνὶ καλῶς.
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Χορός

τί δῆτα διατρίβεις ἔχων, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἄγεις

τασδὶ λαβών; ἐν ὅσῳ δὲ καταβαίνεις, ἐγὼ

ἐπᾴσομαι μέλος τι μελλοδειπνικόν.

σμικρὸν δʼ ὑποθέσθαι τοῖς κριταῖσι βούλομαι.

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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.) — 1112 focus

Interlude of dancing by the Chorus.

A Servant-Maid to Praxagora
She comes from the banquet.

What happiness is the people's! what joy is mine, and above all that of my mistress! Happy are ye, who form choruses before our house! Happy are ye, 1115 both neighbors and fellow-citizens! Happy am I myself! I am but a servant, and yet I have poured on my hair the most exquisite essences. Let thanks be rendered to thee, Oh, Zeus! But a still more delicious aroma is that of the wine of Thasos ; 1120 its sweet bouquet delights the drinker for a long time, whereas the others lose their bloom and vanish quickly. Therefore, long life to the wine-jars of Thasos ! Pour yourselves out unmixed wine, it will cheer you the whole night through, if you choose the liquor that possesses most fragrance. To the Chorus. 1125 But tell me, friends, where is my mistress's husband?

Leader of the Chorus

Wait for him here; he will no doubt pass this way.

Maid-Servant

Ah! there he is just going to dinner. Oh! master! what joy! what blessedness is yours!

Blepyrus

1130 Mine?

Maid-Servant

None can compare his happiness to yours; you have reached its utmost height, you who, alone out of thirty thousand citizens have not yet dined.

Leader of the Chorus

Aye, here is undoubtedly a happy man.

Maid-Servant

1135 Where are you off to?

Blepyrus

I am going to dine.

Maid-Servant

By Aphrodite, you will be the last of all, far and away the last. Yet my mistress has bidden me take you and take with you these three young girls. Some Chian wine is left and lots of 1140 other good things. Therefore hurry, and invite likewise all the spectators whom we have pleased, and such of the judges as are not against us, to follow us; we will offer them everything they can desire.

Blepyrus

Generously invite everyone 1145 and omit no one, old or young. Dinner is ready for all; they need only go home. As for me, I shall go to the banquet 1150 with the customary torch in my hand.

Chorus

But why do you tarry, Blepyrus? Take these young girls with you and, while you are away a while, I will whet my appetite with some dining-song. I have but a few words to say:

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Χορός

αὐτοῦ μένουσʼ ἡμῖν γʼ ἂν ἐξευρεῖν δοκεῖς.

Θεραπαίνα

μάλισθʼ· ὁδὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχεται.

ὦ δέσποτʼ ὦ μακάριε καὶ τρισόλβιε.

Βλέπυρος

ἐγώ;
1130

Χορός

εὐδαιμονικόν γʼ ἄνθρωπον εἴρηκας σαφῶς.

Θεραπαίνα

ποῖ ποῖ βαδίζεις;
1135

Βλέπυρος

ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχομαι.

Leader of the Chorus

Wait for him here; he will no doubt pass this way.

Maid-Servant

Ah! there he is just going to dinner. Oh! master! what joy! what blessedness is yours!

Blepyrus

1130 Mine?

Maid-Servant

None can compare his happiness to yours; you have reached its utmost height, you who, alone out of thirty thousand citizens have not yet dined.

Leader of the Chorus

Aye, here is undoubtedly a happy man.

Maid-Servant

1135 Where are you off to?

Blepyrus

I am going to dine.

Blepyrus

Generously invite everyone 1145 and omit no one, old or young. Dinner is ready for all; they need only go home. As for me, I shall go to the banquet 1150 with the customary torch in my hand.

Chorus

But why do you tarry, Blepyrus? Take these young girls with you and, while you are away a while, I will whet my appetite with some dining-song. I have but a few words to say:

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Χορός αὐτοῦ μένουσʼ ἡμῖν γʼ ἂν ἐξευρεῖν δοκεῖς.

Θεραπαίνα μάλισθʼ· ὁδὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχεται. ὦ δέσποτʼ ὦ μακάριε καὶ τρισόλβιε.

Βλέπυρος ἐγώ; 1130

Χορός εὐδαιμονικόν γʼ ἄνθρωπον εἴρηκας σαφῶς.

Θεραπαίνα ποῖ ποῖ βαδίζεις; 1135

Βλέπυρος ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχομαι.

Leader of the Chorus Wait for him here; he will no doubt pass this way.

Maid-Servant Ah! there he is just going to dinner. Oh! master! what joy! what blessedness is yours!

Blepyrus 1130 Mine?

Maid-Servant None can compare his happiness to yours; you have reached its utmost height, you who, alone out of thirty thousand citizens have not yet dined.

Leader of the Chorus Aye, here is undoubtedly a happy man.

Maid-Servant 1135 Where are you off to?

Blepyrus I am going to dine.

Blepyrus Generously invite everyone 1145 and omit no one, old or young. Dinner is ready for all; they need only go home. As for me, I shall go to the banquet 1150 with the customary torch in my hand.

Chorus But why do you tarry, Blepyrus? Take these young girls with you and, while you are away a while, I will whet my appetite with some dining-song. I have but a few words to say:

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Χορός

αὐτοῦ μένουσʼ ἡμῖν γʼ ἂν ἐξευρεῖν δοκεῖς.

Θεραπαίνα

μάλισθʼ· ὁδὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχεται.

ὦ δέσποτʼ ὦ μακάριε καὶ τρισόλβιε.

Βλέπυρος

ἐγώ;
1130

Χορός

εὐδαιμονικόν γʼ ἄνθρωπον εἴρηκας σαφῶς.

Θεραπαίνα

ποῖ ποῖ βαδίζεις;
1135

Βλέπυρος

ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἔρχομαι.

Leader of the Chorus

Wait for him here; he will no doubt pass this way.

Maid-Servant

Ah! there he is just going to dinner. Oh! master! what joy! what blessedness is yours!

Blepyrus

1130 Mine?

Maid-Servant

None can compare his happiness to yours; you have reached its utmost height, you who, alone out of thirty thousand citizens have not yet dined.

Leader of the Chorus

Aye, here is undoubtedly a happy man.

Maid-Servant

1135 Where are you off to?

Blepyrus

I am going to dine.

Blepyrus

Generously invite everyone 1145 and omit no one, old or young. Dinner is ready for all; they need only go home. As for me, I shall go to the banquet 1150 with the customary torch in my hand.

Chorus

But why do you tarry, Blepyrus? Take these young girls with you and, while you are away a while, I will whet my appetite with some dining-song. I have but a few words to say: