Ecclesiazusae. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.
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Chorus: but walk, tapping as much as possible with your two feet.
Chorus: But it would bring shame to us.
Chorus: This matter has been exposed to all the women by the men.
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Chorus: In response to this, gather yourself together.
Chorus: and observing closely
Chorus: from here and from there and
Chorus: what is on the right, may the matter not turn out to be a misfortune.
Chorus: But let us walk fast; for we are already near the place,
Chorus: from which time, whenever we were, we hastened to the assembly;
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Chorus: And the house will be visible, from the very place where the general is.
Chorus: Is there she who found the thing that has now been decided by the citizens?
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Editions (1)
Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 483 focus
Χορός
ἀλλʼ ὡς μάλιστα τοῖν ποδοῖν ἐπικτυπῶν βάδιζε·
ἡμῖν δʼ ἂν αἰσχύνην φέροι
πάσαισι παρὰ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτʼ ἐλεγχθέν.
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πρὸς ταῦτα συστέλλου σεαυτὴν
καὶ περισκοπουμένη
τἀνθένδε καὶ τἀκεῖσε καὶ
τἀκ δεξιᾶς, μὴ ξυμφορὰ γενήσεται τὸ πρᾶγμα.
ἀλλʼ ἐγκονῶμεν· τοῦ τόπου γὰρ ἐγγύς ἐσμεν ἤδη,
ὅθενπερ εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ὡρμώμεθʼ ἡνίκʼ ᾖμεν·
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τὴν δʼ οἰκίαν ἔξεσθʼ ὁρᾶν, ὅθενπερ ἡ στρατηγὸς
ἔσθʼ ἡ τὸ πρᾶγμʼ εὑροῦσʼ ὃ νῦν ἔδοξε τοῖς πολίταις.
ἀλλʼ ὡς μάλιστα τοῖν ποδοῖν ἐπικτυπῶν βάδιζε·
ἡμῖν δʼ ἂν αἰσχύνην φέροι
πάσαισι παρὰ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτʼ ἐλεγχθέν.
485
πρὸς ταῦτα συστέλλου σεαυτὴν
καὶ περισκοπουμένη
τἀνθένδε καὶ τἀκεῖσε καὶ
τἀκ δεξιᾶς, μὴ ξυμφορὰ γενήσεται τὸ πρᾶγμα.
ἀλλʼ ἐγκονῶμεν· τοῦ τόπου γὰρ ἐγγύς ἐσμεν ἤδη,
ὅθενπερ εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ὡρμώμεθʼ ἡνίκʼ ᾖμεν·
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τὴν δʼ οἰκίαν ἔξεσθʼ ὁρᾶν, ὅθενπερ ἡ στρατηγὸς
ἔσθʼ ἡ τὸ πρᾶγμʼ εὑροῦσʼ ὃ νῦν ἔδοξε τοῖς πολίταις.
Translations (1)
Ecclesiazusae (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 483 focus
Chorus
Let us make as much noise as possible as we tramp. It would be a disgrace for
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all of us if we allowed ourselves to be caught in this deed by the men. Come, wrap yourselves up well, and search both right and left, so that no mischance may happen to us. Let us hasten our steps; here we are close to the meeting-place
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whence we started for the Assembly, and here is the house of our leader, the author of this bold scheme, which is now decreed by all the citizens.
Let us make as much noise as possible as we tramp. It would be a disgrace for
485
all of us if we allowed ourselves to be caught in this deed by the men. Come, wrap yourselves up well, and search both right and left, so that no mischance may happen to us. Let us hasten our steps; here we are close to the meeting-place
490
whence we started for the Assembly, and here is the house of our leader, the author of this bold scheme, which is now decreed by all the citizens.