Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 900

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Young Woman: Do not be envious of the young women.

900

Young Woman: For tenderness has naturally grown in her.

Young woman: with the soft thighs

Young Man: And it blooms even among the apples. But you, old woman,

Young woman: you have talked nonsense and rubbed against me,

Young Woman: Death is a worry.

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Ecclesiazusae. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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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.) — 900 focus

Νεᾶνις

μὴ φθόνει ταῖσιν νέαισι.
900

τὸ τρυφερὸν γὰρ ἐμπέφυκε

τοῖς ἁπαλοῖσι μηροῖς

κἀπὶ τοῖς μήλοις ἐπανθεῖ· σὺ δʼ ὦ γραῦ,

παραλέλεξαι κἀντέτριψαι,

τῷ θανάτῳ μέλημα.
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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.) — 900 focus

Young Girl
Singing in her turn.

900 Don't be jealous of the young girls; voluptuousness resides in the pure outline of their beautiful limbs and blossoms on their rounded breasts; but you, old woman, you who are tricked out and perfumed as if for your own funeral, are 905 an object of love only for grim Death himself.

Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 900

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