Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 906

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Old Woman A: May your pimple burst!

Old Woman A: May you lose the dining couch!

Old Woman A: wanting to wash,

Old Woman A: And you might find a snake on the couch.

Old Woman A: And draw it up!

910

Old Woman A: wishing to kiss.

Ecclesiazusae. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 906 focus

Γραῦς Α

ἐκπέσοι σου τὸ τρῆμα

τό τʼ ἐπίκλιντρον ἀποβάλοιο

βουλομένη σποδεῖσθαι,

κἀπὶ τῆς κλίνης ὄφιν εὕροις

καὶ προσελκύσαιο
910

βουλομένη φιλῆσαι.

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.) — 906 focus

First Old Woman
Singing again.

May your tongue be stopped; may you be unable to find your couch when you want to be loved. And on your couch, 910 when your lips seek a lover, may you embrace only a viper!

Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 906

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Γραῦς Α

ἐκπέσοι σου τὸ τρῆμα

τό τʼ ἐπίκλιντρον ἀποβάλοιο

βουλομένη σποδεῖσθαι,

κἀπὶ τῆς κλίνης ὄφιν εὕροις

καὶ προσελκύσαιο
910

βουλομένη φιλῆσαι.

First Old Woman
Singing again.

May your tongue be stopped; may you be unable to find your couch when you want to be loved. And on your couch, 910 when your lips seek a lover, may you embrace only a viper!

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Γραῦς Α ἐκπέσοι σου τὸ τρῆμα τό τʼ ἐπίκλιντρον ἀποβάλοιο βουλομένη σποδεῖσθαι, κἀπὶ τῆς κλίνης ὄφιν εὕροις καὶ προσελκύσαιο 910 βουλομένη φιλῆσαι.

First Old Woman Singing again. May your tongue be stopped; may you be unable to find your couch when you want to be loved. And on your couch, 910 when your lips seek a lover, may you embrace only a viper!

Stable identifiers

Γραῦς Α

ἐκπέσοι σου τὸ τρῆμα

τό τʼ ἐπίκλιντρον ἀποβάλοιο

βουλομένη σποδεῖσθαι,

κἀπὶ τῆς κλίνης ὄφιν εὕροις

καὶ προσελκύσαιο
910

βουλομένη φιλῆσαι.

First Old Woman
Singing again.

May your tongue be stopped; may you be unable to find your couch when you want to be loved. And on your couch, 910 when your lips seek a lover, may you embrace only a viper!