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ὀδὰξ ἐλαβόμην ὡς παρείας ὢν ὄφις.

The phrase ὡς παρείας ὢν ὄφις is a vivid metaphor comparing the speaker's deceptive, stealthy approach to that of a snake. The adjective παρείας (meaning 'on the side' or 'sideways') is rare in this specific context and likely refers to the snake's lateral movement or its tendency to strike from an unexpected angle, underscoring the duplicity of the speaker's actions. This construction highlights Aristophanes' use of animal imagery to critique human behavior, a recurring motif in his comedies.

Wealth. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Editions (1)

Πλοῦτος Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 696 focus

Γυνή

ὁ δὲ θεὸς ὑμῖν οὐ προσῄειν;

Καρίων

οὐδέπω.

μετὰ τοῦτο δʼ ἤδη καὶ γέλοιον δῆτά τι

ἐποίησα. προσιόντος γὰρ αὐτοῦ μέγα πάνυ

ἀπέπαρδον· ἡ γαστὴρ γὰρ ἐπεφύσητό μου.

Γυνή

ἦ πού σε διὰ τοῦτʼ εὐθὺς ἐβδελύττετο.
700

Καρίων

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ Ἰασὼ μέν τις ἀκολουθοῦσʼ ἅμα

ὑπηρυθρίασε χἠ Πανάκειʼ ἀπεστράφη

τὴν ῥῖνʼ ἐπιλαβοῦσʼ· οὐ λιβανωτὸν γὰρ βδέω.

Γυνή

αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκεῖνος;

Καρίων

οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐδʼ ἐφρόντισεν.

Γυνή

λέγεις ἄγροικον ἄρα σύ γʼ εἶναι τὸν θεόν.
705

Καρίων

μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγʼ, ἀλλὰ σκατοφάγον.

Γυνή

αἲ τάλαν.

Καρίων

μετὰ ταῦτʼ ἐγὼ μὲν εὐθὺς ἐνεκαλυψάμην

δείσας, ἐκεῖνος δʼ ἐν κύκλῳ τὰ νοσήματα

σκοπῶν περιῄει πάντα κοσμίως πάνυ.

ἔπειτα παῖς αὐτῷ λίθινον θυείδιον
710

παρέθηκε καὶ δοίδυκα καὶ κιβώτιον.

Γυνή

λίθινον;

Καρίων

μὰ Δίʼ οὐ δῆτʼ οὐχὶ τό γε κιβώτιον.

Γυνή

σὺ δὲ πῶς ἑώρας ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀπολούμενε,

ὃς ἐγκεκαλύφθαι φῄς;

Καρίων

διὰ τοῦ τριβωνίου·

ὀπὰς γὰρ εἶχεν οὐκ ὀλίγας μὰ τὸν Δία.
715

πρῶτον δὲ πάντων τῷ Νεοκλείδῃ φάρμακον

καταπλαστὸν ἐνεχείρησε τρίβειν, ἐμβαλὼν

σκορόδων κεφαλὰς τρεῖς Τηνίων. ἔπειτʼ ἔφλα

ἐν τῇ θυείᾳ συμπαραμιγνύων ὀπὸν

καὶ σχῖνον· εἶτʼ ὄξει διέμενος Σφηττίῳ
720

κατέπλασεν αὐτοῦ τὰ βλέφαρʼ ἐκστρέψας, ἵνα

ὀδυνῷτο μᾶλλον. ὁ δὲ κεκραγὼς καὶ βοῶν

ἔφευγʼ ἀνᾴξας· ὁ δὲ θεὸς γελάσας ἔφη·

ἐνταῦθα νῦν κάθησο καταπεπλασμένος,

ἵνʼ ὑπομνύμενον παύσω σε τὰς ἐκκλησίας.
725

Γυνή

ὡς φιλόπολίς τίς ἐσθʼ ὁ δαίμων καὶ σοφός.

Καρίων

μετὰ τοῦτο τῷ Πλούτωνι παρεκαθέζετο,

καὶ πρῶτα μὲν δὴ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἐφήψατο,

ἔπειτα καθαρὸν ἡμιτύβιον λαβὼν

τὰ βλέφαρα περιέψησεν· ἡ Πανάκεια δὲ
730

κατεπέτασʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν φοινικίδι

καὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον· εἶθʼ ὁ θεὸς ἐπόππυσεν.

ἐξῃξάτην οὖν δύο δράκοντʼ ἐκ τοῦ νεὼ

ὑπερφυεῖς τὸ μέγεθος.

Γυνή

ὦ φίλοι θεοί.

Καρίων

τούτω δʼ ὑπὸ τὴν φοινικίδʼ ὑποδύνθʼ ἡσυχῇ
735

τὰ βλέφαρα περιέλειχον, ὥς γʼ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ·

καὶ πρίν σε κοτύλας ἐκπιεῖν οἴνου δέκα,

ὁ Πλοῦτος ὦ δέσποινʼ ἀνειστήκει βλέπων·

ἐγὼ δὲ τὼ χεῖρʼ ἀνεκρότησʼ ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς

τὸν δεσπότην τʼ ἤγειρον. ὁ θεὸς δʼ εὐθέως
740

ἠφάνισεν αὑτὸν οἵ τʼ ὄφεις ἐς τὸν νεών.

οἱ δʼ ἐγκατακείμενοι παρʼ αὐτῷ πῶς δοκεῖς

τὸν Πλοῦτον ἠσπάζοντο καὶ τὴν νύχθʼ ὅλην

ἐγρηγόρεσαν, ἕως διέλαμψεν ἡμέρα.

ἐγὼ δʼ ἐπῄνουν τὸν θεὸν πάνυ σφόδρα,
745

ὅτι βλέπειν ἐποίησε τὸν Πλοῦτον ταχύ,

τὸν δὲ Νεοκλείδην μᾶλλον ἐποίησεν τυφλόν.

Translations (2)

Wealth (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 696 focus

Wife

And did not the god come?

Cario

He did not tarry; and when he was near us, oh! dear! such a good joke happened. My belly was quite blown up, and I let a thunderous fart!

Wife

700 Doubtless the god pulled a wry face?

Cario

No, but Iaso blushed a little and Panacea turned her head away, holding her nose; my farts are not perfume.

Wife

And what did the god do?

Cario

He paid not the slightest heed.

Wife

705 He must then be a pretty coarse kind of god?

Cario

I don't say that, but he's used to tasting stools.

Wife

Impudent knave, go on with you!

Cario

Then I hid myself in my bed all a-tremble. Asclepius did the round of the patients and examined them all with great attention; 710 then a slave placed beside him a stone mortar, a pestle and a little box.

Wife

Of stone?

Cario

No, not of stone.

Wife

But how could you see all this, you arch-rascal, when you say you were hiding all the time?

Cario

Why, great gods, through my cloak, 715 for it's not without holes! He first prepared an ointment for Neoclides; he threw three heads of Tenian garlic into the mortar, pounded them with an admixture of fig-tree sap and 720 lentisk, moistened the whole with Sphettian vinegar, and, turning back the patient's eyelids, applied his salve to the interior of the eyes, so that the pain might be more excruciating. Neoclides shrieked, howled, sprang towards the foot of his bed and wanted to bolt, but the god laughed and said to him, “Keep where you are with your salve; 725 by doing this you will not go and perjure yourself before the Assembly.”

Wife

What a wise god and what a friend to our city!

Cario

Thereupon he came and seated himself at the head of Plutus' bed, took a perfectly clean rag 730 and wiped his eyelids; Panacea covered his head and face with a purple cloth, while the god whistled, and two enormous snakes came rushing from the sanctuary.

Wife

Great gods!

Cario

735 They slipped gently beneath the purple cloth and, as far as I could judge, licked the patient's eyelids; for, in less time than even you need, mistress, to drain down ten beakers of wine, Plutus rose up; he could see. I clapped my hands with joy 740 and awoke my master, and the god immediately disappeared with the serpents into the sanctuary. As for those who were lying near Plutus, you can imagine that they embraced him tenderly. Dawn broke and not one of them had closed an eye. 745 As for myself, I did not cease thanking the god who had so quickly restored to Plutus his sight and had made Neoclides blinder than ever.

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.) — 696 focus

Woman: But did not the god come to you?

Charon: Not yet.

Carion: after this, then, it is already something ridiculous, indeed.

Carion: I did it. For when he was approaching, very greatly

Carion: I have vomited; for my stomach had been blowing up.

Woman: Surely you were immediately detested on this account.

700

Cario: No, but Iasō follows along with us.

Charon: Panacea's face turned red; she turned away.

Charon: Grab her by the nose; for I do not urinate frankincense.

Woman: 'But he himself, then?'

Carion: No, by Zeus, he did not care at all.

Woman: So you say that the god is a boor.

705

Carion: By Zeus, not I, but a shit-eater.

Woman: Oh wretch.

Cario: after this I immediately covered myself.

Carion: Having feared, that one [is] in a circle the illnesses

Carion: he walked around looking about everywhere very orderly.

Carion: Then a stone incense-burner for him.

710

Carion: he also offered a couple of loaves and a chest.

Woman: a stone one?

Carion: By Zeus, certainly not that box!

Woman: And how do you see, you most wretched of bathers?

Woman: "The one whom you say has been covered?"

Carion: through the door!

Charon: For he had not a few coins, by Zeus.

715

Carion: First of all, a medicine for Neocleides.

Carion: he tried to make a mess of it, having thrown himself in.

Charon: three heads of Chian garlic. Then I smelled it.

Carion: mixing the pepper in the vinegar

Carion: and also a broad bean; then he rubbed it with vinegar for Sphettios.

720

Carion: He terrified him by turning his eyelids inside out, so that

Carion: He would be in more pain. But the one who had shouted and was shouting

Carion: he fled, groaning; and the god, laughing, said:

Carion: Sit down here now, utterly battered,

Carion: So that I may stop you from reminding them about the assemblies.

725

Woman: How patriotic and clever this spirit is.

Carion: after this, he sat down beside Pluto,

Carion: and first of all he indeed laid hold of the head,

Carion: Then, taking a half-new cloak,...

Carion: he rubbed his eyelids; but Panacea...

730

Carion: hang his head down with a purple cloth.

Charios: and the whole face; then the god looked on.

Carion: So I bought two drachmas from the temple.

Carion: They are of gigantic size.

Woman: O dear gods.

Carion: but this one, slip under the crimson cloak quietly.

735

Carion: They were licking their eyelids, so it seems to me.

Charon: and before you drink ten cups of wine,

Charon: Wealth was standing up looking, mistress.

Carion: But I clapped my two hands from pleasure.

Charon: I woke up the master. And the god immediately

740

Carion: He has hidden himself like the snakes into the temple.

Chario: And how do you think those who are lying there beside him are?

Charon: they greeted Wealth and the whole night.

Charon: They have woken up, until the day broke.

Carion: I was praising the god very much indeed,

745

Charon: because he made Wealth see quickly,

Carion: but he made Neocleides blind rather.

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ὀδὰξ ἐλαβόμην ὡς παρείας ὢν ὄφις.

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Γυνή

ὁ δὲ θεὸς ὑμῖν οὐ προσῄειν;

Καρίων

οὐδέπω.

μετὰ τοῦτο δʼ ἤδη καὶ γέλοιον δῆτά τι

ἐποίησα. προσιόντος γὰρ αὐτοῦ μέγα πάνυ

ἀπέπαρδον· ἡ γαστὴρ γὰρ ἐπεφύσητό μου.

Γυνή

ἦ πού σε διὰ τοῦτʼ εὐθὺς ἐβδελύττετο.
700

Καρίων

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ Ἰασὼ μέν τις ἀκολουθοῦσʼ ἅμα

ὑπηρυθρίασε χἠ Πανάκειʼ ἀπεστράφη

τὴν ῥῖνʼ ἐπιλαβοῦσʼ· οὐ λιβανωτὸν γὰρ βδέω.

Γυνή

αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκεῖνος;

Καρίων

οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐδʼ ἐφρόντισεν.

Γυνή

λέγεις ἄγροικον ἄρα σύ γʼ εἶναι τὸν θεόν.
705

Καρίων

μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγʼ, ἀλλὰ σκατοφάγον.

Γυνή

αἲ τάλαν.

Γυνή

λίθινον;

Καρίων

μὰ Δίʼ οὐ δῆτʼ οὐχὶ τό γε κιβώτιον.

Γυνή

σὺ δὲ πῶς ἑώρας ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀπολούμενε,

ὃς ἐγκεκαλύφθαι φῄς;

Γυνή

ὡς φιλόπολίς τίς ἐσθʼ ὁ δαίμων καὶ σοφός.

Γυνή

ὦ φίλοι θεοί.

Wife

And did not the god come?

Cario

He did not tarry; and when he was near us, oh! dear! such a good joke happened. My belly was quite blown up, and I let a thunderous fart!

Wife

700 Doubtless the god pulled a wry face?

Cario

No, but Iaso blushed a little and Panacea turned her head away, holding her nose; my farts are not perfume.

Wife

And what did the god do?

Cario

He paid not the slightest heed.

Wife

705 He must then be a pretty coarse kind of god?

Cario

I don't say that, but he's used to tasting stools.

Wife

Impudent knave, go on with you!

Cario

Then I hid myself in my bed all a-tremble. Asclepius did the round of the patients and examined them all with great attention; 710 then a slave placed beside him a stone mortar, a pestle and a little box.

Wife

Of stone?

Cario

No, not of stone.

Wife

But how could you see all this, you arch-rascal, when you say you were hiding all the time?

Wife

What a wise god and what a friend to our city!

Cario

Thereupon he came and seated himself at the head of Plutus' bed, took a perfectly clean rag 730 and wiped his eyelids; Panacea covered his head and face with a purple cloth, while the god whistled, and two enormous snakes came rushing from the sanctuary.

Wife

Great gods!

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Γυνή ὁ δὲ θεὸς ὑμῖν οὐ προσῄειν;

Καρίων οὐδέπω. μετὰ τοῦτο δʼ ἤδη καὶ γέλοιον δῆτά τι ἐποίησα. προσιόντος γὰρ αὐτοῦ μέγα πάνυ ἀπέπαρδον· ἡ γαστὴρ γὰρ ἐπεφύσητό μου.

Γυνή ἦ πού σε διὰ τοῦτʼ εὐθὺς ἐβδελύττετο. 700

Καρίων οὔκ, ἀλλʼ Ἰασὼ μέν τις ἀκολουθοῦσʼ ἅμα ὑπηρυθρίασε χἠ Πανάκειʼ ἀπεστράφη τὴν ῥῖνʼ ἐπιλαβοῦσʼ· οὐ λιβανωτὸν γὰρ βδέω.

Γυνή αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκεῖνος;

Καρίων οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐδʼ ἐφρόντισεν.

Γυνή λέγεις ἄγροικον ἄρα σύ γʼ εἶναι τὸν θεόν. 705

Καρίων μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγʼ, ἀλλὰ σκατοφάγον.

Γυνή αἲ τάλαν.

Γυνή λίθινον;

Καρίων μὰ Δίʼ οὐ δῆτʼ οὐχὶ τό γε κιβώτιον.

Γυνή σὺ δὲ πῶς ἑώρας ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀπολούμενε, ὃς ἐγκεκαλύφθαι φῄς;

Γυνή ὡς φιλόπολίς τίς ἐσθʼ ὁ δαίμων καὶ σοφός.

Γυνή ὦ φίλοι θεοί.

Wife And did not the god come?

Cario He did not tarry; and when he was near us, oh! dear! such a good joke happened. My belly was quite blown up, and I let a thunderous fart!

Wife 700 Doubtless the god pulled a wry face?

Cario No, but Iaso blushed a little and Panacea turned her head away, holding her nose; my farts are not perfume.

Wife And what did the god do?

Cario He paid not the slightest heed.

Wife 705 He must then be a pretty coarse kind of god?

Cario I don't say that, but he's used to tasting stools.

Wife Impudent knave, go on with you!

Cario Then I hid myself in my bed all a-tremble. Asclepius did the round of the patients and examined them all with great attention; 710 then a slave placed beside him a stone mortar, a pestle and a little box.

Wife Of stone?

Cario No, not of stone.

Wife But how could you see all this, you arch-rascal, when you say you were hiding all the time?

Wife What a wise god and what a friend to our city!

Cario Thereupon he came and seated himself at the head of Plutus' bed, took a perfectly clean rag 730 and wiped his eyelids; Panacea covered his head and face with a purple cloth, while the god whistled, and two enormous snakes came rushing from the sanctuary.

Wife Great gods!

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Stable identifiers

Γυνή

ὁ δὲ θεὸς ὑμῖν οὐ προσῄειν;

Καρίων

οὐδέπω.

μετὰ τοῦτο δʼ ἤδη καὶ γέλοιον δῆτά τι

ἐποίησα. προσιόντος γὰρ αὐτοῦ μέγα πάνυ

ἀπέπαρδον· ἡ γαστὴρ γὰρ ἐπεφύσητό μου.

Γυνή

ἦ πού σε διὰ τοῦτʼ εὐθὺς ἐβδελύττετο.
700

Καρίων

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ Ἰασὼ μέν τις ἀκολουθοῦσʼ ἅμα

ὑπηρυθρίασε χἠ Πανάκειʼ ἀπεστράφη

τὴν ῥῖνʼ ἐπιλαβοῦσʼ· οὐ λιβανωτὸν γὰρ βδέω.

Γυνή

αὐτὸς δʼ ἐκεῖνος;

Καρίων

οὐ μὰ Δίʼ οὐδʼ ἐφρόντισεν.

Γυνή

λέγεις ἄγροικον ἄρα σύ γʼ εἶναι τὸν θεόν.
705

Καρίων

μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγʼ, ἀλλὰ σκατοφάγον.

Γυνή

αἲ τάλαν.

Γυνή

λίθινον;

Καρίων

μὰ Δίʼ οὐ δῆτʼ οὐχὶ τό γε κιβώτιον.

Γυνή

σὺ δὲ πῶς ἑώρας ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀπολούμενε,

ὃς ἐγκεκαλύφθαι φῄς;

Γυνή

ὡς φιλόπολίς τίς ἐσθʼ ὁ δαίμων καὶ σοφός.

Γυνή

ὦ φίλοι θεοί.

Wife

And did not the god come?

Cario

He did not tarry; and when he was near us, oh! dear! such a good joke happened. My belly was quite blown up, and I let a thunderous fart!

Wife

700 Doubtless the god pulled a wry face?

Cario

No, but Iaso blushed a little and Panacea turned her head away, holding her nose; my farts are not perfume.

Wife

And what did the god do?

Cario

He paid not the slightest heed.

Wife

705 He must then be a pretty coarse kind of god?

Cario

I don't say that, but he's used to tasting stools.

Wife

Impudent knave, go on with you!

Cario

Then I hid myself in my bed all a-tremble. Asclepius did the round of the patients and examined them all with great attention; 710 then a slave placed beside him a stone mortar, a pestle and a little box.

Wife

Of stone?

Cario

No, not of stone.

Wife

But how could you see all this, you arch-rascal, when you say you were hiding all the time?

Wife

What a wise god and what a friend to our city!

Cario

Thereupon he came and seated himself at the head of Plutus' bed, took a perfectly clean rag 730 and wiped his eyelids; Panacea covered his head and face with a purple cloth, while the god whistled, and two enormous snakes came rushing from the sanctuary.

Wife

Great gods!