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Chorus: But we, in turn, will seek the Cyclops with his fleece.

Chorus: having been wounded, finding this man here starving,

Chorus: [they took] having wild, cool greens, intoxicating

Chorus: leading the little sheep,

Chorus: having fallen asleep somewhere for no reason

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Chorus: having taken a large woven wasp's nest, [we] would blind [him].

Wealth. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Πλοῦτος Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 296 focus

Χορός

ἡμεῖς δέ γʼ αὖ ζητήσομεν θρεττανελὸ τὸν Κύκλωπα

βληχώμενοι, σὲ τουτονὶ πεινῶντα καταλαβόντες,

πήραν ἔχοντα λάχανά τʼ ἄγρια δροσερά, κραιπαλῶντα

ἡγούμενον τοῖς προβατίοις,

εἰκῇ δὲ καταδαρθόντα που
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μέγαν λαβόντες ἡμμένον σφηκίσκον ἐκτυφλῶσαι.

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Wealth (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 296 focus

Leader of the Chorus

As for us, threttanelo! we will seek you, dear Cyclops, bleating, and if we find you with your wallet full of fresh herbs, all disgusting in your filth, sodden with wine 300 and sleeping in the midst of your sheep, we will seize a great flaming stake and burn out your eye.

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ἡμεῖς δέ γʼ αὖ ζητήσομεν θρεττανελὸ τὸν Κύκλωπα

The word θρεττανελὸ is a hapax legomenon in Aristophanic comedy, a compound noun formed from θρέττω (nurse) and ἀνελὼν (one who has lifted up), referring to a specific type of nurse who also acts as a midwife or caretaker of infants. In this context, the speaker uses it as a metaphorical epithet for the Cyclops, suggesting a grotesque inversion of the nurturing role, as the Cyclops is here being cast in the position of a 'nurse-lifter' who has been found and is now being sought. This neologism is a hallmark of Aristophanic comic invention, blending domestic vocabulary with mythological grotesquerie to create a unique and humorous image.

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Leader of the Chorus

As for us, threttanelo! we will seek you, dear Cyclops, bleating, and if we find you with your wallet full of fresh herbs, all disgusting in your filth, sodden with wine 300 and sleeping in the midst of your sheep, we will seize a great flaming stake and burn out your eye.

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Leader of the Chorus As for us, threttanelo! we will seek you, dear Cyclops, bleating, and if we find you with your wallet full of fresh herbs, all disgusting in your filth, sodden with wine 300 and sleeping in the midst of your sheep, we will seize a great flaming stake and burn out your eye.

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Leader of the Chorus

As for us, threttanelo! we will seek you, dear Cyclops, bleating, and if we find you with your wallet full of fresh herbs, all disgusting in your filth, sodden with wine 300 and sleeping in the midst of your sheep, we will seize a great flaming stake and burn out your eye.