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Contents:
  • Prologue 1
  • Parodos 1
  • Agon 1
  • Choral 1
  • Episode 1
  • Agon 2
  • Lyric-scene 1
  • Episode 2
  • Parabasis 1
  • Lyric-scene 2
  • Parabasis 4
  • Lyric-scene 3
  • Choral 2
  • Episode 3
  • Lyric-scene 4
  • Episode 4
  • Exodus 1
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    Aristophanes, Birds (ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart)

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart) | English (ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.)
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    Euelpidês
    orthên keleueis, hêi to dendron phainetai;
    Pisthetairos
    diarrageiês+: hêde d' au krôzei palin.
    Euelpidês
    ti ô ponêr' anô katô planuttomen;
    apoloumeth' allôs tên hodon prophoroumenô.
    Pisthetairos
    5
    to d' eme korônêi peithomenon ton athlion
    hodou perielthein stadia plein ê chilia.
    Euelpidês
    to d' eme koloiôi peithomenon ton dusmoron
    apospodêsai tous onuchas tôn daktulôn.
    Pisthetairos
    all' oud' hopou gês esmen oid' egôg' eti.
    Euelpidês
    10
    enteutheni tên patrid' an exeurois su pou;
    Pisthetairos
    oud' an ma Dia g' enteuthen Exêkestidês.
    Euelpidês
    oimoi.
    Pisthetairos
    su men ô tan tên hodon tautên ithi.
    Euelpidês
    ê deina nô dedraken houk tôn orneôn,
    ho pinakopôlês philokratês melancholôn,
    15
    hos tôd' ephaske nôin phrasein ton Têrea
    ton epoph' hos ornis egenet' ek tôn orneôn:
    kapedoto ton men Tharreleidou toutoni
    koloion obolou, têndedi triôbolou.
    tô d' ouk ar' êistên ouden allo plên daknein.
    20
    kai nun ti kechênas; esth' hopoi kata tôn petrôn
    hêmas et' exeis. ou gar est' entautha tis
    hodos.
    Pisthetairos
    oude ma Di entautha g' atrapos oudamou.
    Euelpidês
    oud' hê korônê tês hodou ti legei peri;
    Pisthetairos
    ou tauta krôzei ma Dia nun te kai tote.
    Euelpidês
    25
    ti dê legei peri tês hodou;
    Pisthetairos
    ti d' allo g' ê
    brukous' apedesthai phêsi mou tous daktulous;
    Euelpidês
    ou deinon oun dêt' estin hêmas deomenous
    es korakas elthein kai pareskeuasmenous
    epeita mê 'xeurein dunasthai tên hodon;
    30
    hêmeis gar, ôndres hoi parontes en logôi+,
    noson nosoumen tên enantian Sakai:
    ho men gar ôn ouk astos esbiazetai,
    hêmeis de phulêi kai genei timômenoi,
    astoi met' astôn, ou sobountos oudenos
    35
    aneptomesth' ek tês patridos amphoin+ podoin+,
    autên men ou misount' ekeinên tên polin
    to mê ou megalên einai phusei keudaimona
    kai pasi koinên enapoteisai chrêmata.
    hoi men gar oun tettiges hena mên' ê duo
    40
    epi tôn kradôn aidous', Athênaioi d' aei
    epi tôn dikôn aidousi panta ton bion+.
    dia tauta tonde ton badon badizomen,
    kanoun d' echonte kai chutran kai murrinas
    planômetha zêtounte topon apragmona,
    45
    hopoi kathidruthente diagenoimeth' an.
    ho de stolos nôin esti para ton Têrea
    ton epopa, par' ekeinou puthesthai deomenô,
    ei pou toiautên eide polin hêi 'pepteto.

    There are a total of 14 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    368 [VIII. Subjekt im Duale und Prädikat im Plurale; Subjekt im Plurale und Prädikat im Duale.]
    368 [VIII. Subjekt im Duale und Prädikat im Plurale; Subjekt im Plurale und Prädikat im Duale.]
    447 [e. Prägnante Konstruktion bei Präpositionen.]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    509 [Ge (dor., böot., elisch ga)).]
    514 [Häufung der Negationen. — Überflüssige Negation.]
    479 [Bemerkungen über besondere Eigentümlichkeiten im Gebrauche des artikulierten Infinitivs.]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
    * [865-1080]

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
    811 [Infinitive with to mê, or to mê ou.]

    Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Commentary on Demosthenes: On the Crown:
    111
    21

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Aristophanes. Aristophanes Comoediae, ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, vol. 2. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1907.
    OCLC: 10582150


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