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Contents:
  • Prologue 1
  • Parodos 1
  • Lyric-scene 1
  • Parodos 2
  • Lyric-scene 2
  • Lyric-scene 3
  • Parabasis 1
  • Episode 1
  • Choral 1
  • Episode 2
  • Lyric-scene 4
  • Episode 3
  • Choral 2
  • Lyric-scene 5
  • Episode 4
  • Episode 5
  • Exodus 1
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    Aristophanes, Acharnians (ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart)

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart) | English (ed. Jeffrey Henderson) | English
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    Dikaiopolis
    mê moi phthonêsêt' andres hoi theômenoi,
    ei ptôchos ôn epeit' en Athênaiois legein
    mellô peri tês poleôs, trugôidian poiôn.
    500
    to gar dikaion oide kai trugôidia.
    egô de lexô deina men dikaia de.
    ou gar me nun ge diabalei Kleôn hoti
    xenôn parontôn tên polin kakôs legô.
    autoi gar esmen houpi Lênaiôi t' agôn+,
    505
    koupô xenoi pareisin: oute gar phoroi
    hêkousin out' ek tôn poleôn hoi xummachoi:
    all' esmen autoi nun ge perieptismenoi:
    tous gar metoikous achura tôn astôn legô.
    egô de misô men Lakedaimonious sphodra,
    510
    kautois+ ho Poseidôn houpi Tainarôi theos
    seisas hapasin embaloi+ tas oikias+:
    kamoi gar est' ampelia diakekommena.
    atar philoi gar hoi parontes en logôi,
    ti tauta tous Lakônas aitiômetha;
    515
    hêmôn gar andres, kouchi tên polin legô,
    memnêsthe touth' hoti ouchi tên polin legô,
    all' andraria mochthêra, parakekommena,
    atima kai parasêma kai paraxena,
    esukophantei Megareôn ta chlaniskia:
    520
    kei pou sikuon idoien ê lagôidion
    ê choiridion ê skorodon ê chondrous halas,
    taut' ên Megarika kapeprat' authêmeron.
    kai tauta men dê smikra kapichôria,
    pornên de Simaithan iontes Megarade
    525
    neaniai kleptousi methusokottaboi:
    kaith' hoi Megarês odunais pephusingômenoi
    antexeklepsan Aspasias porna duo:
    kanteuthen archê tou polemou katerragê
    Hellêsi pasin ek triôn laikastriôn.
    530
    enteuthen orgêi Perikleês houlumpios
    êstrapt' ebronta xunekuka tên Hellada,
    etithei nomous hôsper skolia gegrammenous,
    hôs chrê Megareas mête gêi mêt' en agorai
    mêt' en thalattêi mêt' en ouranôi menein.
    535
    enteuthen hoi Megarês, hote dê 'peinôn badên,
    Lakedaimoniôn edeonto to psêphism' hopôs
    metastrapheiê    +    + to dia tas laikastrias:
    kouk êthelomen hêmeis deomenôn pollakis.
    kanteuthen êdê patagos ên tôn aspidôn.
    540
    erei tis, ou chrên: alla ti echrên, eipate.

    There are a total of 17 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Cross references from Perseus Encyclopedia:
    aspasia [Biography]
    aspasia [Biography]

    Cross references from Andrew Stewart, One Hundred Greek Sculptors: Their Careers and Extant Works:
    2, 2, 2 [Pheidias]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    123 [III. Stämme, welche auf den Spiranten s ausgehen.]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    468 [c) Das Pronomen autos.)]
    352 [Ellipse des Subjekts.]
    462 [Weglassung des Artikels.]
    462 [Weglassung des Artikels.]
    451 [i. Wiederholung und Weglassung der Präpositionen.]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax:
    * [1223-1420]

    Cross references from E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2:
    2, 1 [Commentary on Book 2]

    Cross references from Sir Richard C. Jebb, The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos:
    introduction, 26 [Perikles]

    Cross references from J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras:
    XVI, 327D [CHAPTER XVI]

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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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