Aristophanes, Frogs (ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart)

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Aiakos
nê ton Dia ton sôtêra gennadas anêr
ho despotês sou.
Xanthias
pôs gar ouchi gennadas,

740

hostis ge pinein oide kai binein monon;
Aiakos
to de mê pataxai s' exelenchthent' antikrus,
hoti doulos ôn ephaskes einai despotês.
Xanthias
ôimôxe mentan.
Aiakos
touto mentoi doulikon
euthus pepoiêkas, hoper egô chairô poiôn.
Xanthias

745

chaireis, hiketeuô;
Aiakos
mall' epopteuein dokô,
hotan katarasômai lathrai tôi despotêi.
Xanthias
ti de tonthoruzôn, hênik' an plêgas labôn
pollas apiêis thuraze;
Aiakos
kai touth' hêdomai.
Xanthias
ti de polla prattôn;
Aiakos
hôs ma Di' ouden oid' egô.
Xanthias

750

homognie Zeu: kai parakouôn despotôn
hatt' an lalôsi;
Aiakos
malla plein ê mainomai.
Xanthias
ti de tois thuraze tauta katalalôn;
Aiakos
egô;
ma Di' all' hotan drô touto, kakmiainomai.
Xanthias
ô Phoib' Apollon embale moi tên dexian,

755

kai dos kusai kautos kuson, kai moi phrason
pros Dios, hos hêmin estin homomastigias,
tis houtos houndon esti thorubos kai boê
chô loidorêsmos;
Aiakos
Aischulou keuripidou.
Xanthias
a.
Aiakos
pragma pragma mega kekinêtai mega

760

en tois nekroisi kai stasis pollê panu.
Xanthias
ek tou;
Aiakos
nomos tis enthad' esti keimenos
apo tôn technôn hosai megalai kai dexiai,
ton ariston onta tôn heautou suntechnôn
sitêsin auton en prutaneiôi lambanein

765

thronon te tou Ploutônos hexês--
Xanthias
manthanô.
Aiakos
heôs aphikoito tên technên sophôteros
heteros tis autou: tote de parachôrein edei.
Xanthias
ti dêta touti tethorubêken Aischulon;
Aiakos
ekeinos eiche ton tragôidikon thronon,

770

hôs ôn kratistos tên technên.
Xanthias
nuni de tis;
Aiakos
hote dê katêlth' Euripidês, epedeiknuto
tois lôpodutais kai toisi ballantiotomois
kai toisi patraloiaisi kai toichôruchois,
hoper est' en Haidou plêthos, hoi d' akroômenoi

775

tôn antilogiôn kai lugismôn kai strophôn
huperemanêsan kanomisan sophôtaton:
kapeit' epartheis antelabeto tou thronou,
hin' Aischulos kathêsto.
Xanthias
kouk eballeto;
Aiakos
ma Di' all' ho dêmos aneboa krisin poiein

780

hopoteros eiê tên technên sophôteros.
Xanthias
ho tôn panourgôn;
Aiakos
nê Di' ouranion g' hoson.
Xanthias
met' Aischulou d' ouk êsan heteroi summachoi;
Aiakos
oligon to chrêston estin, hôsper enthade.
Xanthias
ti dêth' ho Ploutôn dran paraskeuazetai;
Aiakos

785

agôna poiein autika mala kai krisin
kalenchon autôn tês technês.
Xanthias
kapeita pôs
ou kai Sophokleês antelabeto tou thronou;

Cross references from Perseus Encyclopedia:
sophocles-3 [Life]

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

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
416 [Fortsetzung.]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
479 [Bemerkungen über besondere Eigentümlichkeiten im Gebrauche des artikulierten Infinitivs.]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
* [516-1057]

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

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