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Στρεψιάδης

σὺ δ᾽ οὖν κάθευδε: τὰ δὲ χρέα ταῦτ᾽ ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι
40ἐς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἅπαντα τὴν σὴν τρέψεται. φεῦ.
εἴθ᾽ ὤφελ᾽ ἡ προμνήστρι᾽ ἀπολέσθαι κακῶς,
ἥτις με γῆμ᾽ ἐπῆρε τὴν σὴν μητέρα:
ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἦν ἄγροικος ἥδιστος βίος
εὐρωτιῶν, ἀκόρητος, εἰκῇ κείμενος,
45βρύων μελίτταις καὶ προβάτοις καὶ στεμφύλοις.
ἔπειτ᾽ ἔγημα Μεγακλέους τοῦ Μεγακλέους
ἀδελφιδῆν ἄγροικος ὢν ἐξ ἄστεως,
σεμνὴν τρυφῶσαν ἐγκεκοισυρωμένην.
ταύτην ὅτ᾽ ἐγάμουν, συγκατεκλινόμην ἐγὼ
50ὄζων τρυγὸς τρασιᾶς ἐρίων περιουσίας,
ἡ δ᾽ αὖ μύρου κρόκου καταγλωττισμάτων,
δαπάνης λαφυγμοῦ Κωλιάδος Γενετυλλίδος.
οὐ μὴν ἐρῶ γ᾽ ὡς ἀργὸς ἦν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐσπάθα.
ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἂν αὐτῇ θοἰμάτιον δεικνὺς τοδὶ
55πρόφασιν ἔφασκον, ὦ γύναι λίαν σπαθᾷς.

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.

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