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Χορός

ταῦτα μὲν πρὸς ἀνδρός ἐστι
νοῦν ἔχοντος καὶ φρένας καὶ
535πολλὰ περιπεπλευκότος,
μετακυλίνδειν αὑτὸν ἀεὶ
πρὸς τὸν εὖ πράττοντα τοῖχον
μᾶλλον ἢ γεγραμμένην
εἰκόν᾽ ἑστάναι, λαβόνθ᾽ ἓν
σχῆμα: τὸ δὲ μεταστρέφεσθαι
πρὸς τὸ μαλθακώτερον
540δεξιοῦ πρὸς ἀνδρός ἐστι
καὶ φύσει Θηραμένους.

Διόνυσος

οὐ γὰρ ἂν γέλοιον ἦν, εἰ
Ξανθίας μὲν δοῦλος ὢν ἐν
στρώμασιν Μιλησίοις
ἀνατετραμμένος κυνῶν ὀρ-
χηστρίδ᾽ εἶτ᾽ ᾔτησεν ἀμίδ᾽, ἐγὼ
δὲ πρὸς τοῦτον βλέπων
545τοὐρεβίνθου 'δραττόμην, οὗ-
τος δ᾽ ἅτ᾽ ὢν αὐτὸς πανοῦργος
εἶδε, κᾆτ᾽ ἐκ τῆς γνάθου
πὺξ πατάξας μοὐξέκοψε
τοῦ χοροῦ τοὺς προσθίους;

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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