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Ἐυελπίδης

ἦ δεινὰ νὼ δέδρακεν οὑκ τῶν ὀρνέων,
ὁ πινακοπώλης φιλοκράτης μελαγχολῶν,
15ὃς τώδ᾽ ἔφασκε νῷν φράσειν τὸν Τηρέα
τὸν ἔποφ᾽ ὃς ὄρνις ἐγένετ᾽ ἐκ τῶν ὀρνέων:
κἀπέδοτο τὸν μὲν Θαρρελείδου τουτονὶ
κολοιὸν ὀβολοῦ, τηνδεδὶ τριωβόλου.
τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ᾔστην οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν δάκνειν.
20καὶ νῦν τί κέχηνας; ἔσθ᾽ ὅποι κατὰ τῶν πετρῶν
ἡμᾶς ἔτ᾽ ἔξεις. οὐ γάρ ἐστ᾽ ἐνταῦθά τις
ὁδός.

Πισθέταιρος
οὐδὲ μὰ Δί᾽ ἐνταῦθά γ᾽ ἀτραπὸς οὐδαμοῦ.

Ἐυελπίδης

οὐδ᾽ ἡ κορώνη τῆς ὁδοῦ τι λέγει πέρι;

Πισθέταιρος

οὐ ταὐτὰ κρώζει μὰ Δία νῦν τε καὶ τότε.

Ἐυελπίδης

25τί δὴ λέγει περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ;

Πισθέταιρος
τί δ᾽ ἄλλο γ᾽ ἢ
βρύκουσ᾽ ἀπέδεσθαί φησί μου τοὺς δακτύλους;

Ἐυελπίδης

οὐ δεινὸν οὖν δῆτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡμᾶς δεομένους
ἐς κόρακας ἐλθεῖν καὶ παρεσκευασμένους
ἔπειτα μὴ 'ξευρεῖν δύνασθαι τὴν ὁδόν;
30ἡμεῖς γάρ, ὦνδρες οἱ παρόντες ἐν λόγῳ,
νόσον νοσοῦμεν τὴν ἐναντίαν Σάκᾳ:
ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὢν οὐκ ἀστὸς ἐσβιάζεται,
ἡμεῖς δὲ φυλῇ καὶ γένει τιμώμενοι,
ἀστοὶ μετ᾽ ἀστῶν, οὐ σοβοῦντος οὐδενὸς
35ἀνεπτόμεσθ᾽ ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος ἀμφοῖν ποδοῖν,
αὐτὴν μὲν οὐ μισοῦντ᾽ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν
τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγάλην εἶναι φύσει κεὐδαίμονα
καὶ πᾶσι κοινὴν ἐναποτεῖσαι χρήματα.
οἱ μὲν γὰρ οὖν τέττιγες ἕνα μῆν᾽ ἢ δύο
40ἐπὶ τῶν κραδῶν ᾁδουσ᾽, Ἀθηναῖοι δ᾽ ἀεὶ
ἐπὶ τῶν δικῶν ᾁδουσι πάντα τὸν βίον.
διὰ ταῦτα τόνδε τὸν βάδον βαδίζομεν,
κανοῦν δ᾽ ἔχοντε καὶ χύτραν καὶ μυρρίνας
πλανώμεθα ζητοῦντε τόπον ἀπράγμονα,
45ὅποι καθιδρυθέντε διαγενοίμεθ᾽ ἄν.
ὁ δὲ στόλος νῷν ἐστι παρὰ τὸν Τηρέα
τὸν ἔποπα, παρ᾽ ἐκείνου πυθέσθαι δεομἐνω,
εἴ που τοιαύτην εἶδε πόλιν ᾗ 'πέπτετο.

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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Commentary references to this page (1):
- William Watson Goodwin, Commentary on Demosthenes: On the Crown, 111
Cross-references to this page (1):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
Cross-references in notes to this page (2):
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, The Peloponnesian War and Athenian Life
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, Athenian Empire in the Golden Age
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (17):
- LSJ, ἀμπ-έχω
- LSJ, ἔπειτα
- LSJ, ἐφήβ-ιος
- LSJ, κα_λαπόδιον
- LSJ, κορυ^δός
- LSJ, λυ_μ-αίνομαι
- LSJ, μήνη
- LSJ, νησο-βα^σίλεια
- LSJ, ὄνυξ
- LSJ, ὀρθός
- LSJ, παρα-ξύω
- LSJ, πενθημι^-πόδιος
- LSJ, πλα^νώδης
- LSJ, πτέρ-ιον
- LSJ, πτερόω
- LSJ, σκέλος
- LSJ, τριοττίς

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