Aristphanes Frogs ll.1004-1017
Cook, Jeanna / Aristophanes Frogs
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- Translated by Jeffrey Henderson
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΣ
ἀλλ᾿ ὦ πρῶτος τῶν Ἑλλήνων πυργώσας ῥήματα σεμνὰ
1005 καὶ κοσμήσας τραγικὸν λῆρον , θαρρῶν τὸν κρουνὸν ἀφίει .
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΣ
θυμοῦμαι μὲν τῇ ξυντυχίᾳ , καί μου τὰ σπλάγχν᾿ ἀγανακτεῖ ,
εἰ πρὸς τοῦτον δεῖ μ᾿ ἀντιλέγειν · ἵνα μὴ φάσκῃ δ᾿ ἀπορεῖν με ,
ἀπόκριναί μοι , τίνος οὕνεκα χρὴ θαυμάζειν ἄνδρα ποιητήν ;
ΕΥΡΙΠΙΔΗΣ
δεξιότητος καὶ νουθεσίας , ὅτι βελτίους τε ποιοῦμεν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν .
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΣ
1010 ταῦτ᾿ οὖν εἰ μὴ πεποίηκας ,
ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ χρηστῶν καὶ γενναίων μοχθηροτέρους ἀπέδειξας ,
τί παθεῖν φήσεις ἄξιος εἶναι ;
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ
τεθνάναι · μὴ τοῦτον ἐρώτα .
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΣ
σκέψαι τοίνυν οἵους αὐτοὺς παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ παρεδέξατο πρῶτον ,
εἰ γενναίους καὶ τετραπήχεις , καὶ μὴ διαδρασιπολίτας ,
1015 μηδ᾿ ἀγοραίους μηδὲ κοβάλους , ὥσπερ νῦν , μηδὲ πανούργους ,
ἀλλὰ πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας καὶ λευκολόφους τρυφαλείας
καὶ πήληκας καὶ κνημῖδας καὶ θυμοὺς ἑπταβοείους .
ἀλλ᾿ ὦ πρῶτος τῶν Ἑλλήνων πυργώσας ῥήματα σεμνὰ
1005 καὶ κοσμήσας τραγικὸν λῆρον , θαρρῶν τὸν κρουνὸν ἀφίει .
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΣ
θυμοῦμαι μὲν τῇ ξυντυχίᾳ , καί μου τὰ σπλάγχν᾿ ἀγανακτεῖ ,
εἰ πρὸς τοῦτον δεῖ μ᾿ ἀντιλέγειν · ἵνα μὴ φάσκῃ δ᾿ ἀπορεῖν με ,
ἀπόκριναί μοι , τίνος οὕνεκα χρὴ θαυμάζειν ἄνδρα ποιητήν ;
ΕΥΡΙΠΙΔΗΣ
δεξιότητος καὶ νουθεσίας , ὅτι βελτίους τε ποιοῦμεν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν .
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΣ
1010 ταῦτ᾿ οὖν εἰ μὴ πεποίηκας ,
ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ χρηστῶν καὶ γενναίων μοχθηροτέρους ἀπέδειξας ,
τί παθεῖν φήσεις ἄξιος εἶναι ;
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ
τεθνάναι · μὴ τοῦτον ἐρώτα .
ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΣ
σκέψαι τοίνυν οἵους αὐτοὺς παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ παρεδέξατο πρῶτον ,
εἰ γενναίους καὶ τετραπήχεις , καὶ μὴ διαδρασιπολίτας ,
1015 μηδ᾿ ἀγοραίους μηδὲ κοβάλους , ὥσπερ νῦν , μηδὲ πανούργους ,
ἀλλὰ πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας καὶ λευκολόφους τρυφαλείας
καὶ πήληκας καὶ κνημῖδας καὶ θυμοὺς ἑπταβοείους .
Chorus
Leader
Now then , you who were the first of the Greeks to rear towers of majestic utterance and adorn tragic rant , take heart and open the floodgates !
Aeschylus
I’m enraged at this turn of events , and it sours my stomach that I have to debate this man , but I don’t want him claiming that I’m at a loss , so answer me this : for what qualities should a poet be admired ?
Euripides
Skill and good counsel , and because we make people better members of their communities .
Aeschylus
And if you haven’t done this , but rather turned good , upstanding people into obvious scoundrels , what punishment would you say you deserve ?
Dionysus
Death ; you needn’t ask him !
Aeschylus
Then just consider what they were like when he took them over from me , noble six-footers and not the civic shirkers , vulgarians , imps , and criminals they are now , but men with an aura of spears , lances , white-crested helmets , green berets , greaves , and seven-ply oxhide hearts .
Now then , you who were the first of the Greeks to rear towers of majestic utterance and adorn tragic rant , take heart and open the floodgates !
Aeschylus
I’m enraged at this turn of events , and it sours my stomach that I have to debate this man , but I don’t want him claiming that I’m at a loss , so answer me this : for what qualities should a poet be admired ?
Euripides
Skill and good counsel , and because we make people better members of their communities .
Aeschylus
And if you haven’t done this , but rather turned good , upstanding people into obvious scoundrels , what punishment would you say you deserve ?
Dionysus
Death ; you needn’t ask him !
Aeschylus
Then just consider what they were like when he took them over from me , noble six-footers and not the civic shirkers , vulgarians , imps , and criminals they are now , but men with an aura of spears , lances , white-crested helmets , green berets , greaves , and seven-ply oxhide hearts .