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Χορός
ἡνίχ᾽ ἡμεῖς δεῦρ᾽ ἀφορμᾶσθαι παρεσκευάσμεθα,
ἡ σελήνη συντυχοῦσ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐπέστειλεν φράσαι,
πρῶτα μὲν χαίρειν Ἀθηναίοισι καὶ τοῖς ξυμμάχοις:
610εἶτα θυμαίνειν ἔφασκε: δεινὰ γὰρ πεπονθέναι
ὠφελοῦσ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἅπαντας οὐ λόγοις ἀλλ᾽ ἐμφανῶς.
πρῶτα μὲν τοῦ μηνὸς ἐς δᾷδ᾽ οὐκ ἔλαττον ἢ δραχμήν,
ὥστε καὶ λέγειν ἅπαντας ἐξιόντας ἑσπέρας,
‘μὴ πρίῃ παῖ δᾷδ᾽, ἐπειδὴ φῶς σεληναίας καλόν.’
615ἄλλα τ᾽ εὖ δρᾶν φησιν, ὑμᾶς δ᾽ οὐκ ἄγειν τὰς ἡμέρας
οὐδὲν ὀρθῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω κυδοιδοπᾶν:
ὥστ᾽ ἀπειλεῖν φησιν αὐτῇ τοὺς θεοὺς ἑκάστοτε
ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ψευσθῶσι δείπνου κἀπίωσιν οἴκαδε,
τῆς ἑορτῆς μὴ τυχόντες κατὰ λόγον τῶν ἡμερῶν.
620κᾆθ᾽ ὅταν θύειν δέῃ, στρεβλοῦτε καὶ δικάζετε:
πολλάκις δ᾽ ἡμῶν ἀγόντων τῶν θεῶν ἀπαστίαν,
ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν πενθῶμεν ἢ τὸν Μέμνον᾽ ἢ Σαρπηδόνα,
σπένδεθ᾽ ὑμεῖς καὶ γελᾶτ᾽: ἀνθ᾽ ὧν λαχὼν Ὑπέρβολος
τῆτες ἱερομνημονεῖν, κἄπειθ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν τῶν θεῶν
625τὸν στέφανον ἀφῃρέθη: μᾶλλον γὰρ οὕτως εἴσεται
κατὰ σελήνην ὡς ἄγειν χρὴ τοῦ βίου τὰς ἡμέρας.
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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