Δῆμος
1390ὦ Ζεῦ πολυτίμηθ᾽ ὡς καλαί: πρὸς τῶν θεῶν,
ἔξεστιν αὐτῶν κατατριακοντουτίσαι;
πῶς ἔλαβες αὐτὰς ἐτέον;
Ἀλλαντοπώλης
οὐ γὰρ ὁ Παφλαγὼν
ἀπέκρυπτε ταύτας ἔνδον, ἵνα σὺ μὴ λάβῃς;
νῦν οὖν ἐγώ σοι παραδίδωμ᾽ ἐς τοὺς ἀγροὺς
1395αὐτὰς ἰέναι λαβόντα.
Δῆμος
τὸν δὲ Παφλαγόνα,
ὃς ταῦτ᾽ ἔδρασεν, εἴφ᾽ ὅ τι ποιήσεις κακόν.
Ἀλλαντοπώλης
οὐδὲν μέγ᾽ ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τὴν ἐμὴν ἕξει τέχνην:
ἐπὶ ταῖς πύλαις ἀλλαντοπωλήσει μόνος,
τὰ κύνεια μιγνὺς τοῖς ὀνείοις πράγμασιν,
1400μεθύων τε ταῖς πόρναισι λοιδορήσεται,
κἀκ τῶν βαλανείων πίεται τὸ λούτριον.
Δῆμος
εὖ γ᾽ ἐπενόησας οὗπέρ ἐστιν ἄξιος,
πόρναισι καὶ βαλανεῦσι διακεκραγέναι,
καί σ᾽ ἀντὶ τούτων ἐς τὸ πρυτανεῖον καλῶ
1405ἐς τὴν ἕδραν θ᾽, ἵν᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἦν ὁ φαρμακός.
ἕπου δὲ ταυτηνὶ λαβὼν τὴν βατραχίδα:
κἀκεῖνον ἐκφερέτω τις ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν τέχνην,
ἵν᾽ ἴδωσιν αὐτὸν οἷς ἐλωβᾶθ᾽ οἱ ξένοι.
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Aristophanes. Aristophanes Comoediae, ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, vol. 1. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1907.
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