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Πισθέταιρος
παῦσαι σὺ φυσῶν. Ἡράκλεις τουτὶ τί ἦν;
860τουτὶ μὰ Δί᾽ ἐγὼ πολλὰ δὴ καὶ δείν᾽ ἰδὼν
οὔπω κόρακ᾽ εἶδον ἐμπεφορβειωμένον.
ἱερεῦ σὸν ἔργον, θῦε τοῖς καινοῖς θεοῖς. Ἱερεύς
δράσω τάδ᾽. ἀλλὰ ποῦ 'στιν ὁ τὸ κανοῦν ἔχων;
εὔχεσθε τῇ Ἑστίᾳ τῇ ὀρνιθείῳ καὶ τῷ ἰκτίνῳ τῷ ἑστιούχῳ καὶ ὄρνισιν Ὀλυμπίοις καὶ Ὀλυμπίῃσι πᾶσι καὶ πάσῃσιν — Πισθέταιρος
ὦ Σουνιέρακε χαῖρ᾽ ἄναξ Πελαργικέ. Ἱερεύς
καὶ κύκνῳ Πυθίῳ καὶ Δηλίῳ καὶ Λητοῖ Ὀρτυγομήτρᾳ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδι Ἀκαλανθίδι — Πισθέταιρος
οὐκέτι Κολαινὶς ἀλλ᾽ Ἀκαλανθὶς Ἄρτεμις. Ἱερεύς
καὶ φρυγίλῳ Σαβαζίῳ καὶ στρούθῳ μεγάλῃ μητρὶ θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων — Πισθέταιρος
δέσποινα Κυβέλη, στροῦθε, μῆτερ Κλεοκρίτου. Ἱερεύς
διδόναι Νεφελοκοκκυγιεῦσιν ὑγιείαν καὶ σωτηρίαν αὐτοῖσι καὶ Χίοισι — Πισθέταιρος
880Χίοισιν ἥσθην πανταχοῦ προσκειμένοις. Ἱερεύς
καὶ ἥρωσιν ὄρνισι καὶ ἡρώων παισί, πορφυρίωνι καὶ πελεκᾶντι καὶ πελεκίνῳ καὶ φλέξιδι καὶ τέτρακι καὶ ταὧνι καὶ ἐλεᾷ καὶ βασκᾷ καὶ ἐλασᾷ καὶ ἐρωδιῷ καὶ καταρράκτῃ καὶ μελαγκορύφῳ καὶ αἰγιθάλλῳ — Πισθέταιρος
παῦ᾽ ἐς κόρακας, παῦσαι καλῶν. ἰοὺ ἰού,
890ἐπὶ ποῖον ὦ κακόδαιμον ἱερεῖον καλεῖς
ἁλιαιέτους καὶ γῦπας; οὐχ ὁρᾷς ὅτι
ἰκτῖνος εἷς ἂν τοῦτό γ᾽ οἴχοιθ᾽ ἁρπάσας;
ἄπελθ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν καὶ σὺ καὶ τὰ στέμματα:
ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτὸς τουτογὶ θύσω μόνος.
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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