354 Chapter 10 3. Euripides, Bacchae 233~s1 (17) Pentheus expresses his indignation. Aeyovers de ric eicedsfAv¥e kEvoC, onc EnwSdc AdSiac dnd yBovdc, EavOoic Bocrpsxorery esocuoc KOpNY, oivande, dccorc xaprracAgpodtenc' éxev, bc huspac te Kedgpdvac ov ehexdc mporeivey ediove vi iyverat s18' absoveled tijcBe youn xBovse, naticw xrvnodyea Oipcoy dyacelovtd te xéude, rpaxnhov caparoc xupic sey Exetvoc elval onc Atdvocov Bedy, Exetvoc Ev pnpG mor’ éppag@a Awe. bc dxmvpotrat Aapndcry xepavviatc cov unzpi, Afove br1 yapove Eyederto. eleépyouat (cic-+ Epyoptat) go into, come into, enter ‘one, yonr0c, 6 wizard, sorcerer; cheat énup86c, éxipSbv using songs or charms Addi0c, AdSia, ASSi0V of or belonging to Lydia (acountry in Asia Minor), Lydian x86v, xBovse, i earth, land £av0éc, av0s, EavOby yellow, golden Bécrpuxoc, Boctpéxou, 6 curl, lock ebocuoc, ebocuov sweet-smelling, fragrant ‘xéun, dune, H sing. or pl, hair oivwade, oven, olvwndy ruddy-faced ‘Scce, Sccwv, r4 (two) eyes; Secore = dat. pl. ‘The iota of AgpoStens here scans short. ebppévn, ebppovnc, j night (the kindly time) coyiyvouat (cov- + yiyvopat) keep company (with), associate (with) eheti, teAetiic, # (mystic) rite xpoteive (xpo- + teive), npotevG, xpodterva, ——, —y mpovrdGny stretch forth, hold out, offer 235 240 245 ebioc, ebroy Bacchic veiivic, vedwiSoc, f young woman lc (prep. + gen.) within, inside seruméw (cause to) ring or resound spcoc, Bipcov, d thyrsus (a Bacchic staff) deyacetw (ava- + ceive), , avéceica, —, +) —— swing to and fro, shake -paxmoc, zpaxifAov, 6 neck, throat xpic (prep. + gen.) apart from ‘reuve, red, Exepoy, térunxa, sérpnpaL, ExyiiOny cut, sever; teydy, by cutting unpéc, unpos, 6 thigh paar, payo, Eppaya, sew Exavpw (bx- + xvp6.e) burn up Aapnéc, AaundSoc, # torch, light xepadvioc, xepavvid, xepadvioy of a thunderbolt Aioc, Ata, Atov of or with Zeus “rlyoc, yauov, 6 sing. or pl, marriage YebSouat, Yeicopat, ZYevciyny, —, EYevcyat, — claim falsely > Eppapuay, EppagnyLonger Readings 355 a8’ obyl Servi xdyybvyc ter’ Afia, Bperc dBpilery, Serie Ecery d évory devip 168’ aNAo Batya. cbv tepacxdaoy Ev romnthater vefipicr Terpectav 6 narépa te ynspdctiic éuiic, noddy yéhwy, 250 wap Onns Baxyedove’ odyi= emphatic form of ode ‘notxihoc, xorxthy, nofkihoy deyxbvn, derx6vae, f hanging ‘many-colored, dappled, spotted Aktoc, afta, Aftov worth; worthy (+ gen.) -veBpic, veBpiSoc, # fawnskin ‘SBpibis, iBpicw, §Bprca, SBorxa, SBpiouc, Teipeciac, Teipecion, 6 Tiresias ‘APpicOyy insult, mistreat; commit ‘yéhwe, yéMatoc, 6 (source of) laughter Scric, fic, br: (indefinite re. pron.) whoever, vépOng, vapGxpcac, # narthex (a stalk used for whatever Bacchic staffs) eritp (conj,) but Baxyebw, Baxyedcw, eBaxyevon, —, Baia, Cadparoc, +6 wonder, marvel BePléxyeopcs, — celebrate the mysteries of -repackSaoc, tepaccénon, 6 seer, prophet Bacchus, be frenzied356 Chapter 10 4, Aristophanes, Knights 180-93 (2) Having hatched a nutty plan to put a lower-class man in charge of Athens, the slave Demos- thenes tries to explain to the dubious Sausage Seller why he should be the most powerful man in Athens. An. 81 adtd yap tor toto Kal yiyver weyac, 180 ‘dtu rovmpdc Kak dyopaic ef kai Bpacic. AA. ode 480 "yo avrdv icxder péya, An. ctyorti nos’ £08" bc! cavtdv ob gijc dktov; EoverSévar te pot Soxeic cavrG xahsv. Lay Ex KaAGy el xdyaOGy; AX. wa rode Beode 185 ei pit exovnpav7. An. 6 paxdpte tijc TOXIC, bcov néxovOac éyaddy eic vi mpdypara. AL. GAY &y48', 0888 poverniy émicrapat AhaV ypaywdtioy, Kal tadta pévror Kad KaKie. An, tovtipovovc saver, itt xa xaxd xaKdc. 190 i Squaywyla yap ob xpdc poverxod Ev Ecriv avBpdc 0888 xpyctod todc zpézove, AAN eic dpa8A at BSEAvpbv. ot = Set ‘coc, Sen, dcov (exclam. adj.) how great, how Gpacie, Opaceta, @pacé bold, confident; rash, ar ‘much rogant poverxdc, poversi, poverxsy skilled in music; A. = Sausage Seller literary, scholarly; fer. subst, art of the Muses, cyte, icy Sew, feysca, icydxa, —, poetry, art be strong, be powerful diy (prep. + gen.) except oipot (interj.) alas! woe is me! ‘ypapua, ypayparoc, 76 letter (of the alphabet) trinor’ &0” Suu, why in the worldis it that uévrot (postpositive particle) certainly, in truth Aktoc, dia, afiov worthy tovrt = emphatic form of rodt0 EivoiSa (Svv- + olSa) be aware; Eaves Bhdarra, BLayw, EBay, BEBLaga, PEPLappar, EoveiSEvai, to be conscious of éBAABny/2BAagOny harm, injure Soxdw, Sku, Eoka, —, 8ESoyuat,—seem _Sqpaywyid, Snwarywyiac, * leadership ofthe av (particle) introduces a question that expects people the answer no, surely... not BSedvpdc, BSeAvpd, BSeAupdv disgusting, paxdptoc, waxapid, paxdpiow happy, blessed, loathsome fortunate : “The Knights was the frst of Aristophanes’ plays that he himself produced. In early 424.8... it won first prize at the Lenaean games. The play isa thinly veiled attack on Cleon, then both a general and an orator of great influ- ence in Athens. In it, two of Demos’ slaves (Nicias and Demosthenes, the names of Athens’ two greatest gen- erals) complain about the powerful new slave, Paphlagon (Cleon), whose influence over Demos (a personifica- tion ofthe Athenian populace) is destroying everyone's happiness. After reading an oracle that claims that Paphlagon will be overthrown by a lowborn peddler, they enlist a sausage seller in a plot to overthrow Paphlag- on. In the remainder ofthe play, the sausage seller defeats Paphlagon in a series of verbal contests, finally gain- ing control of Demos and returning him to his former glory. The play’s name refers to the chorus of wealthy older Athenian cavalrymen who side with Nicias and Demosthenes and, eventually, with the sausage seller.