Ὦ σπερμαγοραιολεκιθολαχανοπώλιδες
o seed-marketing-cereal-vegetable-seller-women
Translated by David Whitehead13 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"[O seed-marketing-cereal-vegetable-seller-women], o garlic-bread-seller-women, won't you drag, won't you beat, won't you smite, won't you revile, won't you act shamelessly? Stop, back off, don't despoil!" o seed-marketing-etc.: [addressed thus] because they used to sell eggs and vegetables and pulses.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὦ σπερμαγοραιολεκιθολαχανοπώλιδες, ὦ σκοροδοπανδοκευτριαρτοπώλιδες, οὐκ ἐξέλκετ', οὐ παιήσετ', οὐκ ἀρήξετε; οὐ λοιδορήσετ'; οὐκ ἀναισχυντήσετε; παύεσθ', ἐπαναχωρεῖτε, μὴ σκυλεύετε· ὦ σπερμαγόραι καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· ᾠὰ γὰρ ἐπώλουν καὶ λάχανα καὶ ὄσπρια.
Betacode
*)=w spermagoraiolekiqolaxanopw/lides, w)= skorodopandokeutriartopw/lides, ou)k e)ce/lket', ou) paih/set', ou)k a)rh/cete; ou) loidorh/set'; ou)k a)naisxunth/sete; pau/esq', e)panaxwrei=te, mh\ skuleu/ete: w)= spermago/rai kai\ ta\ e(ch=s: w)|a\ ga\r e)pw/loun kai\ la/xana kai\ o)/spria.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Lysistrata 457-461 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia to 457.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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