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Κλέων
ἰδοὺ θέασαι, κοὐχ ἅπαντας ἐκφέρω. Ἀλλαντοπώλης
οἴμ᾽ ὡς χεσείω, κοὐχ ἅπαντας ἐκφέρω. Δῆμος
ταυτὶ τί ἔστι; Κλέων
λόγια. Δῆμος
πάντ᾽; Κλέων
ἐθαύμασας;
1000καὶ νὴ Δί᾽ ἔτι γέ μοὔστι κιβωτὸς πλέα. Ἀλλαντοπώλης
ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ὑπερῷον καὶ ξυνοικία δύο. Δῆμος
φέρ᾽ ἴδω, τίνος γάρ εἰσιν οἱ χρησμοί ποτε; Κλέων
οὑμοὶ μέν εἰσι Βάκιδος. Δῆμος
οἱ δὲ σοὶ τίνος; Ἀλλαντοπώλης
Γλάνιδος, ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ Βάκιδος γεραιτέρου. Δῆμος
1005εἰσὶν δὲ περὶ τοῦ; Κλέων
περὶ Ἀθηνῶν, περὶ Πύλου,
περὶ σοῦ, περὶ ἐμοῦ, περὶ ἁπάντων πραγμάτων. Δῆμος
οἱ σοὶ δὲ περὶ τοῦ; Ἀλλαντοπώλης
περὶ Ἀθηνῶν, περὶ φακῆς,
περὶ Λακεδαιμονίων, περὶ σκόμβρων νέων,
περὶ τῶν μετρούντων τἄλφιτ᾽ ἐν ἀγορᾷ κακῶς,
1010περὶ σοῦ, περὶ ἐμοῦ, περὶ ἁπάντων πραγμάτων. Δῆμος
ἄγε νυν ὅπως αὐτοὺς ἀναγνώσεσθέ μοι,
καὶ τὸν περὶ ἐμοῦ 'κεῖνον ᾧπερ ἥδομαι,
ὡς ἐν νεφέλαισιν αἰετὸς γενήσομαι.
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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