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Χορός
ἢν γάρ με λάθῃ δράσας ἀνόσια,
δώσει τε δίκην καὶ πρὸς τούτῳ
670τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀνδράσιν ἔσται
παράδειγμ᾽ ὕβρεως ἀδίκων τ᾽ ἔργων
ἀθέων τε τρόπων:
φήσει δ᾽ εἶναί τε θεοὺς φανερῶς,
δείξει τ᾽ ἤδη
πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις σεβίζειν δαίμονας ...
675†δικαίως τ᾽ ἐφέποντας † ὅσια καὶ νόμιμα
μηδομένους ποιεῖν ὅ τι καλῶς ἔχει.
κἂν μὴ ποιῶσι ταῦτα τοιάδ᾽ ἔσται:
αὐτῶν ὅταν ληφθῇ τις ἀνόσιόν τι δρῶν,
680†μανίαις† φλέγων λύσσῃ παράκοπος,
†εἴ τι δρῴη†
πᾶσιν ἐμφανὴς ὁρᾶν ἔσται γυναιξὶ καὶ βροτοῖσιν,
ὅτι τά τε παράνομα τά τ᾽ ἀνόσια παρὼν
685θεὸς ἀποτίνεται.
ἀλλ᾽ ἔοιχ᾽ ἡμῖν ἅπαντά τως διεσκέφθαι καλῶς.
οὐχ ὁρῶμεν γοῦν ἔτ᾽ ἄλλον οὐδέν᾽ ἐγκαθήμενον.
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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