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835 ba&ll' e0j ko&rakaj. toioutoni\ tre/fe<strong>in</strong> ku&na.<br />

BDELUKLEWN<br />

ti/ d' e0sti\n e0teo&n;<br />

CANQIAS<br />

ou) ga_r o( La&bhj a)rti/wj,<br />

o( ku&wn, para|&caj ei0j to_n i0pno_n a(rpa&saj<br />

tr<strong>of</strong>ali/da turou~ Sikelikh_n katedh&doken;<br />

BDELUKLEWN<br />

840 tou~t' a}ra prw~ton ta)di/khma tw|~ patri\<br />

ei0sakte/on moi. su_ de\ kathgo&rei parw&n.<br />

CANQIAS<br />

ma_ Di/' ou)k e1gwg', a)ll' a3tero&j fhs<strong>in</strong> ku&wn<br />

kathgorh&se<strong>in</strong>, h1n tij ei0sa&gh| grafh&n.<br />

XANTHIAS<br />

To hell with you! To th<strong>in</strong>k that we keep a dog like that!<br />

BDELYCLEON<br />

Tell me, what’s the matter?<br />

XANTHIAS<br />

If it isn’t that dog Labes! He just dashed through<br />

<strong>in</strong>to the kitchen, grabbed a long Sicilian cheese,<br />

<strong>and</strong> he’s eaten it all up.<br />

BDELYCLEON<br />

<strong>The</strong>n that must be the first crime I br<strong>in</strong>g before my father.<br />

You be here to prosecute.<br />

XANTHIAS<br />

No, not me; actually the other dog says<br />

he’ll be prosecut<strong>in</strong>g if a charge is brought <strong>in</strong>to court.<br />

47<br />

Aristophanes, Vespae 968-969 V B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: H. A. Sommerste<strong>in</strong>, ed., tr., Wasps (<strong>The</strong> Comedies <strong>of</strong> Aristophanes<br />

4; Warm<strong>in</strong>ster, 1983).<br />

BDELUKLEWN<br />

ou{toj ga_r o( La&bhj kai\ traxh&li' e0sqi/ei<br />

kai\ ta_j a)ka&nqaj, kou)de/pot' e0n tau)tw|~ me/nei.<br />

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