Choral Interlude
Χρεμύλος
αὕτη μὲν ἡμῖν ἡπίτριπτος οἴχεται.
620 ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ σύ γʼ ὡς τάχιστα τὸν θεὸν
ἐγκατακλινοῦντʼ ἄγωμεν εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ.
Βλεψίδημος
καὶ μὴ διατρίβωμέν γε, μὴ πάλιν τις αὖ
ἐλθὼν διακωλύσῃ τι τῶν προὔργου ποιεῖν.
Χρεμύλος
παῖ Καρίων τὰ στρώματʼ ἐκφέρειν σʼ ἐχρῆν
625 αὐτόν τʼ ἄγειν τὸν Πλοῦτον, ὡς νομίζεται,
καὶ τἄλλʼ ὅσʼ ἐστὶν ἔνδον ηὐτρεπισμένα.
622–632

Oh! great gods! I knew naught of all this!

CARIO: Is it not he who lends the Great King all his pride?

CHREMYLUS: Is it not he who draws the citizens to the Assembly?

The Athenian Society, "The Eleven Comedies" (1912)
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Hall & Geldart, OCT, 1907 · 1907
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