# Σφῆκες 5.3.616-620

Aristophanes, Σφῆκες, Agon 5, lines 5.3.616-5.3.620. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes/text-11/5.3.616

κἂν οἶνόν μοι μὴ ʼγχῇς σὺ πιεῖν, τὸν ὄνον τόνδʼ ἐσκεκόμισμαι
οἴνου μεστόν, κᾆτʼ ἐγχέομαι κλίνας· οὗτος δὲ κεχηνὼς
βρωμησάμενος τοῦ σοῦ δίνου μέγα καὶ στράτιον κατέπαρδεν.
ἆρʼ οὐ μεγάλην ἀρχὴν ἄρχω καὶ τοῦ Διὸς οὐδὲν ἐλάττω,

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Aristophanes, Σφῆκες, ed. F. W. Hall, W. M. Geldart. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0019.tlg004.local001/.