# Σφῆκες 5.7.712-718

Aristophanes, Σφῆκες, Agon 5, lines 5.7.712-5.7.718. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes/text-11/5.7.712

νῦν δʼ ὥσπερ ἐλαολόγοι χωρεῖθʼ ἅμα τῷ τὸν μισθὸν ἔχοντι.
οἴμοι τί πέπονθʼ; ὡς νάρκη μου κατὰ τῆς χειρὸς καταχεῖται,
καὶ τὸ ξίφος οὐ δύναμαι κατέχειν, ἀλλʼ ἤδη μαλθακός εἰμι.
ἀλλʼ ὁπόταν μὲν δείσωσʼ αὐτοί, τὴν Εὔβοιαν διδόασιν
ὑμῖν καὶ σῖτον ὑφίστανται κατὰ πεντήκοντα μεδίμνους
ποριεῖν· ἔδοσαν δʼ οὐπώποτέ σοι πλὴν πρώην πέντε μεδίμνους,
καὶ ταῦτα μόλις ξενίας φεύγων ἔλαβες κατὰ χοίνικα κριθῶν.

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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/.