# Εἰρήνη 9.2

Aristophanes, Εἰρήνη, Episode 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes/text-7/9.2

εἶεν; ἐκόρεσθεν τοῦ πολέμου κᾆτʼ ἤσθιον.
ταῦτʼ ᾆδε, ταῦθʼ, ὡς ἤσθιον κεκορημένοι.
θωρήσσοντʼ ἄρʼ ὄτειτα πεπαυμένοι—
ἄσμενοι, οἶμαι.
πύργων δʼ ἐξεχέοντο, βοὴ δʼ ἄσβεστος ὀρώρει.
κάκιστʼ ἀπόλοιο παιδάριον αὐταῖς μάχαις·
οὐδὲν γὰρ ᾄδεις πλὴν πολέμους. τοῦ καί ποτʼ εἶ;
ἐγώ;
σὺ μέντοι νὴ Δίʼ.
υἱὸς Λαμάχου.
αἰβοῖ·
ἦ γὰρ ἐγὼ θαύμαζον ἀκούων, εἰ σὺ μὴ εἴης
ἀνδρὸς βουλομάχου καὶ κλαυσιμάχου τινὸς υἱός.
ἄπερρε καὶ τοῖς λογχοφόροισιν ᾆδʼ ἰών.
ποῦ μοι τὸ τοῦ Κλεωνύμου ʼστὶ παιδίον;
ᾆσον πρὶν εἰσιέναι τι· σὺ γὰρ εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι
οὐ πράγματʼ ᾄσει· σώφρονος γὰρ εἶ πατρός.

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Aristophanes, Εἰρήνη, 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.tlg005.local001/.