# Βάτραχοι 3.3

Aristophanes, Βάτραχοι, Parodos 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes/text-9/3.3

†ἔγειρε φλογέας λαμπάδας ἐν χερσὶ γὰρ ἥκει τινάσσων†,
Ἴακχʼ ὦ Ἴακχε,
νυκτέρου τελετῆς φωσφόρος ἀστήρ.
φλογὶ φέγγεται δὲ λειμών·
γόνυ πάλλεται γερόντων·
ἀποσείονται δὲ λύπας
χρονίους τʼ ἐτῶν παλαιῶν ἐνιαυτοὺς
ἱερᾶς ὑπὸ τιμᾶς.
σὺ δὲ λαμπάδι † φλέγων†
προβάδην ἔξαγʼ ἐπʼ ἀνθηρὸν ἕλειον δάπεδον
χοροποιὸν μάκαρ ἥβαν.

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Aristophanes, Βάτραχοι, 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.tlg009.local001/.