§95αὔρας ἐάν πῃ πρ[ ]
If somehow from the breezes...
§96διπλοῦς ὀκλάζω[ν ]ν
crouching double...
§97ὕποσμος ἐν χρῷ [ ]
tracking by scent close to the ground...
§98οὕτως ἔρευναν καὶ π[ ]
thus the search and...
§99ἅπαντα χρηστὰ κα[ὶ τε]λεῖν.
all may turn out well and be accomplished.
§100θεὸς θεὸς θεὸς θεός·
A god, a god, a god, a god!
ἔα [ἔα·
Ah, ah!
§101ἔχειν ἔοιγμεν·
We seem to have it!
ἴσχε, μὴ συρ τει.
Hold on, do not make a sound.
§102ταῦτʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖνα·
This is it!
τῶν βοῶν τ[ὰ] σήματα.
The marks of the cows.
§103σίγ[α]·
Silence!
θεός τις τὴν ἀποι[κία]ν ἄγει.
Some god is leading our expedition.
§104τί δρῶμεν, ὦ τᾶν;
What are we doing, my friend?
ἦ τὸ δέον [ἐξ]ήνομεν;
Have we completed what is necessary?
§105τί;
What?
τοῖς[ι] ταύτῃ πῶς δοκεῖ;
How does it seem to those here?
§105bδοκεῖ πάνυ.
It seems entirely so.
§106σαφῆ [γ]ὰρ αὔθʼ ἕκαστα σημαίνει τάδε.
For these things clearly signify each detail.
§107ἰδοὺ ἰδού·
Look, look!
§108καὶ τοὐπίσημον αὐτὸ τῶν ὁπλῶν πάλι[ν.
And the very print of the hoofs again.
§109ἄθρει μάλα.
Look closely.
§110αὔτʼ ἐστι τοῦτο μέτρον [ἐ]κμε [τρού]μ[ε]νον.
This is the very measure being measured out.
§111χ[ώ]ρει δρόμῳ καὶ τα[ ]ν ἔχου
Go on a run and hold...
§112οπ[ ][ ]μενος
...
If some lowing of the cows should reach our ears, I do not yet hear the voice clearly.
But indeed, these very tracks and path make it possible to learn clearly that they belong to those cows.
§117ἔα μάλα·
Hold on, look!
§118παλινστραφῆ τοι ναὶ μὰ Δία τὰ βήματα
By Zeus, the steps are turned backwards!
§119εἰς τοὔμπαλιν δέδορκεν αὐ· τάδʼ εἴσιδε.
They look in the opposite direction again; look at this!
§120τί ἐστὶ τουτί;
What is this?
τίς ὁ τρόχος τοῦ τάγματ[ος;
What is this rotation of the arrangement?
The front parts are changed to the back, and again they are tangled contrary to one another.
§123δεινὸς κυκησμὸς εἶχ[ε τὸν βοη]λάτην.
A terrible confusion possessed the cow-driver.
§124τίνʼ αὖ τέχνην σὺ τήν[δʼ ἄρʼ ἐξ]ῆυρες, τίνʼ αὖ, §125πρόσπαιον ὧδε κεκλιμ[ένον] κυνηγετεῖν §126πρὸς γῇ;
What art again have you found out, what again, to hunt thus inclined suddenly to the ground?
τίς ὑμῶν ὁ τρόπος;
What is your manner?
οὐχὶ μανθάνω·
I do not understand.
You lie fallen like a hedgehog in a thicket, or like an ape bending down to rage at someone.
§129[τ]ί ταῦτα;
What is this?
ποῦ γῆς ἐμάθετʼ ἐν πο[ί]ῳ τόπῳ;
Where on earth, in what place did you learn this?
§130ς[η]μήνατʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἴδρις εἰμὶ τοῦ τρόπου.
Tell me, for I am not skilled in this manner.
§131ὕ [ὗ] ὕ ὗ.
Hu, hu, hu, hu!
§132τ[ί τοῦτʼ ἰύζεις;
Why do you shriek this?
] τίνα φοβῇ;
Whom do you fear?
τίνʼ εἰσορᾷς;
Whom do you see?
§133τ[ί δεῖμʼ ὄπωπ]ας;
What terror have you beheld?
τί ποτε βακχεύεις ἔχων;
Why are you so frantically possessed?
§134α[γχοῦ τις ἤχε]ι κέρχνος· ἱμείρει[ς] μαθεῖν
A grating sound echoes nearby; do you wish to learn who it was?
§135τ[ίς ἦν; τί σιγ]ᾶτʼ, ὦ πρ[ὸ τοῦ λαλίστ]ατοι;
Why are you silent, O you who before were most talkative?
§136ς[ίγα μὲν οὖν. ]
Keep silence, then.
§137τ[ίνʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖθε]ν ἁπονος[φίζ]εις ἔχων;
From what are you turning away, so distracted?
§138ἄ[κουε δή.
Listen now.
§139καλῶς ἀκούς[ω μηδεν]ὸς φωνὴν κλύων;
How shall I hear well, when I hear no one's voice?
§140ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ.
Trust me.
§141ἐμ[ὸν] δίω[γμά γʼ οὐδα]μῶς ὀνήσετε.
You will in no way help my pursuit.
§142ἄκουσον αὖ τ[ο]ῦ χρ[ήμα]τ[ο]ς χρόνον τινά, §143[ο]ἵῳ ʼκπ[λ]αγέντες ἐν[θάδʼ] ἐξενίσμεθα §144ψόφῳ, τὸν οὐδε[ὶ]ς π[ώπο]τʼ ἤκουσεν βροτῶν.
Listen again to the matter for a moment, by what noise we, startled here, were amazed, a noise which no mortal has ever heard.
§145τί μοι ψ[ό]φον;
Why tell me of a noise?
φοβ[εῖσθε] κα[ὶ] δειμαίνετε, §146μάλθης ἄναγνα σώ[μα]τʼ ἐκμεμαγμένα §147κάκιστα θηρῶν ὀντ[ες, ἐ]ν [π]άσῃ σκιᾷ §148φόβον βλέποντες, πάν[τα] δειματούμενοι, §149ἄνευρα κἀκόμιστα κἀνε[λε]ύθερα §150διακονοῦντες, σώματʼ εἰ[ς]ιδ[ε]ῖν μόνον §151κα[ὶ γ]λῶσσα κα[ὶ] φάλητες.
You are afraid and terrified, clean-molded bodies of soft wax, being the worst of beasts, seeing fear in every shadow, terrified of everything, serving without sinews, without care, and without freedom, bodies only to look at, and tongue and phalluses.
εἰ δέ που δέῃ, §152πιστοὶ λόγοισιν ὄντες ἔργα φεύγετε.
But if there is need anywhere, though loyal in words, you flee from deeds.
§153τοιοῦ[δ]ε πατρός, ὦ κάκιστα θηρίων, §154οὗ πόλλʼ ἐφʼ ἥβης μνήματʼ ἀνδρείας ὕπο §155κ[ε]ῖται παρʼ οἴκοις νυμφικοῖς ἠσκημένα, §156οὐκ εἰς φυγὴν κλίνοντος, οὐ δουλ[ο]υμένου, §157οὐδὲ ψόφοισι τῶν ὀρειτρόφων βοτῶν §158[π]τήσσοντος, ἀλλʼ α[κ]μαῖσιν ἐξει[ρ]γασμένου §159[ἃ] νῦν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν λάμ[πρʼ ὑ]πορρυπαίνεται §160[ψ]όφῳ νεώρει κόλακ[ι] ποιμένων π[ο]θέν, §161[ὃν] δὴ φοβεῖσθε παῖδες ὣς πρὶν εἰσιδεῖν, §162πλοῦτον δὲ χ[ρ]υσόφαντον ἐξαφίετε, §163ὃν Φοῖβος ὑμῖν εἶπε κ[ἀ]νεδέξατο, §164καὶ τὴν ἐλευθέρωσιν ἣν κατῄνεσεν §165ὑμῖν τε κἀμοί· ταῦτʼ ἀφέντες εὕδετε.
Possessing such a father, O worst of beasts, whose many monuments of courage in his youth lie adorned near the bridal chambers of nymphs, not turning to flight, nor being enslaved, nor cowering at the noises of mountain-bred cattle, but having achieved in his prime deeds which are now splendidly defiled by you because of a fresh, flattering noise of shepherds from somewhere, which you fear like children before even seeing it, and you let go of the gold-shining wealth which Phoebus promised and guaranteed to you, and the freedom which he pledged to you and to me; letting these go, you sleep.