§237τουτὶ τί δρᾷ τὸ Χαλκιδικὸν ποτήριον;
What is this Chalcidian cup doing here?
§238οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅπως οὐ Χαλκιδέας ἀφίστατον.
There is no way you two are not causing the Chalcidians to revolt.
§239ἀπολεῖσθον ἀποθανεῖσθον ὦ μιαρωτάτω.
You two shall perish, you shall die, you two most abominable ones.
§240οὗτος τί φεύγεις;
You there, why do you flee?
οὐ μενεῖς;
Will you not stay?
ὦ γεννάδα §241ἀλλαντοπῶλα μὴ προδῷς τὰ πράγματα.
O noble sausage-seller, do not betray our cause!
§242ἄνδρες ἱππῆς παραγένεσθε· νῦν ὁ καιρός.
Gentlemen knights, come to help; now is the time.
ὦ Σίμων, §243ὦ Παναίτιʼ οὐκ ἐλᾶτε πρὸς τὸ δεξιὸν κέρας;
O Simon, O Panaitios, will you not charge toward the right wing?
§244ἅνδρες ἐγγύς.
The men are near.
ἀλλʼ ἀμύνου κἀπαναστρέφου πάλιν.
But defend yourself and turn back again.
§245ὁ κονιορτὸς δῆλος αὐτῶν ὡς ὁμοῦ προσκειμένων.
Their dust is clearly visible as they press on together.
§246ἀλλʼ ἀμύνου καὶ δίωκε καὶ τροπὴν αὐτοῦ ποιοῦ.
But defend yourself and pursue and put him to flight!
§247παῖε παῖε τὸν πανοῦργον καὶ ταραξιππόστρατον §248καὶ τελώνην καὶ φάραγγα καὶ Χάρυβδιν ἁρπαγῆς, §249καὶ πανοῦργον καὶ πανοῦργον·
Strike, strike the villain and the troubler of the cavalry, and the tax-collector, and the chasm, and the Charybdis of plunder, and the villain, and the villain!
πολλάκις γὰρ αὔτʼ ἐρῶ.
For I will say it many times.
§250καὶ γὰρ οὗτος ἦν πανοῦργος πολλάκις τῆς ἡμέρας.
For indeed this fellow was a villain many times a day.
But strike and pursue and disturb and confound, and loathe him, for we do too, and press on and shout!
And take care lest he escape you; for indeed he knows the ways, by which Eukrates fled straight to the bran-sacks.
§255ὦ γέροντες ἡλιασταί, φράτερες τριωβόλου, §256οὓς ἐγὼ βόσκω κεκραγὼς καὶ δίκαια κἄδικα, §257παραβοηθεῖθʼ, ὡς ὑπʼ ἀνδρῶν τύπτομαι ξυνωμοτῶν.
O elder Heliasts, brethren of the three obols, whom I feed by bawling out both things just and unjust, come to my aid, as I am beaten by conspiring men!
§258ἐν δίκῃ γʼ, ἐπεὶ τὰ κοινὰ πρὶν λαχεῖν κατεσθίεις, §259κἀποσυκάζεις πιέζων τοὺς ὑπευθύνους σκοπῶν, §260ὅστις αὐτῶν ὠμός ἐστιν ἢ πέπων ἢ μὴ πέπων, §261κἄν τινʼ αὐτῶν γνῷς ἀπράγμονʼ ὄντα καὶ κεχηνότα, §262καταγαγὼν ἐκ Χερρονήσου διαβαλὼν ἀγκυρίσας §263εἶτʼ ἀποστρέψας τὸν ὦμον αὐτὸν ἐνεκολήβασας·
Justly so, since you devour the public property before drawing lots, and you squeeze those who are subject to audit, watching them to see which of them is raw, or ripe, or not ripe, and if you know any of them to be quiet and gaping, you bring him down from Chersonesos, slander him, hook him by the ankle, and then twist his shoulder and swallow him down.
§264καὶ σκοπεῖς γε τῶν πολιτῶν ὅστις ἐστὶν ἀμνοκῶν, §265πλούσιος καὶ μὴ πονηρὸς καὶ τρέμων τὰ πράγματα.
And you watch which of the citizens is sheepish, wealthy and not wicked and trembling at public affairs.
§266ξυνεπίκεισθʼ ὑμεῖς;
Are you too attacking me together?
ἐγὼ δʼ ἄνδρες διʼ ὑμᾶς τύπτομαι, §267ὅτι λέγειν γνώμην ἔμελλον ὡς δίκαιον ἐν πόλει §268ἑστάναι μνημεῖον ὑμῶν ἐστιν ἀνδρείας χάριν.
But, gentlemen, I am beaten because of you, because I was going to propose a motion that it is right for a monument of your bravery to be erected in the city.
§269ὡς δʼ ἀλαζών, ὡς δὲ μάσθλης·
What a humbug, what a sycophant!
εἶδες οἷʼ ὑπέρχεται §270ὡσπερεὶ γέροντας ἡμᾶς καὶ κοβαλικεύεται;
Do you see how he flatters us as if we were old men and plays his knavish tricks?
But if he wins by this way, he shall be struck by that one; and if he dodges this way, he shall bump his leg.
§273ὦ πόλις καὶ δῆμʼ ὑφʼ οἵων θηρίων γαστρίζομαι.
O city and people, by what kind of beasts am I punched in the belly!
§274καὶ κέκραγας, ὥσπερ ἀεὶ τὴν πόλιν καταστρέφει;
Do you still scream, just as you always overturn the city?
§275ἀλλʼ ἐγώ σε τῇ βοῇ ταύτῃ γε πρῶτα τρέψομαι.
But I indeed will first put you to flight with this shout!
§276ἀλλʼ ἐὰν μέντοι γε νικᾷς τῇ βοῇ, τήνελλος εἶ· §277ἢν δʼ ἀναιδείᾳ παρέλθῃ σʼ, ἡμέτερος ὁ πυραμοῦς.
But if indeed you win in shouting, you are the victor; but if you surpass him in impudence, the prize is ours.
I impeach this man here, and I say that he exports soup-broth for the Peloponnesian triremes.
§280ναὶ μὰ Δία κἄγωγε τοῦτον, ὅτι κενῇ τῇ κοιλίᾳ §281ἐσδραμὼν ἐς τὸ πρυτανεῖον, εἶτα πάλιν ἐκθεῖ πλέᾳ.
Yes, by Zeus, and I too impeach him, because with an empty belly he ran into the Prytaneum, and then ran out again full.
§282νὴ Δίʼ ἐξάγων γε τἀπόρρηθʼ, ἅμʼ ἄρτον καὶ κρέας §283καὶ τέμαχος, οὗ Περικλέης οὐκ ἠξιώθη πώποτε.
Yes, by Zeus, exporting forbidden goods, at once bread and meat and fish-slices, which Pericles was never once deemed worthy of.
§284ἀποθανεῖσθον αὐτίκα μάλα.
You two shall die this very instant!
§285τριπλάσιον κεκράξομαί σου.
I will scream three times louder than you!
§286καταβοήσομαι βοῶν σε.
I will drown you out by shouting!
§287κατακεκράξομαί σε κράζων.
I will scream you down by screaming!
§288διαβαλῶ σʼ ἐὰν στρατηγῇς.
I will slander you if you are general!
§289κυνοκοπήσω σου τὸ νῶτον.
I will thrash your back like a dog!
§290περιελῶ σʼ ἀλαζονείαις.
I will hem you in with my boasting!
§291ὑποτεμοῦμαι τὰς ὁδούς σου.
I will cut off your ways!
§292βλέψον ἔς μʼ ἀσκαρδάμυκτος.
Look at me without blinking!
§293ἐν ἀγορᾷ κἀγὼ τέθραμμαι.
I too was brought up in the market!
§294διαφορήσω σʼ εἴ τι γρύξει.
I will tear you to pieces if you mutter a word!
§295κοπροφορήσω σʼ εἰ λαλήσεις.
I will cover you with dung if you speak!
§296ὁμολογῶ κλέπτειν· σὺ δʼ οὐχί.
I admit that I steal; but you do not!
Yes, by Hermes of the Market, and I commit perjury even while they are looking!
§299ἀλλότρια τοίνυν σοφίζει, §300καὶ φανῶ σε τοῖς πρυτάνεσιν §301ἀδεκατεύτους τῶν θεῶν ἱερὰς §302ἔχοντα κοιλίας.
Then you are playing tricks with other people's wisdom, and I will denounce you to the Prytaneis as possessing sacred tripes on which no tithe was paid to the gods.
§303ὦ μιαρὲ καὶ βδελυρὲ † καὶ κεκράκτα †, τοῦ σοῦ θράσους §305πᾶσα μὲν γῆ πλέα, πᾶσα δʼ ἐκκλησία, καὶ τέλη §306καὶ γραφαὶ καὶ δικαστήριʼ, ὦ βορβοροτάραξι καὶ §310τὴν πόλιν ἅπασαν ἡμῶν ἀνατετυρβακώς, §311ὅστις ἡμῶν τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐκκεκώφωκας βοῶν, §313κἀπὸ τῶν πετρῶν ἄνωθεν τοὺς φόρους θυννοσκοπῶν.
O abominable and disgusting screamer, with your boldness the whole earth is filled, and the whole Assembly, and the taxes, and indictments and courts, o you stirrer of mud, and who have turned our whole city upside down, who have deafened our Athens by shouting, watching the tribute from the rocks above like a lookout for tunny-fish.
§314οἶδʼ ἐγὼ τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦθʼ ὅθεν πάλαι καττύεται.
I know this business from where it has long been stitched together.
§315εἰ δὲ μὴ σύ γʼ οἶσθα κάττυμʼ, οὐδʼ ἐγὼ χορδεύματα, §316ὅστις ὑποτέμνων ἐπώλεις δέρμα μοχθηροῦ βοὸς §317τοῖς ἀγροίκοισιν πανούργως, ὥστε φαίνεσθαι παχύ, §318καὶ πρὶν ἡμέραν φορῆσαι μεῖζον ἦν δυοῖν δοχμαῖν.
But if you do not know about stitching leather, nor I about making sausages, you who used to cut and sell the hide of a wretched ox to the country folk knavishly, so that it appeared thick, and before they had worn it for a day, it was bigger by two spans.
§319νὴ Δία κἀμὲ τοῦτʼ ἔδρασε ταὐτόν, ὥστε κατάγελων
Yes, by Zeus, he did this very same thing to me too, so that I became a laughing-stock