§801δικάσοιεν ἐπὶ ταῖς οἰκίαισι τὰς δίκας, §802κἀν τοῖς προθύροις ἐνοικοδομήσοι πᾶς ἀνὴρ §803αὑτῷ δικαστηρίδιον μικρὸν πάνυ, §804ὥσπερ Ἑκάταιον, πανταχοῦ πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν.
they would judge lawsuits at their houses, and that every man would build in his vestibule for himself a very small courtroom, like a shrine of Hecate, everywhere in front of the doors.
§805ἰδού, τί ἔτʼ ἐρεῖς;
Look! What will you say now?
ὡς ἅπαντʼ ἐγὼ φέρω §806ὅσαπερ ἔφασκον, κἄτι πολλῷ πλείονα.
Since I bring everything exactly as many as I said, and even many more.
Here is a chamber-pot, if you want to pee, this very one will hang near you on the peg.
This is indeed clever and suitable for an old man, you have simply found a remedy for strangury.
And here is fire; and some lentil soup stands near to sip, if there is any need.
This in turn is clever; for even if I have a fever, I shall get my pay.
§814αὐτοῦ μένων γὰρ τὴν φακῆν ῥοφήσομαι.
For remaining here, I will sip my lentil soup.
§815ἀτὰρ τί τὸν ὄρνιν ὡς ἔμʼ ἐξηνέγκατε;
But why did you bring out the bird to me?
So that, if you fall asleep while someone is making his defense, this one here, crowing from above, may wake you up.
§818ἓν ἔτι ποθῶ, τὰ δʼ ἄλλʼ ἀρέσκει μοι.
I still desire one thing, but the other things please me.
§818bτὸ τί;
What is that?
§819θἠρῷον εἴ πως ἐκκομίσαις τὸ τοῦ Λύκου.
If only you could somehow bring out the shrine of Lycus.
§820πάρεστι τουτί, καὐτὸς ἅναξ οὑτοσί.
Here it is, and here is the lord himself.
§821ὦ δέσποθʼ ἥρως ὡς χαλεπὸς ἄρʼ ἦσθʼ ἰδεῖν.
O master hero, how harsh you were to look upon, as it turns out!
§822οἷόσπερ ἡμῖν φαίνεται Κλεώνυμος.
Just like Cleonymus appears to us.
§823οὔκουν ἔχει γʼ οὐδʼ αὐτὸς ἥρως ὢν ὅπλα.
At any rate, he too, though being a hero, has no weapons.
If you had sat down more quickly, I would more quickly have called the case.
§825bκάλει νυν, ὡς κάθημαι ʼγὼ πάλαι.
Call it now, for I have been sitting for a long time.
§826φέρε νυν τίνʼ αὐτῷ πρῶτον εἰσαγάγω δίκην;
Come now, what case shall I bring in first for him?
§827τί τίς κακὸν δέδρακε τῶν ἐν τᾠκίᾳ;
Who of those in the house has done what wrong?
The Thracian maid, having recently burned the pot — Stop there, you!
ὡς ὀλίγου μʼ ἀπώλεσας.
How you nearly destroyed me!
Are you going to call the case without a railing, which was the very first of our sacred things?
§832μὰ τὸν Δίʼ οὐ πάρεστιν.
By Zeus, it is not present.
But I, running, myself will fetch at least something for the moment from inside.
§834τί ποτε τὸ χρῆμʼ;
What on earth is this thing?
ὡς δεινὸν ἡ φιλοχωρία.
How terrible is this attachment to the place!
§835βάλλʼ ἐς κόρακας.
Go to the crows!
τοιουτονὶ τρέφειν κύνα.
To breed such a dog!
§836τί δʼ ἔστιν ἐτεόν;
But what is it, really?
§836bοὐ γὰρ ὁ Λάβης ἀρτίως §837ὁ κύων παρᾴξας ἐς τὸν ἰπνὸν ὑφαρπάσας §838τροφαλίδα τυροῦ Σικελικὴν κατεδήδοκεν;
For didn't Labes just now, the dog, rushing into the kitchen, snatching away and devouring a Sicilian cheese-round?
This, then, must be the first crime for my father that I must bring in; and you, being present, accuse him.
§841μὰ Δίʼ οὐκ ἔγωγʼ·
By Zeus, not I!
ἀλλʼ ἅτερός φησιν κύων §842κατηγορήσειν, ἤν τις εἰσάγῃ γραφήν.
But the other dog says he will accuse, if someone brings in an indictment.
§843ἴθι νυν ἄγʼ αὐτὼ δεῦρο.
Go now, bring them both here.
§843bταῦτα χρὴ ποιεῖν.
That is what must be done.
§844τουτὶ τί ἔστι;
What is this?
§844bχοιροκομεῖον Ἑστίας.
A pigpen of Hestia.
§845εἶθʼ ἱεροσυλήσας φέρεις;
Then you bring it after committing sacrilege?
No, but so that beginning from Hestia, I may ruin someone.
§847ἀλλʼ εἴσαγʼ ἀνύσας·
But bring it in, hurry up!
ὡς ἐγὼ τιμᾶν βλέπω.
For I am looking to condemn.
§848φέρε νυν ἐνέγκω τὰς σανίδας καὶ τὰς γραφάς.
Come now, let me bring the tablets and the indictments.
Alas, you are wasting time and will kill me with these three-day delays; for I wanted to plow the field.
§851ἰδού.
Here they are.
§851bκάλει νυν.
Call them now.
§851cταῦτα δή.
Right then.
τίς οὑτοσὶ §852ὁ πρῶτός ἐστιν;
Who is this first one?
Go to the crows, how vexed I am because I forgot to bring out the voting-urns!
§854οὗτος σὺ ποῖ θεῖς;
You there, where are you running?
§854bἐπὶ καδίσκους.
For the voting-urns.
§854cμη δαμῶς.
By no means.
§855ἐγὼ γὰρ εἶχον τούσδε τοὺς ἀρυστίχους.
For I have these cups.
§856κάλλιστα τοίνυν·
Excellent then!
πάντα γὰρ πάρεστι νῷν §857ὅσων δεόμεθα, πλήν γε δὴ τῆς κλεψύδρας.
For everything is present for us that we need, except indeed the water-clock.
§858ἡδὶ δὲ δὴ τίς ἐστιν;
But what is this here?
οὐχὶ κλεψύδρα;
Is it not a water-clock?
§859εὖ γʼ ἐκπορίζεις αὐτὰ κἀπιχωρίως.
You provide them well and in the local fashion.
§860ἀλλʼ ὡς τάχιστα πῦρ τις ἐξενεγκάτω §861καὶ μυρρίνας καὶ τὸν λιβανωτὸν ἔνδοθεν, §862ὅπως ἂν εὐξώμεσθα πρῶτα τοῖς θεοῖς.
But let someone bring out fire as quickly as possible and myrtles and incense from inside, so that we may first pray to the gods.
§863καὶ μὴν ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ ταῖς σπονδαῖς §864καὶ ταῖς εὐχαῖς §865φήμην ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν ὑμῖν, §866ὅτι γενναίως ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου §867καὶ τοῦ νείκους ξυνεβήτην.
And indeed we, at the libations and the prayers, will speak good words to you, because nobly from the war and the strife you two have come to terms.
§868εὐφημία μὲν πρῶτα νῦν ὑπαρχέτω.
Let there first be holy silence now.
§869ὦ Φοῖβʼ Ἄπολλον Πύθιʼ ἐπʼ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ §870τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ὃ μηχανᾶται §871ἔμπροσθεν οὗτος τῶν θυρῶν, §872ἅπασιν ἡμῖν ἁρμόσαι §873παυσαμένοις πλάνων.
O Pythian Phoebus Apollo, with good fortune may the matter which he is engineering this man in front of the doors, be fitting for all of us, having ceased from our wanderings.
§874ἰήιε Παιάν.
Ieie Paian!
§875ὦ δέσποτʼ ἄναξ γεῖτον ἀγυιεῦ προθύρου προπύλαιε, §876δέξαι τελετὴν καινὴν ὦναξ, ἣν τῷ πατρὶ καινοτομοῦμεν, §877παῦσόν τʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦτο τὸ λίαν στρυφνὸν καὶ πρίνινον ἦθος, §878ἀντὶ σιραίου μέλιτος μικρὸν τῷ θυμιδίῳ παραμείξας· §879ἤδη δʼ εἶναι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις §879aἤπιον αὐτόν, §880τοὺς φεύγοντάς τʼ ἐλεεῖν μᾶλλον §881τῶν γραψαμένων §882κἀπιδακρύειν ἀντιβολούντων,
O master, king, neighbor Agyieus, of the vestibule and gateway, accept this new rite, o king, which we are innovating for my father, and stop this too harsh and oak-like disposition of his, mixing a little honey into his dear little heart instead of boiled wine; and that he may now be to men gentle himself, and pity the defendants more than the prosecutors and weep over them when they entreat,