§326μή τι καὶ νυνί γʼ ἔτʼ, ἀλλὰ παῦε παῦʼ ὀρχούμενος.
Not at all, not even now; come, stop, stop dancing!
§327ἢν ἰδοὺ καὶ δὴ πέπαυμαι.
Look, see, indeed we have stopped.
§327bφῄς γε, παύει δʼ οὐδέπω.
You say so, but you are not stopping yet.
§328ἓν μὲν οὖν τουτί μʼ ἔασον ἑλκύσαι, καὶ μηκέτι.
Then let me just throw this one step, and no more.
§329τοῦτό νυν, καὶ μηκέτʼ ἄλλο μηδὲν ὀρχήσησθʼ ἔτι.
Just this one then, and dance nothing else anymore.
§330οὐκ ἂν ὀρχησαίμεθʼ, εἴπερ ὠφελήσαιμέν τί σε.
We wouldn't dance at all, if we could help you in any way.
§331ἀλλʼ ὁρᾶτʼ οὔπω πέπαυσθε.
But look, you haven't stopped yet!
By Zeus, this one indeed, having flung our right leg, we are now ceasing.
§333ἐπιδίδωμι τοῦτό γʼ ὑμῖν ὥστε μὴ λυπεῖν ἔτι.
I grant you this one, so as not to vex me anymore.
§334ἀλλὰ καὶ τἀριστερόν τοί μʼ ἐστʼ ἀναγκαίως ἔχον.
But the left one also is absolutely necessary for me to move.
For I am pleased and rejoiced and break wind and laugh, much more than if I had sloughed off old age and escaped the shield.
§337μή τι καὶ νυνί γε χαίρετʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἴστε πω σαφῶς·
Do not rejoice at all just yet; for you do not know clearly.
§338ἀλλʼ ὅταν λάβωμεν αὐτήν, τηνικαῦτα χαίρετε §339καὶ βοᾶτε καὶ γελᾶτʼ· ἤδη §340γὰρ ἐξέσται τόθʼ ὑμῖν §341πλεῖν μένειν βινεῖν καθεύδειν, §342ἐς πανηγύρεις θεωρεῖν, §343ἑστιᾶσθαι κοτταβίζειν, §344†συβαρίζειν† §345ἰοῦ ἰοῦ κεκραγέναι. §346εἰ γὰρ ἐκγένοιτʼ ἰδεῖν ταύτην με τὴν ἡμέραν.
But when we hold her, then indeed rejoice, and shout and laugh; for then at last it will be permitted for you to sail, to stay, to make love, to sleep, to attend public festivals, to feast, to play cottabus, †to live like a Sybarite,† to cry "io, io!" Would that it were permitted for me to see this day!
§347πολλὰ γὰρ ἀνεσχόμην πράγματά τε καὶ στιβάδας, ἃς §348ἔλαχε Φορμίων· §349κοὐκέτʼ ἄν μʼ εὕροις δικαστὴν δριμὺν οὐδὲ δύσκολον, §350οὐδὲ τοὺς τρόπους γε δήπου σκληρὸν ὥσπερ καὶ πρὸ τοῦ, §351ἀλλʼ ἁπαλὸν ἄν μʼ ἴδοις καὶ πολὺ νεώτερον, §352ἀπαλλαγέντα πραγμάτων.
For I have endured many troubles and the straw-beds that Phormio fell to; and you would no longer find me a sharp or ill-tempered juror, nor tough in my ways at all as before, but you would see me gentle and much younger, freed from troubles.
§355καὶ γὰρ ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα πλανώμενοι §356ἐς Λύκειον κἀκ Λυκείου ξὺν δορὶ ξὺν ἀσπίδι.
For indeed for a sufficient time we have been destroyed and worn out, wandering to the Lyceum and from the Lyceum with spear and shield.
§357ἀλλʼ ὅ τι μάλιστα χαριούμεθα ποιοῦντες, ἄγε §360φράζε· σὲ γὰρ αὐτοκράτορʼ εἵλετʼ ἀγαθή τις ἡμῖν τύχη.
But come, tell us what we can do to please you most; for some good fortune has chosen you as our absolute leader.
§361φέρε δὴ κατίδω ποῖ τοὺς λίθους ἀφέλξομεν.
Come now, let me see where we shall drag away the stones.
§362ὦ μιαρὲ καὶ τολμηρὲ τί ποιεῖν διανοεῖ;
O rogue and daring wretch, what do you intend to do?
§363οὐδὲν πονηρόν, ἀλλʼ ὅπερ καὶ Κιλλικῶν.
Nothing bad, but just what Cillicon did.
§364ἀπόλωλας ὦ κακόδαιμον.
You are destroyed, you unhappy wretch.
§364bοὐκοῦν ἢν λάχω.
Well, if I draw that lot.
§365Ἑρμῆς γὰρ ὢν κλήρῳ ποιήσεις οἶδʼ ὅτι.
For being Hermes, you will do it by lot, I know well.
§366ἀπόλωλας, ἐξόλωλας.
You are destroyed, utterly destroyed.
§366bἐς τίνʼ ἡμέραν;
On what day?
§367εἰς αὐτίκα μάλʼ.
Right away.
But I have bought nothing yet, neither barley-meal nor cheese, as one who is about to perish.
§369καὶ μὴν ἐπιτέτριψαί γε.
And yet you have indeed been ruined.
And then in what way, since I didn't feel it, having received so great a benefit?
Do you not know that Zeus pronounced death for whoever should be found digging her up?
§374εὖ ἴσθʼ ὅτι.
Know well that it is.
Then lend me three drachmas for a little pig; for I must be initiated before I die.
§376ὦ Ζεῦ κεραυνοβρόντα.
O thunder-crashing Zeus!
By the gods, do not denounce us, I beseech you, master.
§378οὐκ ἂν σιωπήσαιμι.
I will not keep silent.
Yes, by the meat which I eagerly brought and arrived with for you.
But, good fellow, I shall be destroyed by Zeus unless I shout and cry out these things.
§382μή νυν λακήσῃς, λίσσομαί σʼ ὦρμῄδιον.
Do not cry out then, I beseech you, dear little Hermes.
§383εἰπέ μοι, τί πάσχετʼ ὦνδρες;
Tell me, what is the matter with you, men?
ἕστατʼ ἐκπεπληγμένοι.
You stand astounded.
§384ὦ πόνηροι μὴ σιωπᾶτʼ· εἰ δὲ μή, λακήσεται.
O wretches, do not be silent; otherwise, he will cry out.
§385μηδαμῶς ὦ δέσποθʼ Ἑρμῆ, μηδαμῶς, μηδαμῶς, §386εἴ τι κεχαρισμένον χοιρίδιον οἶσθα παρʼ ἐμοῦ γε κατεδηδοκώς, §387τοῦτο μὴ φαῦλον νόμιζʼ ἐν τῷδε τῷ νῦν πράγματι.
By no means, O master Hermes, by no means, by no means, if you remember eating any pleasing little pig from me, do not consider this of cheap value in our present business.
§388οὐκ ἀκούεις οἷα θωπεύουσί σʼ ὦναξ δέσποτα;
Do you not hear how they flatter you, king and master?
§390†μὴ γένῃ παλίγκοτος ἀντιβολοῦσιν ἡμῖν,† §391ὥστε τήνδε μὴ λαβεῖν· §392ἀλλὰ χάρισʼ ὦ φιλανθρωπότατε καὶ μεγαλοδωρότατε δαιμόνων, §395εἴ τι Πεισάνδρου βδελύττει τοὺς λόφους καὶ τὰς ὀφρῦς.
Do not be hostile to us who entreat you, so as to prevent us from taking her; but show favor, O most philanthropic and most generous of deities, if you detest the crests and eyebrows of Peisander at all.
And we with sacred sacrifices and great processions will always glorify you continually, O master.
Come, I beseech you, pity their voice, since they also honor you more than before.
§402κλέπται γάρ εἰσι νῦν γε μᾶλλον ἢ πρὸ τοῦ.
For they are thieves now more than before.
And I will tell you a terrible and great matter, which is being plotted against all the gods.
§405ἴθι δὴ κάτειπʼ· ἴσως γὰρ ἂν πείσαις ἐμέ.
Come then, tell me; for perhaps you might persuade me.
§406ἡ γὰρ Σελήνη χὠ πανοῦργος Ἥλιος §407ὑμῖν ἐπιβουλεύοντε πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον §408τοῖς βαρβάροισι προδίδοτον τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
For the Moon and that rogue Sun, plotting against you for a long time now, are betraying Greece to the barbarians.
§409ἵνα δὴ τί τοῦτο δρᾶτον;
To what end do they do this?
§409bὁτιὴ νὴ Δία
Because, by Zeus,