§1.1ΓΛΥΚΕΡΑ
Τὸν στρατιώτην, Θαΐ, τὸν Ἀκαρνᾶνα, ὃς πάλαι μὲν Ἀβρότονον εἶχε, μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ ἠράσθη ἐμοῦ, τὸν εὐπάρυφον λέγω, τὸν ἐν τῇ χλαμύδι, οἶσθα αὐτόν, ἢ ἐπιλέλησαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον;
GLYCERA The soldier, Thais, the Acarnanian, who once kept Abrotonon, but after that fell in love with me—I mean the one who wears fine clothes, the one in the cloak—do you know him, or have you forgotten the man?
ΘΑΙΣ
Οὔκ, ἀλλὰ οἶδα, ὦ Γλυκέριον, καὶ συνέπιε μεθ' ἡμῶν πέρυσιν ἐν τοῖς Ἁλώοις.
THAIS No, on the contrary, I know him, my dear Glycerion, and he drank with us last year at the Haloa.
τί δὲ τοῦτο;
But why this?
ἐῴκεις γάρ τι περὶ αὐτοῦ διηγεῖσθαι.
You seemed to have something to tell about him.
ΓΛΥΚΕΡΑ
Γοργόνα αὐτὸν ἡ παμπόνηρος, φίλη δοκοῦσα εἶναι, ἀπέσπασεν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ὑπαγαγοῦσα.
GLYCERA Gorgona, that utterly wicked woman, while pretending to be a friend, enticed him away and dragged him from me.
ΘΑΙΣ
Καὶ νῦν σοὶ μὲν ἐκεῖνος οὐ πρόσεισι, Γοργόναν δὲ ἑταίραν πεποίηται;
THAIS And now he does not come to you, but has made Gorgona his mistress?
ΓΛΥΚΕΡΑ
Ναί, ὦ Θαΐ, καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα οὐ μετρίως μου ἥψατο.
GLYCERA Yes, Thais, and the matter has affected me no little.
ΘΑΙΣ
Πονηρὸν μέν, ὦ Γλυκέριον, οὐκ ἀδόκητον δέ, ἀλλ’ εἰωθὸς γίγνεσθαι ὑφ' ἡμῶν τῶν ἑταιρῶν.
THAIS It is a bad business, Glycerion, yet not unexpected, but rather what is accustomed to happen among us courtesans.
οὔκουν χρὴ οὔτε ἀνιᾶσθαι ἄγαν οὔτε μέμφεσθαι τῇ Γοργόνῃ· οὐδὲ γὰρ σὲ Ἀβρότονον ἐπ' αὐτῷ πρότερον ἐμέμψατο, καίτοι φίλαι ἦτε.
Therefore you ought neither to be too vexed nor to blame Gorgona; for neither did Abrotonon blame you formerly on his account, though you were friends.
§1.2ἀτὰρ ἐκεῖνο θαυμάζω, τί καὶ ἐπῄνεσεν αὐτῆς ὁ στρατιώτης οὗτος, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ παντάπασι τυφλός ἐστιν, ὃς οὐχ ὡράκει τὰς μὲν τρίχας αὐτὴν ἀραιὰς ἔχουσαν καὶ ἐπὶ πολὺ τοῦ μετώπου ἀπηγμένας· τὰ χείλη δὲ πελιδνὰ καὶ τράχηλος λεπτὸς καὶ ἐπίσημοι ἐν αὐτῷ αἱ φλέβες καὶ ῥὶς μακρά.
But I wonder at this, what on earth that soldier found to praise in her, unless he is altogether blind, who failed to see that she has thin hair and pulled back far from her forehead; and her lips are livid, her neck thin, with the veins prominent in it, and her nose long.
ἓν μόνον, εὐμήκης ἐστὶ καὶ ὀρθὴ καὶ μειδιᾷ πάνυ ἐπαγωγόν.
Only one thing, she is tall and straight and smiles very enticingly.
ΓΛΥΚΕΡΑ
Οἴει γάρ, ὦ Θαΐ, τῷ κάλλει ἠρᾶσθαι τὸν Ἀκαρνᾶνα;
GLYCERA Do you think, Thais, that the Acarnanian fell in love with her beauty?
οὐκ οἶσθα ὡς φαρμακὶς ἡ Χρυσάριόν ἐστιν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῆς, Θεσσαλάς τινας ᾠδὰς ἐπισταμένη καὶ τὴν σελήνην κατάγουσα;
Do you not know that her mother Chrysarion is a witch, who knows certain Thessalian charms and draws down the moon?
φασὶ δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ πέτεσθαι τῆς νυκτός· ἐκείνη ἐξέμηνε τὸν ἄνθρωπον πιεῖν τῶν φαρμάκων ἐγχέασα, καὶ νῦν τρυγῶσιν αὐτόν.
They say she even flies by night; she drove the fellow mad by pouring him a drink of her drugs, and now they are milking him.
ΘΑΙΣ
Καὶ σὺ ἄλλον, ὦ Γλυκέριον, τρυγήσεις, τοῦτον δὲ χαίρειν ἔα.
THAIS And you, Glycerion, will milk another, and let this one go with a farewell.