§3.1ΜΗΤΗΡ
Ἐμάνης, ὦ Φίλιννα, ἢ τί ἔπαθες ἐν τῷ ξυμποσίῳ χθές;
MOTHER Are you mad, Philinna, or what happened to you at the symposium yesterday?
ἧκε γὰρ παρ' ἐμὲ Δίφιλος ἕωθεν δακρύων καὶ διηγήσατό μοι ἃ ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ σοῦ·
For Diphilus came to me early in the morning in tears and related to me what he suffered at your hands.
μεμεθύσθαι γάρ σε καὶ ἐς τὸ μέσον ἀναστᾶσαν ὀρχήσασθαι αὐτοῦ διακωλύοντος καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα φιλῆσαι Λαμπρίαν τὸν ἑταῖρον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐχαλέπηνέ σοι, καταλιποῦσαν αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν πρὸς τὸν Λαμπρίαν καὶ περιβαλεῖν ἐκεῖνον, ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἀποπνίγεσθαι τούτων γιγνομένων.
For he said that you were drunk, and that you stood up in the midst of them and danced although he tried to prevent you, and after that, kissed his companion Lamprias; and when he was angry with you, you left him and went over to Lamprias and embraced him, and that he himself was choking with vexation while these things were going on.
ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τῆς νυκτός, οἶμαι, συνεκάθευδες, καταλιποῦσα δὲ δακρύοντα μόνη ἐπὶ τοῦ πλησίον σκίμποδος κατέκεισο ᾄδουσα καὶ λυποῦσα ἐκεῖνον.
And furthermore, during the night, I think, you did not sleep with him, but leaving him weeping, you lay alone on the nearby couch, singing and vexing him.
§3.2ΦΙΛΙΝΝΑ
Τὰ γὰρ αὑτοῦ σοι, ὦ μῆτερ, οὐ διηγήσατο· οὐ γὰρ ἂν συνηγόρευες αὐτῷ ὑβριστῇ ὄντι, ὃς ἐμοῦ ἀφέμενος ἐκοινολογεῖτο Θαΐδι τῇ Λαμπρίου ἑταίρᾳ, μηδέπω ἐκείνου παρόντος·
PHILINNA For he did not relate his own conduct to you, mother; otherwise you would not be pleading for him, insolent as he is, who neglected me and conversed with Thais, the companion of Lamprias, before the latter had even arrived.
ἐπεὶ δὲ χαλεπαίνουσαν εἶδέ με καὶ διένευσα αὐτῷ οἷα ποιεῖ, τοῦ ὠτὸς ἄκρου ἐφαψάμενος ἀνακλάσας τὸν αὐχένα τῆς Θαΐδος ἐφίλησεν οὕτω προσφυῶς, ὥστε μόλις ἀπέσπασε τὰ χείλη, εἶτ' ἐγὼ μὲν ἐδάκρυον, ὁ δὲ ἐγέλα καὶ πρὸς τὴν Θαΐδα πολλὰ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ἔλεγε κατ' ἐμοῦ δηλαδή, καὶ ἡ Θαῒς ἐμειδίασε βλέπουσα πρὸς ἐμέ.
And when he saw me vexed and I signaled to him by nodding at what he was doing, he took hold of the tip of Thais's ear, bent her neck back, and kissed her so closely that he could scarcely tear his lips away. Then, while I wept, he laughed and whispered many things in Thais's ear, obviously against me, and Thais smiled, looking at me.
ὡς δὲ προσιόντα ᾔσθοντο τὸν Λαμπρίαν καὶ ἐκορέσθησάν ποτε φιλοῦντες ἀλλήλους, ἐγὼ μὲν ὅμως παρ' αὐτὸν κατεκλίθην, ὡς μὴ καὶ τοῦτο προφασίζοιτο ὕστερον, ἡ Θαῒς δὲ ἀναστᾶσα ὠρχήσατο πρώτη ἀπογυμνοῦσα ἐπὶ πολὺ τὰ σφυρὰ ὡς μόνη καλὰ ἔχουσα, καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐπαύσατο, ὁ Λαμπρίας μὲν ἐσίγα καὶ εἶπεν οὐδέν, Δίφιλος δὲ ὑπερεπῄνει τὸ εὔρυθμον καὶ τὸ κεχορηγημένον, καὶ ὅτι εὖ πρὸς τὴν κιθάραν ὁ ποὺς καὶ τὸ σφυρὸν ὡς καλὸν καὶ ἄλλα μυρία, καθάπερ τὴν Καλάμιδος Σωσάνδραν ἐπαινῶν, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ Θαΐδα, ἣν καὶ σὺ οἶσθα συλλουομένην ἡμῖν οἵα ἐστί.
And when they perceived Lamprias approaching, and had at last had their fill of kissing each other, I nevertheless lay down beside him, so that he might not have this as an excuse later. But Thais stood up and danced first, exposing her ankles to a great extent, as if she were the only one who had beautiful ones. And when she finished, Lamprias kept silent and said nothing, but Diphilus excessively praised her rhythm and her training, and how well her foot kept time with the cithara, and how beautiful her ankle was, and ten thousand other things, just as if he were praising Calamis's Sosandra, and not Thais, whom you too know what she is like when she bathes with us.
Θαῒς δὲ οἷα καὶ ἔσκωψεν εὐθὺς ἐς ἐμέ· Εἰ γάρ τις, ἔφη, μὴ αἰσχύνεται λεπτὰ ἔχουσα τὰ σκέλη, ὀρχήσεται καὶ αὐτὴ ἐξαναστᾶσα. τί ἂν λέγοιμι, ὦ μῆτερ;
And Thais immediately mocked me, saying: "If anyone is not ashamed of having thin legs, let her stand up and dance too." What could I say, mother?
ἀνέστην γὰρ καὶ ὠρχησάμην.
For I stood up and danced.
ἀλλὰ τί ἔδει ποιεῖν;
But what ought I to have done?
ἀνασχέσθαι καὶ ἐπαληθεύειν τὸ σκῶμμα καὶ τὴν Θαΐδα ἐᾶν τυραννεῖν τοῦ συμποσίου;
To bear it, and make her mockery appear true, and allow Thais to queen it over the symposium?
§3.3ΜΗΤΗΡ
Φιλοτιμότερον μέν, ὦ θύγατερ· οὐδὲ φροντίζειν γὰρ ἐχρῆν·
MOTHER With too much pride, my daughter; for you should not have cared.
λέγε δ’ ὅμως τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα.
But tell me, nevertheless, what happened after that.
ΦΙΛΙΝΝΑ
Οἱ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοι ἐπῄνουν, ὁ Δίφιλος δὲ μόνος ὕπτιον καταβαλὼν ἑαυτὸν ἐς τὴν ὀροφὴν ἀνέβλεπεν, ἄχρις δὴ καμοῦσα ἐπαυσάμην.
PHILINNA The others, indeed, praised me, but Diphilus alone, throwing himself backward, kept looking up at the ceiling, until at last I grew tired and stopped.
ΜΗΤΗΡ
Τὸ φιλῆσαι δὲ τὸν Λαμπρίαν ἀληθὲς ἦν καὶ τὸ μεταβᾶσαν περιπλέκεσθαι αὐτῷ;
MOTHER But was it true that you kissed Lamprias, and went over and embraced him?
τί σιγᾷς;
Why are you silent?
οὐκέτι γὰρ ταῦτα συγγνώμης ἄξια.
For these things are no longer deserving of pardon.
ΦΙΛΙΝΝΑ
Ἀντιλυπεῖν ἐβουλόμην αὐτόν.
PHILINNA I wanted to hurt him in return.
ΜΗΤΗΡ
Εἶτα οὐδὲ συνεκάθευδες, ἀλλὰ καὶ ᾖδες ἐκείνου δακρύοντος;
MOTHER And then you did not even sleep with him, but actually sang while he was weeping?
οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ, ὦ θύγατερ, ὅτι πτωχαί ἐσμεν, οὐδὲ μέμνησαι ὅσα παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐλάβομεν ἢ οἷον δὴ τὸν πέρυσι χειμῶνα διηγάγομεν ἄν, εἰ μὴ τοῦτον ἡμῖν ἡ Ἀφροδίτη ἔπεμψε;
Do you not realize, daughter, that we are poor, or do you not remember how much we have received from him, or what kind of winter we should have passed last year, if Aphrodite had not sent this man to us?
ΦΙΛΙΝΝΑ
Τί οὖν;
PHILINNA What then?
ἀνέχωμαι διὰ τοῦτο ὑβριζομένη ὑπ' αὐτοῦ;
Should I endure being insulted by him for this reason?
ΜΗΤΗΡ
Ὀργίζου μέν, μὴ ἀνθύβριζε δέ.
MOTHER Be angry, indeed, but do not insult him in return.
οὐκ οἶσθα ὅτι ὑβριζόμενοι παύονται οἱ ἐρῶντες καὶ ἐπιτιμῶσιν ἑαυτοῖς;
Do you not know that lovers, when insulted, cease their insolence and reproach themselves?
σὺ δὲ πάνυ χαλεπὴ ἀεὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ γεγένησαι, καὶ ὅρα μὴ κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἀπορρήξωμεν πάνυ τείνουσαι τὸ καλῴδιον.
But you have always been very harsh to the man, and see to it that we do not, as the proverb says, break the rope by stretching it too tight.