Thursday, June 13, 2024
Currying Favor with Voters
Aristophanes, Knights 910-911 (tr. Alan H. Sommerstein):
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PAPHLAGON [kneeling before Demos]: Blow your nose, Demos, and then wipe your hand on my head.
SAUSAGE-SELLER: No, on mine!
PAPHLAGON: No, on mine!
ΠΑΦΛΑΓΩΝ
ἀπομυξάμενος, ὦ Δῆμέ, μου πρὸς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποψῶ.
ΑΛΛΑΝΤΟΠΩΛΗΣ
ἐμοῦ μὲν οὖν.
ΠΑΦΛΑΓΩΝ
ἐμοῦ μὲν οὖν.
