Editing Timocreon (section)

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{{lang|grc|ώφελέν σ᾽ ὦ τυφλὲ Πλοῦτε<br />
μήτε γᾖ μήτ᾽ ἐν θαλάσσῃ<br />
μήτ᾽ ἐν ἠπείρῳ φανῆμεν<br />
ἀλλὰ Τάρταρόν τε ναίειν<br />
κ᾽Αχέροντα· διὰ σὲ γὰρ πάντ᾽<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;αἰὲν ἀνθρώποις κακά.}}<ref>Scholiast on Aristophanes' ''Acharnians'', cited by David Campbell, ''Greek Lyric'' IV, Loeb Classical Library (1992), pages 93, 95</ref>
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Blind Wealth, if only you had appeared<br />
neither on land nor on sea<br />
nor on the continent,<br />
but had lived in Tartarus<br />
and Acheron; for thanks to you<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;men always have all evils.<ref>translation adapted from David Campbell, ''Greek Lyric'' IV, Loeb Classical Library (1992), pages 93, 95</ref>
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These verses were recorded by a [[scholiast]] in a commentary on a play of Aristophanes. Apparently the verses were imitated by [[Aristophanes]] in ''Acharnians'' (lines 532-6).<ref group="nb">Aristophanes' verses:<br>
{{lang|grc|ἐντεῦθεν ὀργῇ Περικλέης οὑλύμπιος<br /> 
ἤστραπτ᾽ ἐβρόντα ξυνεκύκα τὴν Ἑλλάδα,<br />
ἐτίθει νόμους ὥσπερ σκόλια γεγραμμένους,<br />
ὡς χρὴ Μεγαρέας μήτε γῇ μήτ᾽ ἐν ἀγορᾷ<br />
μήτ᾽ ἐν θαλάττῃ μήτ᾽ ἐν οὐρανῷ μένειν.}}<br />
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Translation:<br>
"Because Pericles, Olympian Pericles, sent out thunder and lightning and threw all Greece into confusion. He began making laws written like drinking songs,<br> ''No Megarian shall stand<br>On sea or on land<br>And from all of our markets they're utterly banned.''"<br>Translation by A. H. Sommerstein, ''Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds'', Penguin Classics (1973), page 72</ref>