id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt aristophanes-wasps-1791 aristophanes-wasps-1791 .txt text/plain 15731 1736 93 BDELYCLEON You are a poor man of very little wit, but thoroughly BDELYCLEON And I shall not let him go. CHORUS (singing) Let this man go, unless you want to envy the tortoise PHILOCLEON Come, my dear companions, wasps with relentless hearts, LEADER OF THE CHORUS If you won't let him go, I shall bury this sting PHILOCLEON (to XANTHIAS) Will you let me go, you accursed animal? CHORUS (singing) That old men are no longer good for anything; we BDELYCLEON Talk away to your heart's content; you must come to a LEADER OF THE CHORUS (to BDELYCLEON) He was right who said, "Decide BDELYCLEON Come, father, in the name of the gods, believe me! PHILOCLEON So much the better; in this way I shall be paid by myself. PHILOCLEON I shall sing, "I know not how to play the fox, nor call BDELYCLEON (to PHILOCLEON) By Demeter! ./cache/aristophanes-wasps-1791.txt ./txt/aristophanes-wasps-1791.txt