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THE FROGS 
 
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 OF 
 
 ARISTOPHANES. 
 
 ABUIDGKI) FROM THK TKANSLATIOX WKITTEN IIV 
 
 THE REV. E. W. HUNTINGFORD, M.A. 
 
 of Shivwsbui y School, Sh.vwsbui y, Knifland, 
 Professor of CLissios in Trinity folloKo. .S91 to .qoo. 
 
 MlSIc HV 
 
 THE REV. G. F. DAVIDSON, M.A. 
 
 \'icar of St. Cli-or.^-o's, Guolpli. 
 
 A.\n 
 
 THE REV. A. W. JENKS, B.D. 
 
 ProfoNsor ill Divinity. Trinity (.ollo.y-o. 
 
 O. O. SMITH, .M..\. A. K. TAVLOK, 02 , 
 
 R. \'. H.VRRIS, 02 C. C. ROBI\SO\, oj^]^'''''"''"! <.'<'»i»iitl,;: 
 
 Coronto : 
 
 Tm; OXF.>RI, I'KKSS (.;. I'AKKKR, ProI'.UKTOR ) 
 .3,! ADKl.MPK SIRKIT W KST. 
 
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INTRODUCTION TO THE FROGS. 
 
 I. 
 
 'pHK Greek drama as a whole hoid.^ a unique place in 
 thfc history of the literature of the world. It formed 
 a more essential part of the life of the Greeks than has been 
 the case with any other people. And this was not amon- 
 the upper classes only. The plays were produced in a 
 competitive exhibition at Athens durin- the festival of 
 Dionysu.s the patron goo of the Drama, and rich and poor 
 alike flocked to the theatre as much as a matter of course 
 as the Londoner j,roes to Ilampstead Heath on liaiik Holi- 
 day. Indeed, so far did this go that a measure was finally 
 passed devotin<,r part of the State revenue every vear to 
 providing scats for tho.se who were toj poor to pay for 
 them themselves. ' ^ 
 
 Of this national institution the most unique feature was 
 the comedy of Aristophanes, which combined the most 
 extrordinary varieties of qualities, and performed the most 
 varied functions. Its work in general was that of a public 
 censorship, and in the performance of it it combined satire 
 on persons, politics, literature and religion. It was bur- 
 Icsqi-e, fairy tale, allegory and leading article all in one. 
 
 But it differed essentially from modern comcd\- ■ for 
 while the latter partakes of the tragic spirit, and dcli-dits 
 in moral lessons and poetic justice, the former, no malter 
 uhat Its aim, was ahva\-s ludicrous both to the spectators 
 and to Itself. Vet underlying the extravagant burlesque 
 and unrestrained fancy of Aristophanes, there is alwavs a 
 serious, definite and constant purpose. l-Vom first to'last 
 Aristophanes was an Athenian conservative, an unswerv- 
 ing supporter of the old spirit of Athens, in morals, politic, 
 religion and art. ' 
 
 This spirit may be clearix- seen in all his ;,la\ < Thus 
 in the ".Acharnians " and the " I'eace " he urges the Athen- 
 ians to become reconciled to Sparta; in the " Hir(l< " he 
 
ridicules their ambition arid extravafjaiit dreams of con- 
 <|ue.st ; ill the " Kniylits " he bitterly attacl<s the dema- 
 gogues and inob-leadcrs of Athens, wiiom he regarded as 
 fostering and exciting these dreams ; and in the Clouds 
 he mercilessly' ridicules the sophists, who under pretence 
 of teaching true eloquence, and the art of public speaking, 
 mcrel_\- imparted an elaborate system of ingenious rhetorical 
 quibbles, " who substituted logical discussion for the old 
 .L'sthetic education of the Grecl<s, and who sought to 
 replace their mythological religion by metcoroTogical 
 explanations of natural pheno' -na." Thus, though the 
 theme is varietl to suit time and circumstance, the purpose 
 remains the same. 
 
 So in the " l^'rogs," in which he turns to literary criti- 
 cisin, he shows the same conservative spirit. His hostility 
 to Kuripides is founded ui)on the sop,histical nature of his 
 works; "In fact the Demagogues, the Sophists and Kuri- 
 pides were looked upon bj- him as three different forms of 
 the same poison which was corrupting the moral character 
 of the nation." 
 
 The play falls into avo parts, as will be seen from the 
 syno])sis, the first describing the adveiituies of Dionysus 
 and Xanthias on their journey, while the second describes 
 a poetical contest between /Eschylus and ICuripides, the 
 two great tragic ports, to decide which of them Dionysus 
 shall take back with him to the L:[)i)er World. This part 
 of the play, which consists of an elaborate parody on the 
 styles of the two poets, has little interest for a modern 
 audience as compared with the first part, and in the edition 
 which is being acted has accordingly been considerably 
 abridged. It .s hoped, however, that enough has been 
 retained to ci. able the audience to grasp the general tone 
 and drift of .\ istophanes' criticism. 
 
 The " I'rogs " was i)roduced in January. 405 B.C.. the 
 last year but one 0} ihe Peloponnesian 'W'ar. Though 
 victorious at the .sea-battle of Arginusae in 406 B.C., the 
 Athenians were soon destined to meet with disastrous 
 defeat at Aegospotami in the Hellespont f August 405 
 B.C.}, after which the city first endured some months of 
 siege, and then surrendered to the victorious Spartan con- 
 federacy under Lysander. Thus ended the "Athenian 
 Empire." Athens had in the great Persian Wars (490, 
 
I 
 
 480, 479 B.C.) played tlie most promiiiciit part in the 
 defence of Greece a<,'ain.>t the Oiiental invasion ; after- 
 wards she had led the Maritime States of the .IC^^can in 
 the vi^rorous prcjseciition of the war ; and evcntnally had 
 freed all the islaiuis and the (]reck cities of Asia Minor 
 from Persian supremacy. I-'mm l)cin_^r tlieir leader, how- 
 ever, she became their mistress, and' on land also for a 
 short time she asserted her siii)remacy in Greece proper. 
 The result of her success was to divide Greece into two 
 hostile camps, that of Athens and her subject allies, and 
 that of tiie Spartan Confederacy (Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, 
 etc.) In 431 the lon.<,f struL(<,^le of the I'eloponncsian War 
 bti^an ; and continued, with the interval of a k\v vears of 
 doubtful peace, till 404. At first Athens held her own, 
 but the disastrous failure of the expedition ai,fainst S\ra- 
 cuse in Sicily ,415-413) .so crippled her that her final 
 surrender was onlv a matter of time. 
 
DRAMATIS PERSON/E. 
 
 Dionysus; the wine-god, patron of the 
 
 Drama disguised as Heracles. - /f. T. Ozvcii. 
 
 Xantkias; his sla\c - - - //. F, /;. Woodcock 
 
 Heracles; the patron of Athletics. - //. //. Wilkinson. 
 
 Cc'P^': - - - - J. Dunning. 
 
 Charon; the ferryman of the Sty.x - /. /;. Dunfield. 
 
 yliu. •■•'Mere in the Lower World, 
 
 actini; .. >rtcr to I'Uito. 
 Servant of Fersepiione. - 
 F:rst J. a mi lady - - . . 
 
 Second Landlady 
 
 Euripides - - - . . 
 ylisc/iylus - - . . 
 Pluto 
 
 Donkey - - . . . 
 
 Bearers, Slaves, etc.; A. J. Pat ton, 
 C. ^i. Petersor, J. Ccirns. 
 
 Chorus of '^roi^s; A. f). Am/our, 
 
 C. A'. DePencier, 
 G. /■:. Holt, 
 R. (r. .In lour. 
 
 Chorus of Mystics 
 
 A. R. Kellev. 
 C. C. I^obinson. 
 W. E. Kidd. 
 
 - E. J/: Salt. 
 F. N. Creighton. 
 
 - R. /.'. Nevirt. 
 A. E. Taylor. 
 
 jE. a. Allen. 
 I W. S Gieening. 
 , C. W. Sea ley. 
 E. If. k'er. 
 C. E. Clarke. 
 S. R. C. Ifeuilerson. 
 I.. C Ifotii^ins. 
 C. R. Spencer. 
 
 A. D. .Irinour (Coryf>htCus). 
 Mi.'is .M.L. Xeritt, .]fiss .]/. /.. Rat tee. 
 J/iss .]/. /u';v/-.v. J/ IS- A", (hi line. 
 Miss I.. Smith, Miss / Anthes. 
 Afiss /)'. Erancis, Miss !.. An^el. 
 Miss E. Deacon, .]Dss .)/. /;. Keefet. 
 .Uiss II. Mi Clung, Miss M. T. Ouen 
 C. E. Cl.irke, C. R. DePencier. 
 
 S.R.C. Henderson, C. /:". //,.//. 
 /.. C. tlod-nis. R. (',. .\rwoin 
 
 C. R Spencer. 
 
i 
 
 SYNOPSIS— SCENE I. 
 
 Euripides the third of the great Attic tragedians had 
 died during the previous year f4o6 B.C.j ; and Dionjsus, 
 the patron god of the Drama, being disgusted with all the 
 remaining poets, determines to make a journey to the 
 lower world and bring him back to earth igain. The god 
 being of a naturally timid disposition, makes himself up as 
 Herakles, , putting on his strong brother's lion-skin over 
 his own effeminate costume, and carrying his club in his 
 haiul. There is nothing heroic or oven dignified about 
 him ; he is, in fact, a caricature of a very foolish Athenian 
 citizen, of courage and intelligence decidedly below the 
 average, and compares badly with his sturdy slave Xan- 
 thias, who carries his lu<j<iaire. 
 
 In the first scene he calls on Herakles to ask the waj-, 
 since he had been down there some time ago to carrj- off 
 Cerberus, and. as it proves, hail left in the minds of various 
 inhabitants of these regions, vivid recollections, of which 
 the unfortunate Dionysus reaps the benefit. After dis- 
 cussing the merits of the various poets of the day and the 
 several roads of travel to the lower world, Dionysus and 
 Xanthias set out on their journey. 
 
 S( INK 1. 
 
 Scene. A imnitrif lum, irith tin- InuiHr d/ llcraklcs nn tlir 
 xiitilf riijlit. 
 
 I\ lit IT, /mm thih'l'l, Dionysus, inill.inii, uml Xanthias 
 riiliiiii nil linn mill rnriiiiini n liiimUi' mi n Htirl. mi r his 
 Klimililrr. 
 
 Xan. .Am I t<> make one of the common iiifs 
 
 That always sci-ds the audience into fits Pi 
 
 Dion. Yes, anything vou like hut "Oh, this weight I" 
 I'or that's the kind of thing I've come to jiatc. 
 
 (II ,\riM,)pli;im-s IN l.iuijhtiii; ,il .1 iu-.liini pnn.iK'iit ,11110111; tlu- 
 inti'tiiM- ilr.im.ilislsiit illll■,nllll■ill^ iimmIimiKiI slavi-., wliioi' solo husipu'-.N 
 it was In vjrii.iii aiut ijniiiihli'. 
 
Xan. Or something else that's witty and expressive ? 
 Dion. Only don't mention that your load's oppressive ! 
 Xan. What was the use of loading me up thus 
 If 1 am not to talk like IMirynichus ? (i) 
 Uhy, Lykis and .Ameipsias always 
 Have comic slaves, with bundles, in their plays ! 
 Di.Mi. (Shahiiiij hiatiiiiia- at him.) 
 
 Now don't you do it ! When I'm in the stalls 
 •And sec that sort of ga<,r, it simply galls ■ 
 1 m more than twelve months older when its done. 
 Xan. (Itiu'Udly nihhi,,;, thr h,„-k „/ hh nrck.) 
 
 Ay, but my neck's the real unlucky one 
 it gets the galling, and mayn't have the'fun ! 
 Dion. .lpj.i;,li„;, to thr . I iKlir,,,;: 
 
 What insolence is this and monstrous ' side " • 
 I toil on foot and let this fellow ride 
 
 I. Dionysus, son of Demijohn '-) 
 
 To save huti bemg tired and put upon ! 
 Xan. SiilhUn.) 'Tis put upon me. 
 
 '""• X<), you're riding, you ! 
 
 Xan. lU.t I've got this fpni»ti,u, tn his h,u„U,). 
 Dion. ifow ? 
 
 '^'"'' I'rctty bad!\-. too ; 
 
 I )ion. Hut what you've got-doesn't the .lonkey bear it ? 
 
 Xan. X,, sir. / carry what I've g..t, I'll swear it ! 
 
 1 )!■ m. 1 low nu, \-ou bear what s(,mc one else is bearing } 
 
 Xan. I dont know, but my shoulder finds it wearing. " 
 
 l'i"n. Well, if the a>: is useless, as vou siid 
 1 ick up the ass atid carrv him instcatl. 
 
 llw \nii,..jr„i|, "^ ''rpi"P'i'"i' ''iioii).rli for 
 
 5S;am*k,^^^^'>"- 
 
Xan. O Lor ! why wasii t I in that sea fight ? (i) 
 
 I'd have been free, and bidden you good night? 
 
 Dion. (Xnticinij flu- haiisi:) 
 
 Get off! I've got there wails ing after all. 
 This is the first place where I was to call. 
 
 (Xiinthins (lisiiioiuttii. till, I ihiiihrii iiandrrs anaii 
 lhu,n,HHA h,i»,iH at tlw d„„r with hU hand and h,ut 
 Olid club, makin<i a trrrijic tmisr and sli(,iititiii.) 
 
 Dion. Mi, porter ! slave, I say ; slave, let me enter ! 
 Her. (Sii'ldrnlif ttj,cuiN;i thr door ,uid htnkinij out). (2) 
 
 Who's knocking there } I tiionght it was a centaur! 
 
 (Sfr]>jdii<) hurl; and hiirxtiiiif into hiiii/htrr.^ 
 
 Great heaven ! what /.s- that ? 
 Dion. (Aiidr to .\,nithi,(ti. Did you see my lad.' 
 
 .\an 
 J>ion. 
 Xan. 
 Her. 
 
 What ? 
 
 How I scared him. 
 
 Vcs, lest you were mad ? 
 Laugh ! Oh, Demeter, I am nearly split ! 
 
 1 bite mv lips, hut roar in spite of it. 
 Dion. Here, my good friend, there's something that I want. 
 I ler. '( ■n„ii,i,i nut, still rh<d;i,i:, 'lifl' (Vimsruinit.) 
 
 I'm trying to stop laughing, but I can't. 
 
 What is the dress you're masrjueradiiig in ? 
 
 A lad\-'s yellow blouse, and lion's skin ! 
 
 That's a cpicer combinatiun club and sli|)pcr! 
 
 What's brought y(ju out from iiome ? are vou 
 turneti Uippcr ? 
 
 Dion. Oh, 1 was serving on the - Klcisthcnes. ; 
 Her. Were you in action.^ 
 
 ""*"• . . ^'cs, an.l if you please 
 
 \\c sank a do/cn of them, more or les-; 
 
 IK Al 111.- batlU- of \iKiiiiis;,-. HI \\u- |ir.'\i,M]s \..,,i |{ i' 4iMi ,|,.. 
 m'.TU "'''''''""''' ■''''''""'''''' ""■'"^'■'''•■' ''.^ llu.irh,,.v.TX «■■,,. ui'v rn th,.„- 
 i-M lliM.ikl.'N luu-i- punislu'il til.' V. .■iMauis tor iiisoli-iu-.'. 
 
 1^1 Ih.lt IS. ,,s ,, ,M.,1HW, .,1 llu- |;.,tll..of \,lC„ms,l', KI.-,s||,..,U.s 
 
 w.is .m Alh.-iii.iii ot ,lis,-..,„ii.ihl,. . h.ir.i, l,T. 
 
10 
 
 Her. You two ! 
 
 Dion. VVhy not ? 
 
 Her. (Asi.l,,) .. n ,,,^^ ^ dream," I gues.s. 
 
 Dion. \Vh\-, yes, and as I sat ujjon the boat 
 
 And read Amln,w,;la,(i) a pji^sion smote 
 
 My heart, quite hard, you know, and bv surprise 
 
 Her. 
 Dion. 
 Her. 
 Dion. 
 
 Her. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Ilcr. 
 
 Passion ? how bi^^ ? 
 
 For a woman ? 
 
 Little, just Melon's size ! (2) 
 
 , '"^^ ; '"i<-l ifvou please. I prav 
 
 Don t r ^ -c, I m really in a parlous way 
 ^uch ' .:>>■ mcholy marks me for its prey." 
 
 What sort, my brother? 
 
 \^'ell, it's hard to state it • 
 A {\'^ure mi^ht perhaps elucidate it 
 
 lave you ever suddenly be-an to crave 
 ror i)orridL;e.' f^j 
 
 Rather?' I should think I have! 
 
 Dion. D'you understand, or shall I try a-ain ? 
 
 Her. Porrid-c is clear enou-h, I see that plain. 
 
 Dion. It's just that kind of love consumes me for 
 Kunpiiles. '^'^ 
 
 Her. 'I,it,rn,ptn>!,.) And him just dead, () jor' ! 
 
 Dion. And no one shall persuade me not to <u, and fetch 
 hun. '^ 'i-K-M 
 
 ^ ''''■■ ^^'I'it to I lades, down below? 
 
 Dion. If there'.., ,] still further down, I'M .^,, it. 
 
 Her, What do \ou want ? 
 
 (1) Kunpulrs ,,l.,^. v..rv popular ,t,„.,nif th.. ,\ilu.„i.„, .„ 
 
 {■:) All .uhir of luiii^c si/iiiHi' inlh.'nli.w ,< i . 
 
 pmtUKOMiM in ,|,.. .Vml,o,n,-J„. ' ' '' '""I'hI-, pmhahlv llu- 
 
 Dionvsus,,, .xplan, Ins j.-sn-. ■> n ^v , " j)"^:;"""""""-'iv " '"--Is 
 
 '^d^..jmij^i 
 
1 1 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Her. 
 
 A really clever poet? 
 {•^iidti/.) toe some are dead, oiilv the bad sur- 
 
 vive 
 
 :o 
 
 But lophon (2), is he not .still alive ? 
 
 [A short (lisciissinn/nlloirs on thr " rclatirc inrrits" 
 ot thr ports of the tiinr, Xonthia.s iiiahin,, irmurhs 
 now tinii thru irhirh hrtrxifhin immtirnre. ' hioiniHim 
 thru turns thr ronvrrsdtion <ni,l liiahrs ruquirirs a'hoiit 
 thr joiirnrn to the lo,rrr ,r„rU~a joiirnru irhirh 
 IlrrarU's has prrrionsln wndr to 'steal 'thr ,l,„, 
 Crrberiis.] 
 
 Xan. (Asiilr.) Hut as for me, I'm ni^^h clean out of it ! 
 Dion. But, for the job that's brought mc with this kit 
 
 Made up like you— I wan't to i^et a tip 
 
 About your friends on that do<T-stcaling trip. 
 
 Tell mc the harbours and the bakeries. 
 
 The Ind.i^Mn-js, respectable and otherwise. 
 
 Tell mc the wayside inns, the sprin-s, the roads, 
 
 Towns, restaurants, and hostes.ses— abodes 
 
 Of fewest buL's 
 
 Xan 
 Her. 
 
 H 
 
 er. 
 
 {In II roier of lorn} ami amirii hnpatirnrr.) 
 
 And I'm out of it still. 
 (Sarcastiriinii to Iiinniisiis.) 
 D'you mean to -^o ? What recklessness ! 
 Dion. (With ofrnilnl Di.initfi.) V,,u will 
 
 Be kind enou<,di to drop all that, and tell 
 The ciuickest ua>- for mc to i^^ct to Hell, 
 And not too cold a one, and not too hot, 
 (dirinii his informatiou rrrii sloirli/.) 
 Let's .see— wliat road shall I first tell him .=— What ^ 
 Tlicrc's one that starts >-oii from " The Rope and 
 
 Thwart"— 3) 
 By hauLjing. 
 
 ( II V?uot..d Iron, Ih.. CK.u..,,s of K urlpidos. .\ris.o,,h,uu-s eonst.unlv 
 rKiiiiik-s Kunpuli-s In p.iuuli,-. .inil .ihsuij i|,iol;(li()Ms. 
 
 (-■) lophon, son ot SoplKvU-s. himsolf a tia^rio p.vl ot sonu- ,n..,ii 
 but .■um.n.lv sus,H-,U-d o( boMiy lu-lpod bv l,is latbor. or of brinLnuif out' 
 his lalf l.ilh.T s ti.ikfoili.'s as his own. *" ■ 
 
 (.,1 Thi- rowinic-bonW, ..,ul lowin,,. rop.. of ., K-aliov. sucif.-stntLr ,„ 
 Pionvs.is a voyai.o ovor soa. [(o.a.i.-s houoNor sp.vJiK ;h.nu^os his 
 
 ¥^^. 
 
 'i^M^ 
 
12 
 
 '^ 
 
 m 
 
 Dion. 
 Her. 
 
 Dion. 
 Her. 
 
 Dion 
 Her 
 
 Don't, that's such a stifling sort (i) 
 
 » ui The Pestle and Mortar." 
 
 r , Hemlock, eh ? 
 
 Just so. 
 
 Dion. tJgh ! That too stormy and too cold ■ (■>) 
 V our calves get frozen at the start. I'm told. 
 Ihats not the way I'll go. 
 
 i-^ion. 1 he one ijnu went. 
 
 '^^'' Vr I. J^^^'^ '^ '""k' voyage to take, 
 1 or all at once you'll come upon a lake 
 1 hat s snnpiy fathomless and very wide. 
 Well, then, how shall I reach the other side ? 
 An aged sailor-man O) will fcrrv vou 
 l^or three pence r4) in an infant^si/.eci canoe 
 
 Dion. When ! 
 
 The almighty three pence cvervwherc in force' 
 W ho brought it there } ' ' 
 
 Then voM-n ^^ ''-'' T'''^'''"' '- = ^ ^^'^- of course. 
 
 AuS;i^""^.s;::f--^'-->-'->ci of beast- 
 
 /" 1,1 r I at tihinii.) 
 
 Don't /•/// not frightened in the le ist 
 i ou won't scare we. 
 
 Of evf^r fl .,..• ■^'"' ^'^'-"" >■''"'" ^^c ^ flood 
 
 Jtc\ei -flowing sewage, seas of mud. 
 
 TW^;rr''lT''''"^''^^^''-'^^'^^«°^ting 
 \\ tl 1 ol' '"'"^ '"'"'•''">■ l>-'"<>tingr 
 
 evU '"""'"'■'• '"■ ^'''^'''^ fh'-^-'- <^^'ther's 
 
 Her. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Her. 
 
 ( n Stiriinir in uv.i s, rtscs. 
 
 ^:."i'™"- ""'"':■■■ •'-•''■-' -.,o..,o ,„..,„„.,. ::!:;;, 
 
 P'H V ot a 1.., ,v to .Kj.,,,;. (..,,, „s„o\,|„,,',;,' '"'"'■•' <'"" "h"l-l "as ilu- 
 1" >'ti,„y ,n ,!,.■ .\ss..,nhh ol .\th..„l, "' """■ '" •■' ^■ili'<''i 
 
 151 niOi'lls, Ilu- l\nu:.l luT.l ,,f' \,1, . 
 
 .•.Mu.mo,,., ,. ,v,„,.,..„;.,,i ,,. |,,,\ , ' .,;.'••"; -'Hi '-.ikKm- oflu-r popular 
 <<•-• inu« ih.- lo«..r v,.„KI. '" '"""''"'vJ Ihis p.vuliarlv nalional 
 
Dion. 
 Her. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Her. 
 
 13 
 
 Perjured thcm.sclves.orquotedM rhap.sodie.s( i ) 
 
 And after that you'll hear .some music plav 
 And see a linrht, as clear as anj- day 
 On earth, and myrtle groves and happy bands 
 Women and men. and clapping of glad hand.s. 
 They are — ? 
 
 The " mysteries " are their profession, 
 ( Who hm heat r„>tti„;i „wrr ami m„rr vhihJi,iwpatinit ) 
 And I'm the ass that walks in the procession • 
 IJut not one second more will I hold these. ' 
 (Thnms <hmu the l)ii,i(Ue.) 
 And they uill tell you anything you i,ieasc. 
 It s close to Pluto's palace door they dwell, 
 Hard by the road. So, brother, fare thee well. 
 Dion. Goodbye ! 
 
 (Turn in I) to Xiuithidn.) 
 
 Take up again the bundle— vou ; 
 Xan. (Snlhil,,.) Pefore I've dropped it ! 
 ^'°"- Ves, and quickly, too. 
 
 Xan. Oh, master, don't I beg you ! hire ins'tcad 
 One of these fellows who are really dead • 
 It s just their busine.s.s. 
 
 V » c 1 , '"^y- ^"^ 'f^ I .'Should 
 
 Aot hnd one ? 
 
 Well, then, / must. 
 
 Well and good. 
 
 (Entrr four un.hrhih-rH slan-x nuruin<i a ,l,„d 
 man „n ,1 ntrrt,li,i out t„ hiirial) ' ' 
 
 Dion. Why, heres a corpse just being carried b\-. 
 i ullo . It s yoj I mean. \ou dead man.'hi ' 
 My traps for I ladcs ! Will you take the job ? 
 (I><un;r>i.'<t<>ji; th,' ,1,11,1 m,iu sits up.) 
 
 Corp.se. How much .^ 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Xan. 
 Dion. 
 
 % 
 
 % 
 
Dion. 
 
 Corpse 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Corpse 
 
 Dion. 
 Corpse, 
 Dion. 
 Corpse. 
 
 Xan. 
 Dion. 
 
 14 
 
 (Poiutiuti to the hiiiidh' „ii the ;irniiiitl.) 
 This only. 
 
 If you'll pay two bob. 
 Hy Jove ! that's sheer e.xtortion, far too dear ! 
 Move on, you undertakers ; do you hear ? 
 
 {The !)(;iiyrs ijo nhnrhj foriianh.) 
 My good man, wait a bit, let's compromise. 
 Don't waste your breath, two shillings is my price. 
 Take eighteen pence. 
 
 I'd come to life again first ! 
 
 (Th,' ,laul man lirs <foic,i a>iaiit, and tlw bearers 
 exeunt.) 
 
 Bud hick go with you for a most accurst 
 Conceited knave ! I'll g„ then, I don't mind. 
 You're a good fellow, Xanthias, and kind. 
 
 (Xaiithios shoiihlem the InimUe <„iee more ; and 
 thi'if hiitJi inareh oti.) 
 
 Km-wm!^:^^rj/!^^'m^ 
 
SVNOI'SIS-SCENK II. 
 
 Dionysus ami Xatithias now come to tlic Lower World, 
 and arrive at the banks of the Lake of Acheron. Charon^ 
 the ferryman, appears but refuses to carrj- Xanthias, who 
 has to go round. Accompanied from beJcnv by an un.scen 
 chorus of Frogs, he proceeds to make Dionvsus row the 
 boat across, in which the latter finds considerable difficulty ; 
 for, besides being unaccustomed to such e.xercise, he'is 
 driven almost to distraction b)- the incessant noise of the 
 frogs. However, he meets them with their own weapons, 
 and triumphantly silences them. 
 
 S( i:xK II. 
 
 77/c Liiinr Wmlil. 1 
 
 >iiiN!/>iiis iniiJ Xdiithias un' 
 iiiif ill till' miirl.if ijIdDm iipmi tlir Hhnrc nf tin; 
 
 stand 
 
 Laki' (>r Acliinni, iniitimi far Ch 
 
 II run 
 
 ( nil 
 
 1) iH nut 
 
 sien lit tirat) to n 
 
 il t 
 
 ■iiiiir mill ti'rrif tlnin airnas 
 
 Dion. Let's to the boat 
 Char, (from nfnr.) 
 X 
 D 
 
 Ahov 
 
 ■m. 
 
 What's this? 
 
 ion. 
 
 He tokl us of. 
 
 The lake 
 
 [Cliiiriiii hrini/s liia l:,„it ti, tlir irluir/'.] 
 And here's the boat to take. 
 
 [('Iliirnli inini'H iisllnri'.] 
 Xan. Ves, by Poseidon, and there's Charon too. 
 
 Dion. How d'you do, Charon ? Charon, how li'you do ? 
 
 Char. [liiiirl'nui ) 
 
 U'ho's for the Rc>t from toil, the Land of I'eacc, 
 The Plain of Lethe i; or the .Asses' Fleece (2) ?' 
 Who's for the Dogs, Crimea(5) <'r Hellgate? 
 
 ( I ) .\ liviT in llu- L.>\v>M- Worlil, whtih caused all who ilrank of it to 
 KiriTi't their cares. 
 
 (^1 The Creeks had a proverb, "To sliear the ass, ' an.iloL-oiis lo 
 our -'(..reat ery and lillle wool." 
 
 ^ (,?) 1 he Creek word her.- nutans "Tlie crows,' wliieii was equiva- 
 
 Tt'iii io our '■ [eruiio. 
 
 1P?^^S&^^^?^ 
 
li f 
 
 A 
 
 I 
 
 Dion. 
 Char. 
 Dion. 
 
 Char. 
 
 Dion. 
 Char. 
 
 Xan. 
 Char. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 i6 
 
 All aboard! Make haste ! 
 
 ara;,;,ishly.) „7,or did jou state 
 
 ^ ou went to ? To the dogs ? Xou- i^ that true ? 
 
 Ofcour.se it is ; I'm going there for you 
 
 uet in now. 
 
 (Getth,;, into the hoaf.) Come on Xanthias. 
 (/W//«7 Xo.tfnas h„rk. ) Slaves don't ride 
 
 Ihen you must run all round b>- the lake side 
 And meet you, where ? 
 
 The stone of Withering, 
 
 Beside the scat. 
 
 D'vou see 
 
 Char. 
 Char. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Char. 
 Dion. 
 Char. 
 Dion. 
 
 Char. 
 Dion. 
 
 (1) 
 
 tious as 
 
 Oh dear! oh dear! What did' l' met '''^ '''■"^■ 
 Th.s n.orning when I stepped into the street ?(i) 
 Sit at the oar. 
 
 [I>i»ni/siis sit>i ,lu,nt iipnn the ,„ir 1 
 (Sh,,,ti,>!,) Whoever else is going 
 
 Must hurry up ! (7W.. r..u.l a„, tees lio,n,s,.s.) 
 ,, , Hallo! what rt/v 3-OII doinfr? 
 
 (Innorenthi.) *" ' 
 
 Hut sitting on It. as you said to me? 
 
 Sit down here on the thwart, you great fat lout ! 
 
 There, then ! (,SV/.s. ,}„„.„.) 
 
 I'ut out your hands, now, and reach out. 
 
 (llelphsHh, hobliii.i ant his haiuh.) 
 
 There, then ! 
 
 Stop all that fooling ! V<n, want 
 lo feci your stretcher, and row hard. 
 
 Untrained, unsalted, never in a skiff" ^' 
 How can I row } 
 
Char. 
 
 Dion. 
 Char. 
 
 Frogs. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 17 
 
 Easy enough, for if 
 You dip your blade, you'll hear the loveliest chime 
 Of swan-frogs (I), wonderful ! 
 
 (ltvsi,,ni,U!i.) Well, set the time. 
 
 {Chimthuj.) Ahoy, oh ! Ahoy, oh ! 
 
 [1 >ioitiisit8 hrffiiin roirinji.] 
 
 Choriiii of iihimtH of Fnitjn jhim Altica, hcloir. 
 
 Rrekekekex, koax koax ! 
 Brekekekex, koax, koax ! 
 
 Children of spring and lake. 
 Raise together tiie choral strain. 
 Echoing back the flute again ; 
 
 Sweet is the song we make. 
 This is the hymn we used to raise (2J 
 In heaven-born Dionysus' praise 
 
 At Liwin.e, (3) in the osier. 
 ]kekekekex, koax, koax ? 
 
 (Mori nil iinciiHUji in jiin snit.) 
 I'm getting sore just where I sit 
 But you, 1 suppose, don't care a bit ! 
 
 Frogs. Brekekekex, koax koax ! 
 
 Dion, 
 
 Oh. curses upon you, koax and all ! 
 You're perfectly useless, except to bawl. 
 
 Frogs. Likely enough. 
 
 You meddlesome muff I 
 For I'ln the darling of the muses 
 And the goat-legged god who the pan-pipe u^cs. 
 Brekekekex, koax koax ! 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Frogs. 
 Dion. 
 
 My hands and iny fingers arc blistering, 
 And then you promptly pop up and sing— 
 
 Brekekekex, koax koax ! 
 
 (IroiiiciUji.) Melodious people, be quiet, I prav 
 
 (1) /.<•. S«yft-sin«-iin,. tro)-s. Tl,,. .un-iiMils l>fliev.-cl llu- swan to bo 
 possosseil ot a lifautitul voli-o, i-spoiiall\- wlu-ti il\ iny. 
 
 (2) /.('. Wlu'ii \vi" Won- livintf fro^'-s in tin- uppor world. 
 
 (3) Limn;L-. ■'tlu- swa.ii,v..- was a marsliv spot in Allu-ns, wIuto 
 stood tho U-na-on. lli.> oldi-sl loniplo of Diorivsns. 
 
I'^rogs. 
 
 HI 
 
 Dion. 
 
 rVogs. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Fro<,rs. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 I'loijs. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 I'rof^s. 
 
 Dion 
 
 Char. 
 J)ion, 
 
 Dion. 
 
 i8 
 
 On the contrarj-. .sir, we have piei.tv to .say 
 .And haven t a notion of .sto])pin<r ' 
 fever on earth the .sunshine uas'hri-ht 
 In shr.linijT anil divin- we took our dch-ht 
 
 Ihrou-h the .sed-cs lu.vuriant hopp'in- • 
 Or .f we we.u down to .^.ct out of the thunder 
 -And sent up a cpiaverin-r warble from under 
 
 1 he water with bubbles a-poppin- 
 Brekekekex, koa.\ koa.x ' " *> 
 
 I'hckekeke.v, koa.x. 
 I feel its takin-— this koaxi.;:aion ! 
 If it docs. ,t will cau.se us a little vexation. 
 Hut its many times worse for me, vou know 
 It 1 break into pie.cs with trying to row. 
 l^rekekckex, koax koax ! 
 Shriek away, wliat do I mind your attacks. 
 Hut for all that, we'll yell and .shout 
 ■All ihiy. as ioni,r as our throats last out 
 Jirekekekex, koax. 
 
 . il.oiidrr tluiH li,'i',,rc.) 
 
 ( 1 niniiphiinth/.) 
 
 vZ^^^r'Tu <'"""/'■'■ ■^•"•//■> Hrekekekex koax ! 
 Vou nexcr shall beat me at this little <,rame ! 
 
 Hut we'll be victorious all the same. 
 N>'ver, you'll find me still -oin- stron<r 
 1' 1 l>H\e to be yellin- the whole day ?ong- 
 (At fhf top of hix mirr.) 
 
 Hrekekekex, koax koax! 
 L ntil I compel you to crv out "pax " 
 
 (Hr pm,,,',. Then;,;,', m„l.r nn' a»sw,r. Thn, 
 tninnphanfjii.) ^" " 
 
 I thought I should presently stop your quacks. 
 
 1-aM all. Ship .vour oars! and p- wour fare 
 After jou ve landed. .//./,/,,, ,!„ /,,;, ;,„^,,// 
 
 (Shppituj nnt uinl.iiri,,., him thr „„„„■,,.) 
 
 I ake \-onr three pence, there ! 
 
 '.^A-'^,;7.) Where be you Xanthias, Xanthias ? 
 W here ; be gone .= 
 
 i-' = 
 
>9 
 
 Xan. {U'itliiN.) Voho I 
 
 This way Id) 
 
 {Enttr X'lnthiiin.) 
 
 Xaii. Master, I'm j^'Iail to sec jou. 
 
 Dion. What's yonder countrx- like ? 
 
 Xan. It's all quite dark. 
 
 And full of mnJ. 
 
 Dion. Did you by chance remark 
 
 The liars and the people he mali<;ncd 
 I''or jumping on their parents? 
 
 Xan. Are you blind ? (2) 
 
 [Tiiriiinii him round tiinl jioiiitinfi to thf ninlirnfi-.] 
 
 Dion. I see them now, they're in the stalls, by Jove. 
 Well what comes next? 
 
 Xan. I think we'd better move ; 
 
 This is t j place that gentleman (3; spoke about 
 That's full of bogi'-s 
 
 Dion. Won't I pay him out. 
 
 He piled it up to make me get a fright 
 Hecause he knew I was a man of might, 
 For fear his own achievements should be beat. 
 Nothing like Herakles for sheer conceit ? 
 I'd like a small adventure with a devil 
 To raise the journey's rather prosy level. 
 
 Xan. (I'irtrudntii.) 
 
 By Jove, what's that ? Some sort oi noise I hear. 
 D i o n . W h — w here? 
 Xan, 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Xan. 
 Dion. 
 
 In front now 
 
 Behind us. 
 
 Go and guard the rear. 
 {Xanthias ijoin belli mi) 
 
 Get in front. 
 
 (1) The spoctators nui'^t rciiKMiibor thai it !•, MippoM-d to bi> dark 
 during this scone. 
 
 (2) Soo abovo line. Ill tr-'.ttiiu"iu (if atfi'd parents seems tn have 
 been eoinmoii at .Athens, as •-. Wtiiteehapel, ci,'-., 
 
 "When the eoster's finished jurnpin^f 01; his mother, 
 He loves to lie a-baskinij in the sun. ' 
 !li H;!s,-i! 'hi- and ioiive weie a slaiidiiij; !eim (li'jcko. 
 
:«%M 
 
 20 
 
 Xaii. 
 
 ayjsus ha„,,, hack. XauthiasiiocH fonranl and 
 /xrrs into the thrkncss.) 
 
 Lor', what a beast ! 
 Dion. (In Urior.) What? 
 
 ^^''- , •"^^^■'""'- ^^-''tli a dozen shapes at least ' 
 .A cow— a mule— and now a dojr instead. 
 
 Dion. Ah, that's Hmpusa.'d) 
 
 ' ^"' , ,, , , An\how, her head 
 
 I-s all a-blaze. 
 
 °" Has she one brazen pe."? 
 
 Xan. Of course, and -re •i-nuid for the other le- 
 Dion. Wiicre shall I hiiic ? 
 Xan. ( Tniin., to mnrr,,! h,, anmxmnnt, to the ,ui,Ua,n: ) 
 
 I need it worse, I think. 
 D.on. iLouhin,, a-ihll,, n.nol, ,n„l r„trhn,., .„,ht „,■ //,, 
 
 prust o, D-nniisns si/tin,, in thr middle o, th. 'front 
 roll- oi th. (Ill, linn:.) 
 
 Triest, save tnc ' and let's <^o a„d have a drink- 
 X-i:i. Its all up with us, Ilerakles my lord. 
 
 Dion, Mh'- and pray you not t,. breathe that word, 
 wi call nie by that name. 
 
 Well, Dionysus, 
 Di.Mi. \\:.y, that is s,ii],„.,,,nike to compromise u< 
 \.i,>. , 7;. //,.,, /„„M (io hark the wavvou came. 
 ^■'•'■'""'I'lto nin,ns,.s:> Here, Master, here! 
 Dion Wh.it's up? 
 
 ^"''- ,- '^':-'" '•':^'it "WW, vou tu-ccn't f<-ar 
 
 l-'T, as the actor -aid n<;t io.'i" ,-,-0 
 
 •• T!u- stonny win.U „,„, weasel! v" d,, blow •' ( ^ 
 !■ nipus.i s banished, ' 
 
 (J) 
 
 .^;n::,r;;:r,;::::;;,x:,:';:,:t.'::;:'X;':: - "•'-'--- 
 
 .1 u.'.i,..| '" ni. .1,1 .\||,., (I,,. st,>irii I ^ci- 
 
21 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Dion. Again ! 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 S\v 
 
 ear. 
 
 Ve.s, I declare it. 
 
 By Jove, yes ! 
 Swear ! 
 
 By Jove, I swear it ! 
 Dion. Oh dear, why arc these horrid things annovint; me ? 
 \V hich of tlie gods is bent upon destroying me ? 
 
 Xan. Hi! [Simiiwi in hairil irithhi.] 
 
 l-'io'i- Wiiat's the matter ? 
 
 ^^^ Don't )-ou liear it ? 
 
 I)'«". Uell ^ 
 
 Xan. The sound of flutes. 
 
 ^'^'""' , Ves, and the torches smell? 
 
 I hai s most suggestive of the mvstcries. 
 ■' Dissemble," and we'll listen. Quick, please! 
 
 ( llicji rrniicll (liiiin.) 
 C'hor. {Within.) lacchus, () lacchus ! 
 laccluis, () lacchus ! 
 
 Xan. 
 Dion, 
 
 Master. I've got it, that's the vcrv part>- 
 He told us of. they're the illuminate i ') 
 
 I tl ink so. too. Hut just you hold vour tongue. 
 Or else we shan't iiear what is bc.ng' Nung. 
 
 ( '/'//(■ Chnnis .s///,/. DiuinisiLH uiitl \<nitlii,is, lixhu.) 
 
 ( • I This MO.u- is int.MuIrd to .vpr..s.M,l !lu- KU-usini.n, ..u siori^.s, ,„ul 
 
 ...yslrjus vvhuh w.-,v of .. p,.o,lMrlv s.u n-.l .h.-.r.ut.T wotv .oU-lvat.-d 
 
 .-...nu al y In , ,.• „„„a,o.l i„ „, .., „,,„..,..,■. ^o..UU:. o. tl. • •' , . 
 
 a.x..st. a,.d l,.Tyla„Kh..M- P.-rs.-ph..,,... P.onvsus. ,ho no.\ ol I.Ml.litv 
 «a soo.. ..sv..,afJ „,,!, th.-n,. a„cl 1... ..Is,. u..s wo7shipp...l 1„ ,|,.: 
 
 s ..n..s .■„.!,.,• tl... nam.- o. la. ■ l.us. Th.. ..v.M.ts .■.■l.-l„al.-.l ,„ . 
 
 n S....U.S vv.-r.- tl... .I..s.-..,u oi P., s..plu>„.. i,.,.. ,1,.. Unv.-r w.mI.I a„.l h.-r 
 
 •■'-n. t.. I.jfl.l a„.l I., l,..r,.,.Ml,..r. tl,.' U.n,,..,- a, tl... l-rvat.-r 1-I...,s„, n 
 u; ........„„, an.l tl... la,,..,- at ,1... L.-ss... KU-usM-.a ,„ ,!,.■ spr,,,,' , 
 
 •1.. s,x, , .lav .,. .1... l.r..a,..r Kl..,,,,,,,;. ,|,.. s,.-.,„.. .f Ia.-.l,„s\vas horn' 
 . " M^' ,lu- sa.r...l r.M.I ho... .Xth.-Ms ,o l;i,.,isis in ,!„• n.ulst ol ., toi.l,. 
 
 ,vs..mV'r;:;;v"' •""' " " ""^ ''■"' "'"'>■ -■|''|"..„.m.s «h,. i, ,s ..sp.v,al!^ 
 
 pi.'s..|.li'il III tlii^ si'cn,.. ' 
 
22 
 
 
 Come forth, lacchus, come ! 
 And leave thy lionoiired liome 
 To dance npon this lawn, and here to meet 
 The brotherhood 
 Of holy men and i,^ood, 
 lacchus, O lacchus ! 
 And \vavin<r round thy brows 
 A wreath of myrtle bou<,'hs 
 That teems with leaf and berry, 
 With fearless feet 
 Strike up the measure, unrestrained and merry. 
 With 5;race that eve; ;• sense can please, 
 I he mystic dance of holy votaries. 
 
 Xai 
 
 Xow by our Lady, Great rersv.phonc, 
 
 A heavenly whiff of Roast I'orkft) reaches me! 
 
 Oion. Hush, you mav -,ret a sausage presently, 
 
 *- '■''^'' Awake I our morrniif; star 
 
 Comes bramiishinL; afar 
 His torch of flame. The meadow t,rieams with li-ht. 
 Tile weij^ht of year.-- 
 .And sorrow disappears 
 lacchus, () laccluis ! 
 Anil hoar decr'-oitude 
 l'"alis off from jjmbs renewed. 
 I hou blessed one advaiicin<; 
 Stej) out ari<..;ht, 
 And lead thy youtiifu' thron- with torches glancing 
 lo t'ot the dances as ofyoic 
 Upon the marsh'^ flower-span,L,Mcd flr)or. 
 
 7'''. l.r,„l.r. 
 
 Ho ' clear the wa\- fur us ue pray and speak with 
 Itrcath abated 
 
 Larh one whose mind is unrefined and uninitiated. 
 
 Ml l'ii,-^s w.T,. •,,.., ill., hI at I'll- iinst.-ii.'s. 
 
23 
 
 'Dii' CJioriix. (To slow music.) 
 
 Jioldly lead and each one follow 
 To the flowery meadcnv's hollow 
 Dancing', lan^liiiij,^, jestiiit,', chaffing ; 
 We have had our fill of eatiti". 
 
 o 
 
 Forward then, your anthems raising 
 Our i)rotecting godde. praising. 
 This year and the next (jur lanil she 
 Guards, in sjjite of guager's cheating 
 
 rill' Lriiilcr. 
 
 Change the metre, rather fleeter, hail Demcter, 
 
 harvest queen 
 Vou must greet her and entreat her with a sweeter 
 
 song, I ween. 
 
 ( 'horny: 
 
 Goddess irnsterious, 
 (irant inc all day 
 
 Heneath thy protection 
 To dance and to pi a)'. 
 
 Merr\- and serious 
 
 Skillfully blend 
 .-\nd by thy [)rotection 
 
 H-> crowned in the end. 
 
24 
 
 SV\Ol\SIS-SCKXE III 
 
 costiimnc V " ,' Aatithias again to charitre 
 
 cl^.o. 1 "h'*'" "Ut now Acacus returns with hi« 
 
 acc„„,„„ce _jnr:„o -.WkS' , ^.'"ffe xiHriie 
 
 but sends them in to^ Pl.^: for judgment """"' '""^' 
 
 -Scene. /. /,„„/ ,;,„ ,/,„,^ ^,,. ,.^^^^^^,^ ^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 "*^'' ^:tl-X;h!:'l?;^^;;-^^^^ 
 
 i>»ioii. {Kuurhin,,. J[,,! slave! 
 Aeac. (y-V<-w „;//,,;,., Who's there = 
 
r 
 
 
 »5 
 
 Dion. Tis Heraklcs the -reat 
 
 Acac. O loathsome, shameless, and insatiate ' 
 U doubly, triply and quadruply vile • 
 Who carried off our Cerberus bv rruile 
 Stole hun away out of my guardianship 
 And chok-od hnn. Xou- I have you on' the hip, 
 Such a bl„ k-hcarted rock of Stvx's flood 
 .And crag of Acheron ( , ) that d'rips uith b'ood 
 Have got you ,n ihcir keeping safe at last, 
 
 FdfiJn'.'^;'? ^""f'^^.:^''^'' ^^^" '^"'^' vou fast ; 
 ^-ch dna, (2) too, the hundred-headed beast 
 Sha! devastate your bmvels for a feast • 
 And thus your lungs-don't fancy this a sham. 
 
 Shall be mishandled by a Tarshish(3) lampre- • 
 \ our v.tals, heart and all, in gory state ' " ' 
 
 rent by Gorgon hags from Billingsgate (4) 
 ' ■" off to fetch them at my swiftest^ a^e! 
 
 Dion. ,.,. A. ;./. ,;,/,,,,,, „,„^ ,.,.,.,^,. ^.^^^^ ^^^^.^^ 
 
 .\(intiiiiix. ) 
 Just bring the sfjonge and put it to my heart. 
 There, take it. 
 
 Xan. 
 Dion 
 Xan. 
 
 Dion. 
 Xan. 
 
 Tut it— 
 
 V , Where .^ Is that the part 
 
 V ou keej) your heart in 
 
 U.,f • •. r . (jencrallx-, no ; 
 
 liut .n Its fear it siij.pcd a bit below. 
 
 Well, of all gods and men -you cou.ud. so afraid ! 
 
 Dion. Weren't you, too, tcrrilled at his tirade 
 
 ••And threatening ? 
 Xan. 
 
 J<\' Jove, I di.hi't care 
 
 (1) .\ riv.-i In H.ulis. 
 of its (...nalos. ' ''"'"■ '"""'"ous tor iIk- sI.,vw,sI, ton^j,,,.. 
 
36 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Maid. 
 
 Dion. (liisinii.) 
 
 Look here tiicn, .since your courage is so rare 
 Let s change our part.s ; you don 'the lion's hide 
 .And take this club, as you're so brave inside, 
 And ril Le baggage-mule for you in turn. 
 
 [Xanfhias puts don;, his humll, u,ul ialrs tlu- lion's 
 sliiii anil cliih.] 
 
 {I>onii„nrinfil,/.) Pick it up .^uick, then ! 
 
 There, you've got to learn ; 
 And .see if I, Heral:lcoxanthias 
 Shall be like you, a coward and an a.ss ! 
 
 [diu's HwiKjiiiriiKj ahouL] 
 Dion. Well, now, supposing I take up this freight. 
 
 [Lilts lip thf l><i;i<jaiji:] 
 [Kiitrr (, maidsi'rruut thnn the hoas,:] 
 Come in at once, dear Herakles, don't wait 
 \\ hen goddess ( i ) heard that you were come she 
 straight 
 
 Baked loaves, and cooked two or three porridge 
 bowls 
 
 Of pL-as, and set a whole o.< on the coals. 
 Hut come in, do, " the vcal-ci-tlets will be 
 Served up," so says the cook, " immediately." 
 
 [l\.rit into thr hoiisr.] 
 (In (I hirdlji torn- to l>ionj/sns.) 
 Come here boy, take the bag and follow me. 
 
 [Starts to null, airai/.] 
 { .hifirilli/ sto/ijiin;! him.) 
 
 Hold on there, Xanthias ! Vou don't suppo.sc 
 1 mean't It seriously— this changing clothes? 
 Drop this tomfool'ng, it's become a bore ; 
 Pick up the traps and carry them once more. 
 
 \\ hat's u]).^ It surely wasn't in vour mind to 
 Rob me (;f what )()u gave ? 
 
 In not inclined io, 
 I '/" It. Put the skin down ! 
 
 I pro; -St, 
 And call the gods to witness I'm oj^presst-j, 
 
 II) l\-ts.|)hoMO, 111.- Wil,' 111 I'lllU.. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Dion, 
 
 Xan. 
 
»7 
 
 Dion. VVhat gods ? Would \ou, a slave, the son of none 
 Now think of posing as /Mkmena's { i ) son ? 
 
 Xan. [SulkUji ijv-iufj hi, an I nstorin'i thr drens of 
 
 IIcntlli'H to IHoiij/siis, will) nii-fn him hack the 
 ba;i(fagi:] 
 
 Oh, well, all right then, if you must you must 
 You'll need me soon, that's all if heaven is just. 
 
 [Enter tiro huuUailies, the fornnr reeoi/nizes Hera- 
 hles (an she thinl,H) ami utartu to ahnse him.] 
 
 1st L. Plathanc! Piathanc! here's the man of sin, 
 The rogue that came that day into the inn 
 And ate up the sixteeti loaves. 
 
 2nd L. By jove ! that's lie. 
 
 Xan. {Aside.) Some one will get it in the neck I see. 
 
 1st L. And all that garlic! 
 
 Dion, (ivith ,li;,ni/ie,l air.) Nonsense my good woman, 
 You don't know what you arc sa\'iii<r 
 
 1st L. {Shakinii her first.) Are you assumin', 
 
 Ik-canse you've got those shoes, that I'd forget? 
 
 2nd L. .And all that pickle I've not mentioned yet ! 
 
 Go(,d gracious, no ! nor yet the cheese and puddin' ! 
 He ate the very dishes that they stood in ! 
 
 1st L. And when I brought him in mv bill, the fellow 
 Looked thunder at me and began to bellow. 
 
 Xan. Just like him ; it's a way he always had. 
 
 2;id L. And ilrew his sword, pretending to be mad. 
 
 Xan. That's him ! something \(ni should have done, by 
 gad : 
 
 1st L. Of course; do go ;\nd call my champion Kleon.(2) 
 
 2nd L. And call for me 1 1\ jjcrbohis, (.:) if you see im ; 
 We'll irriiid hii>: down. 
 
 (I) -Xlkoma w.is iho niollior ot Hon-uli-s bv JiipiUT. 
 
 (j) riu-si- Iwi' taiiioiis iliMiia^-ii),nios .iro ii-pivstMili'il ,i> t'ollowiiii,'- the 
 sanu- ijillinjf In tlif lowor woiKI .is ilu-v ■.lid on earth. Hoih li.iiUlii-ii 
 shortly botoff the composition ot'this pla\. 
 
m 
 
 28 
 
 ''' ^' NoMn'Zilu"]' ^'"" ^"'•'"a.uH.fnff hound, 
 \V h r^\ ^ ^^^""''^ '"^ ^'^"^'- than to pound 
 W th a .tone those teeth that gobbled up Jny wares. 
 
 ."'""'^"'■'^^ to flingyou down the bottomless stairs 
 I c i,ke to take a knife to your windpipe. 
 The one w,th which you hooked dovn/aii my tripe. 
 Ih.ninit to ,,rt <i»8/.itan<r.] 
 1^'on. {Iitfiiiuintiuiihi.) 
 
 Xanthias, if 1 don't love you, ni be shot. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Dion. 
 Xan. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 < • ' ".'/'•////. ) I know what >-ou're up to, 
 
 , Stop that rot ! 
 
 1 iron t be Herakles ! 
 
 Dear Xanthias, don't ! 
 Aikmona's son I can't be, and I won't, 
 i^en.nr a slave and mortal man beside. 
 
 I l^now you re angry, and you're justified ; 
 
 k rV -■'^" '"'""'^ ^'^"^ '"^' '■" ^^ dumb, 
 
 iiut if agani mall the time to come 
 1 take your thing.,, then .nay the devil claim us 
 Self. w,fe and child, and-blcary Archidamus"(', ), 
 
 rhat s a good oath to swear in your position ;^^ 
 1 take your bargam on that last condition 
 
 [\>,„tJn„s ami l>u„n,,ns o,u-r ,„on- rh,n,„r ,hr,, ] 
 
 Ace. 
 
 To mV.';V'"T'''''"'- ^'"'^'^"'>-' ' command, 
 io meet his due reward. 
 
 l^ion. Trouble's at hand for some one: 
 Xan. [\„,t/,i,„ ,,,,,,,^, ,„^,/ ^, ^^.^^ ^^ 
 
 t,otobIa;^cs: don't toucli me! 
 
 lJit>las ; Skeblyas : I'ardokas • " 
 
 C ome \e here .' 
 
 ....;r^;,;;'™;r,^ ™:^.";*";;;^i;;::;wE1£'-*"'' - 
 
 rvos .1 
 
Ace. 
 
 29 
 
 Xan. [ShahitKi hiitiHclf f'lrc.] 
 
 Well, now, by all the -ods that I hold dear 
 
 1 never saw tliis place before to-day 
 
 Or took the value of a hair away • 
 
 If not I'am quite content to meet 'my fat- 
 
 And I will make an offer fair and strai-h't • 
 
 I orturc m>- slave, ( r ) and if you find a'brc^th 
 
 Uf evidence, then let me die the death. 
 
 Aec. Which tortures, please .> 
 
 Xan. ((,,,////;.;rW/y.) Oh, anythin-_the rack, 
 
 Uie cat and trian-ies, and flay his back 
 Take h.m and han- him by the thumbs or'toes 
 And pour the vineyar into his n(,se 
 
 ,;■'":; •'/"''' '/ .''"'•'• I'^^'" "ot particular, 
 
 iJon t beat him with youn^ leeks, that's all I bar 
 
 -ri" '/-"n ^ •'"'' '' ' ■'^C'-'0"-Iy maim 
 
 he fellow in the process, > on can claim 
 1 he compensation to the full amount 
 Uf the man's value. 
 
 Xan. [drmroiixh/.] \ot on my account : 
 
 He's wholly in your han.ls ; so take him hence 
 Ao here • you ou-ht to hear his evidence, 
 
 [Tnniiuii to I>i,>„ii>iiix.] 
 Now you, i.ut down 3„nr bundle and take care 
 None of your lyin<,r here, sir! ' 
 
 ,, . I declare 
 
 I am an immortal, touch me if you dare .' 
 .\cc. Whiit's tiiat ? 
 
 Dion. il>ma,n:^l,in^,ir.p.) I'm Dionysus, son of Zeus 
 
 ( / ninhN,, tn .Vndluas. ) And that's my slave. 
 Aec. ( 7V. A'diiihniH. ) \ [car th.it ? 
 
 Xan. \ , 
 
 ^, . -^ i^ood excuse. 
 
 I he better suoject be for you to thrash 
 
 Bern- a ^.od he'll never fee! the lash, 
 Dion. {.\,i,irihi t , .\',nitl,i,is.) 
 
 \\ h\- then, since you too claim to he divine 
 ^ •'" ^' ''^"ttcr nrct a blow for each of mine ' 
 
 accJALS''^:;M''A;t:,::;;;r;:..^-'i!-; -,f:-''--b -•<- 1> ...lu. ;,. 
 
 Aec. 
 
 Dion. 
 
Xan. 
 
 Aec. 
 
 Xan. 
 Aec. 
 
 Xan, 
 
 Aec. 
 Xan. 
 Aeac. 
 
 Dion. 
 Aeac. 
 Dion. 
 Aeac. 
 Xan. 
 
 Aeac. 
 
 Xan. 
 
 Aeac. 
 
 Dion. 
 Aeac. 
 
 30 
 
 All right {to Aeacus) whichever of us two you sdv 
 Caring one jot, or uttering a cry, 
 Take him for the imposter, 
 
 breeding tells! 
 You re the real gentleman, whatever else • 
 Justice IS what you like. Off with your coats ! 
 
 [Tly strip muJ tahr their places apart, with their 
 liaehx to Aeac IIS.] 
 
 How are you going to test us fairly ? 
 
 . Oh, Vs 
 
 tasy, a blow in turn to each one. 
 
 1 here catch me flying signals cf distress ! 
 
 [Acaciis ,iires Xanthias a cut ,- Xinithias makes a 
 lace, tint itoes not move.] 
 
 Well, I've just hit you. 
 
 (Iiiereilnloiishi.) Xo, you didn't, though ! 
 
 r don't believe ne felt it. Let me go and hit the 
 other. [//,/.s. Dioiiii^i,^.] 
 
 (ControUiw, himself.) Tell me just where, please. 
 Why, I did hit you. 
 
 Then wh_\' didn't I sneeze? 
 Don't know. Another try at this man's shirt 
 Make haste ! [Araciis ifues him a much harder cut 1 
 
 Tut ! tut ! 
 
 Why '• tut ! tut ! 
 
 Are you hurt ? 
 Oh lor, no ! I just thought of an idea 
 About my festival in Diomea. (i) 
 
 What piety ! \ow him again. Here goes ! 
 
 [aires Dionifsiis a ijood cut. He houUuiul ucers ] 
 Vow! 
 
 What's the matter ? 
 
 
 \\^- 
 
 ^*M -:':i^^0^'>M(^^: 
 
Xaii. 
 Aeac. 
 Xan. 
 Acac. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 i 
 
 3' 
 
 ^'°"- Knights, ( I ) in the front rows ! 
 
 Aeac. Why are you crying, then? 
 
 ^'""- ,., Hecause they stini< so. 
 
 tJt onions. 
 
 Aeac. y<)ii'rt' all right, then ? 
 
 ^'°"- I should think .so? 
 
 Aeac. Then I must give this man another blow. 
 
 [Hits X,u,thi„.s, irh„ l,u,rl.s, thr„ siuldnih/ nttrhcn 
 up hiH tiuit, i>n't,-ii(liuii ti> hai-c Inirt it ] 
 Ah! 
 
 What's the matter ? 
 
 Splinter in my toe. 
 T'other one now ! It's a hard ca.se to try though. 
 
 , ,, , [ffits hioiii/suH.] 
 
 Apollo !— -* 
 
 [Thnt nmtrnUim, hinisr//, ]„■ prefe,i<h hr in rccitiwi 
 n luir.\ " Lord of Delos or of Pytho." (2) 
 Xan. He's hurt ! D'you hear him call out when vou 
 
 smote him ? 
 Dion. Xot I ! It was Ilippona.x I was quoting. 
 Xan. ( '/'(( Ai'dnis.) 
 
 That's nothing! Dust him well upon the haunch. 
 Aeac. better than that ! This time put out your paunch. 
 
 [Hits DininisiiH o„ th,' .slomxrh .- hr juwp,i nt, an,} 
 ■oiirs.] ' •* 
 
 Dion. Toseidon. 
 
 ^^m- Some one's hurt ! 
 
 Dion. (FinishitKj qiiotatin,, „,i,ii„.)—" Who ruled ocr 
 
 The grey sea's dejjths or the yKgean shore." 
 Aeac. {'rhroniiKj down thr whip.) 
 
 Xo, by Demeter, I cannot begin 
 
 To see which of you is a god. Go in ; 
 
 The Master and I'er.sephone will tell, 
 
 Hecause they both of them are gods as well. 
 Dion. Quite true ! I wish you'd thought of that before 
 
 I got a beating for I'm pretty sore. 
 ['I'^K'll 'l>y>is and tin int,, thr hmix,:] 
 
 (1) Dionysus absurdly explains awav his crv. On! vaw ' mitrht 
 express eilluT joy or pain. ■ -.'a^.mitrni 
 
 (2) (Juoteil troiii the l.aoioon of Sophocles. 
 
 <ks%Ai&'WX.A 
 
32 
 
 ■JiR.^'* 
 
 SVNOPSIS-SCKXE IV. 
 
 A scene is here omitted in which /Hacus and \anthias 
 come <H.t. arm in arm, from the Palace. Anna IVirPluto 
 has recogn,x.ed the claims of the real '' n'sus C 
 Xanth.as accepts the position philosophicallv enough. 
 
 .Suddenly a tremendous commotion is heard hiside • 
 
 " Then came Kuripidcs and -ave a show ■ 
 bpouted to all the burglars, footpads, thieves, 
 And all the croud of rogues that llell receives 
 
 •■ ml^tlv";" r'^ '^" ?^^^'"^" special-pleading 
 
 ^ 1 1 > tu .st> UK. turns so charmingly misleading 
 
 rhey snnply lost the.r heads and thought they never 
 lad seen a poet so extremclv clever ^ 
 
 ■ He sot conceited, claimed to' be enthroned 
 
 Instead of /I-.sch\-iu- " 
 
 Eventually the decision is lef, to the judgment of Dionysus 
 
 In the concluding scene the sfru<r,rlc is evhihftn,! 
 Kur.p.des ,s beaten all along the linear and c^n U ' H ^ 
 I>io.ysus, uho had come doun to fetch bid- is nn 1 ' 
 Auonrac. changes his mind and lea sT^ vX'^Z 
 trmmph attended by the good wishes of I'.uu:^^.d \he 
 
 While the criticis.n in .letail is farcical in the extreme 
 An> opiiancs ,s to some extent making a serious atd' 
 «;" He work of lunipides, both on moraf ^;^ :Sc 
 
 i;;:";ssr;;:"'!;;^:,e;:;Lt:;-: •'-'---- 
 
 lai^v^^l 
 
Tt^P?!^** 
 
 33 
 
 Kuripicics on the other hand is intelhgible. but prosaic • 
 ■s scenes arc those of everyday hfe ; his languaj,? is d at 
 oJ the man n, the street; his characters are human oo 
 human ,„ fact, being at times positively mean. 
 
 sideLd' '"?-'iV7^ ""-^ '''"'■ '■ri'"^*''^-^ tragedies is con- 
 sidered, /hschy us aims at making men " noble, vi-orous 
 
 and prudent, so that "specially they know much more 
 Of kecpmg house than e'er before." Aristophanes the 
 Tory, has but httle sympathy vvi.h this point of view 
 to det.dk '" ' '"■'^'""'■"^^'■>' fighting the poets came down 
 
 Choru: 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 SCKXK IV^ 
 
 Curt of Law. In the background Pluto is seated on Ins 
 throne, bes.de w/nch stand four attendants. In front is 
 Dionysus eondueting the trial, on his . i^ht stands 
 ^schy/us, OH his te/t Euripides. The Chorus are present 
 ni C ourt as interested spectators. 
 
 . Now we long to hear from you, 
 
 Gontlcmcii of li-ht and leading 
 \\ hat will be >'our first proceeding 
 
 With the enemy in view. 
 Fury is upon their tongue, 
 
 lioth have got their manes erect. 
 And their nerves are highly strung ; 
 
 This is what we ma)- expect : 
 //<- will speak with polished iilirasing. 
 
 Smoothed and sharpened with a file • 
 //<' with Titan volleys blazing 
 
 Scatter all his shifts and guile. 
 
 Well then I take his Prologues fi) first to test 
 
 I'or that comes naturally earliest 
 The statement of his subjects is obscure. 
 Which will you test? 
 
 firs, *:!.,;^":; i;;;?'':^;:;;:^ ":;v,c; ;t ^^ ^r"';' -t^ ^^"■^■" •■ -•- •"- 
 
Eur. 
 
 Dion. 
 -Acsch. 
 
 izrant inv 
 
 S.Ience in court; Xou, Aeschylus, p.occc.! 
 '''n^r*^:s:S''--'^''^->>-3)th.u.e. 
 
 He my i)rc.severcr aiui ally i,, fi.rht 
 
 :-;-tlHVsIandlco.nca;Kicl^re;nn^ 
 i-"i(l any fault in that? ' 
 
 I'-iir. ,. 
 
 ... ' "-"^ twelve or more. 
 
 ^-'. \Vhy all the Hues together are hut Un-' 
 
 '•■"•■. J^"t each has twenty errors n.r its share 
 
 -^Vcsch. \ uu knou- that's nonsense 
 J-ur. 
 , Do you think I care' 
 
 Sto;. Aeschylus, don-tread another li„. 
 
 < It s clear you 11 only .^.et an extra fine ' 
 
 or every fresh quotation, and the score 
 
 '^ '•""■"■'.^' "I' a;.Minsty..u for those four., 
 ■\c-sch. / stopfer /,,„,. 
 
 Dion. -n .• . 
 
 r'l.'t s the advice I \x-riven. 
 
 '-'•■ ;';^^-^-vi.hannstakeashi,hasheaven. 
 
 ^-". K.tsn,.mi.ake' i "H .hank you to exolair 
 
 ,"• ^\;^>--'-f-"y: lust say the Hues a,.nn 
 
 ni. 
 
 .U'ant mv 
 
 '5e my preserver and allv in fi-dit 
 J-'T to this land IcMnean.idore'tur 
 
 
 
 ''- -'-'-XontS*;;: n:Z"^H;;:,.:!';i,-;;'^; ;;:;;; - 
 
-.Ji.' 
 
 ■f'V''-!3^--r 
 
 
 ■rsW-* 
 
 f; ■-'-t?. 
 
 -:^" 
 
 
 
 ^''^m 
 
 35 
 
 Eur. How he repeats himself, tlie clever fellow 
 Aesch. K-- „.i. myself: How? 
 
 Eur. 
 
 I-uok at the phrase, I'lj tell vou ■ 
 ^! - says that lie '•returnee! ' and that he "came,' 
 N •> •■ otnu ^- " a,.;! •■ rcturnin;4 " ^ire the same. ' 
 
 Dion. Hy jo,c : us just as if the .lavvy said, 
 
 " Lend me a shovel, Hill, or else a spade." 
 
 -Xescli. Far from it. Vour incessant chatteriiiL,^ 
 
 Has warped your sense ; my lines are ju>t the thin;^^ 
 Dion Ou what ^noumls tell me? 
 
 •^''''"''- „., , He who has a home 
 
 U hen he -ets back there can be said to - ci^mc," 
 He snuply muh.s, and nothing' else is meant ;' 
 Hoth words • pi)ly to one in batn'shment (i.) " 
 
 Hio!!. Good : .\ow, Euripides, for your att.ick. 
 
 Eur. ^e^^dly, I sa\-, lie never tlid come back, 
 
 hor iie stole in without the (government's leave. 
 
 Hion, (iood too: (Hxi.l,:) IJut what you mean 1 can't 
 concei\ e : 
 
 I'".ur. .\c\t line please. 
 
 "'""• , '^''■^. "lake haste, tor -^oodiu-s' sake 
 
 (><> on; and you (/.. Ennp^lrH) look (,ut for the 
 nnstake. 
 
 .\esch. (Ciiiilitiniiiij iiiintotimi.) 
 
 ".Anil at this barrow on lU)- sin.- I call 
 To hear and listen. " 
 
 ■''"'■• There he f;f)es ai^ain ' 
 
 "Listen " and " liear " are just "tiie same, tiiat's plain. 
 
 Dion. (Miikiim a i<>l,,\) 
 
 Vou idiot: he was t.dkini^ ti. the dead, 
 And tliey can't hear a tliiu-, tliou-h three times s.nd. 
 Hut liow d'you write //i)(/)- I'roidvrnfs ? 
 
 (It TIU' WOIXI lUMV Ir,„lvl,,l,Hl ••,•,...„„ (k,.l.-,vlUMl..Ul NV,.S ,1,.- 
 
 UH ,,m-..l u-m, for .vturn from ,viU-. \..s>.l,^ !„. ,„ai,„..,„. ,„.., tl,.. ut 
 
 ni;::; ;:.;;;::u;:::;.:'-''"-- •'■ ^^■•-- ' '-'■ — . ■ 
 
M 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Eur. 
 Aesch. 
 
 Eur. 
 Ae.sch. 
 
 Eur. 
 Acsch. 
 
 Eur. 
 
 36 
 
 Ar, 1 r ■ ^ °" shall see. 
 
 '-And if you notice a tautology 
 
 Am\- extraneous matter or'a trace 
 Of padduig, theu~amsjwr; i„ my face: 
 Do say one ; I am dyin^. for a si-l,t 
 Of the correctne.ss of the lines you write. 
 ( V""//V/.'/) ( I ) •• A happy man was Oedipus ( . ) at first. 
 (I>ifrrn,pfn>;,.) \ot he, bv jove ; but utterU- -iccurst • 
 Doomed ere his birth the oracle to fulfil ' 
 And, yet unborn, I saj, his sire to kill 
 How then was he a happy man at first'? 
 {I>wr,,„nli„!, fl"' iiihrntptiou) 
 "Then fell at last into the very worse misfortune." 
 
 Outnf,> I- . ^'"-not lie: he never rose 
 out of ,t. JMrst. an nifant, they c.vpose 
 
 Hnnm a b,t of crockery in a storm 
 Not to -.row up .nd do his father's har.n ; 
 And after that, with both ankles swellin./(,) 
 He drifts au to Polybus' dwellin<- " ^ ' 
 
 ■\iui she was his own mother all the tii 
 
 nne 
 
 •^-sense: I think my Pro^nies verv fine. 
 
 We 
 
 (4) 
 
 . 1 jvont nibble at them line bv li„e 
 Hut with the help of Heaven for the task 
 
 f will overthrow them with a pocket flsk 
 A pocket flask : Vou ,' Mini ' 
 
 (') From llu- 
 
 •' AnliK-oiu-,- ot Kuripi.l.-s, a lost pL.y. 
 
 
 lllr':']:- '-^ "^:''-'"-<. - av^ul ,1,.. ,h,...a,on..c. U ,, ..,,, 
 
 ";•> "Xant son, on Mi. (.ilh.uTon ■.■..,■ ."■'"''"'■'' ''"'""• •■"POM-d 
 
 «'..■ >hiM uas ,o,nui. w ,iM ';.;';;. ,;:"^\'''v'"'.''" '"*^''''''-'-- "•••■«• 
 
 •^••-Kh. up. Th.. nan,.. ■iV.hp.is'ra.I^'st^.-t,' u:.;;!"" ""''"• "" ^'^ 
 
 (4) .Xi'sclu Ills, alliT i.iii..;.,., I.- • 1 
 nuMMol.lu.storvoVo.Hl, ,s Tr?". '^;":'l"''''^ "' al.sur.lilv iu his ,,...,, 
 
 -' 'Iu. "u.,u,,o„ous V-SiVv ;;:''' ','''''>' '""'''^ i'.vu\ku..s i,....aus. 
 '■"" - ■"•■ya.v.. ,p,va:^; ;,;;;,!:: "• '" •"• "•• "••■ '-■ 
 
 Ml- 
 St" 
 
 f 
 
 m^ms,. 
 
.':'.''4''<i'"-'' 
 
 "^i" ■ ^'W t. ;'J<:C'-.^%? 
 
 'Mwm '^i. 
 
 37 
 
 Aesch. 
 
 P'or 
 
 Yes. one will do 't 
 
 With 
 
 any trisyllabic word will suit 
 
 yon constructions as a counter 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Aesch. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Aesch. 
 Eur. 
 Dion. 
 Eur. 
 
 .\csch. 
 I )ion. 
 Eur. 
 
 A pocket-book or flask ; I'll make it pi 
 Directly. 
 
 Eh? You will? 
 
 Most rertainlv. 
 
 pane, 
 plain 
 
 Recite the lines at on 
 
 (ijKnthio ,,nill(Ull)\) 
 
 cc and let un see. 
 
 '-">'I>tiis, as the ancient stor\- •foe.'- 
 
 Bi 
 
 in<,'ini,r his fifty sons acro'ss'the wavi 
 
 .Ami rcachinLT A 
 
 (Brcukiihi iiifii lim.) " Lost 1 
 
 W 
 
 lis pocket fla- 
 
 ils that _\-our pocket flask ? t'onfi 
 
 omid it then ! 
 
 Recite another and let's tr\- 
 Dionysus* J) who adowii 1' 
 
 aL'ani. 
 
 With wand and f 
 
 Ee 
 
 ips in the dance 
 
 arnassus' slopes 
 iwnskins 'mid the torches' '^leam 
 
 Oh li 
 
 Lost his pocket fl; 
 
 car ! The flask ai 
 
 W 
 
 e I c 
 
 lUit I assure \ou 'twill not 
 He 
 
 hit. 
 
 re s OHO in which 1 
 
 matter a bit 
 
 UJiinfl,i;i){ ?) •• No mortal 
 
 blest, 
 l'"itln-r with noble birth 1 
 Or beinir base bori 
 
 le cannot make it fit- 
 
 man there is in ;dl things 
 
 le ll\■c■^ m w.mt, 
 
 .\esch 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Lost his pocket fl, 
 
 IS I 
 
 -unpidcs 
 
 \\ hat is it ? 
 
 D 
 
 ion. 
 
 -Ul, 
 
 This |)o(ket flask 
 
 .Short 
 
 en s.iii 
 
 r^ like to bl 
 
 <i ijale 
 
 ■>hou 
 
 ni >I 
 
 <i not hfcd it no, by niotluf earth 
 
 low hnn now how little it i- 
 
 wortli 
 
 Di-.n, Well ti 
 
 \' a'j.iin ,Hu 
 
 ;i\e It .1 w i 
 
 lie beith. 
 
 (.ill l()>i 1. 
 
 V !■ 
 
 I I'm I 111' .h,/i,/ii 
 
 //i/.w/, 
 
 Sthill,:/,,, 
 
 .1 ,.r 
 
..fF- , )f^,-^-^ .^^ ---^ vV " 
 
 Eur. 
 
 •Acsch. 
 J)ioti. 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Eui 
 
 38 
 
 (Aiiniii )/i(iitiiin.) 
 
 oon ot .-\L,fciior — ' 
 
 " I-"^t his pocket flask 
 1 liat flask, my frfend, I thi„k vou'd better h,n- 
 Or It w,il ru.n all x„ur prolo-uc. ^' 
 
 / bu\- from him ^ ^^^'^' ' 
 
 (jood counsel. 
 
 r 
 
 \c 
 
 ,.t w.r I ' '■ci)cat it. 
 
 "tsofproKn.es when hecaunotu.se 
 
 .\esch, 
 J) ion. 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Acsch, 
 ]-:ur. 
 
 \\ itli lus swift horses." 
 
 " ^-"■'^t lii-^ pocket flask" 
 I e.. made it fit a,^^,in,.vou must allow. 
 
 Acscli. 
 
 (II 
 
 .(Wax 
 
 "I-"-^t liis pocket flask." 
 1/- let me say the whole line, if sou please 
 
 w;n;:^r;;j;-;;^.^-^'--'^i'^-eoussLe 
 
 "Eost his pocket flask," 
 
 Kiinip.i 
 In ZiMis 
 
 I'C 
 
 ''■■'".«'"<''■ ''I i.irfMor. Kinir of I'l, ... 
 »o •^<''""> oi'l.MvJ cVJm„s , '"'""■'■•'• "••'>• '■■'niod 
 "O. .0 n.turn without lu-r. M ,t ,„ V h, , ^ T'",' T ""''''* ''^•'■- •""' 
 
 Ih.- M-,uvh. .-uKl to follow ., >.ow wl,; ,'","■"'''■''•'"''•"> i"' aha.uion 
 cny «h.-ro sho l.n down, .; ,- c,,,^ ,''/""'■' '''"•'•""" 'out.d a 
 
 ......iKiu nv a lirauoii, whioh lu- ^|..w \, 1 1 . "''"''' "^" "•'<.> 
 
 .vn,a„u-U. Ui„, „,',i, ,t, j ," , ^ ' "' '' '■•^1. otlu-r until o„lv tiv e 
 ol llu- Thohan aiisioo.iov 'n.-survivors Nvan..- llu- (ounJors 
 
 (II IVIops, son ot I'.intalus, 
 a i-liariot rvior (or tl 
 Ho wonllu- viotorv ll,.. I„ii'." ' ■, ' ■'l'l,":"aniia, th, 
 
 ;;M..-;..vou,o;,;i:;';;^;;;!r— V^:;.^;:;: "- 
 
 '••'• .\iul ii hapiu-uod th.it 
 
 .■ompo.o u, a ohatiot raoo Tor Ik- hu, I 'r .. ;'''''''"''' ^■'■'■'•^••- l^' 
 
 ^l.tuKl.lor. Ho won llu-viotorv llu h i '" , ' 'I''!''''-'""-'' ••'«• kin^s 
 
 lio wuij^^e 
 
 '•wi^l^"'^':'^.---'''"^':'''-'''^^'''''-"--^'-'''!* 
 
 .MU.. while saorituinK ho foiKol I o u ,0 , / ' T, " '''MM'-"''! that 
 sho M-nt a s.uaico boar, whi.h r . u. K<hI,Io>,s .\rloinis. So 
 
 •M.-U-aKor. .\n.r al.or thi. h, .v V d"": 'l'"""? '""' •-'•■" ''^^ — >• 
 
 .•non.v Avrrius. but b..itur;,v,.n.-o.rh, 1 "" , '""' ""Pnsonoil bv his 
 
 lu- was hi.nsoK troaohoro.olv sla , I, W„f ^'V"'"'"' ^^ '"' '^"'•■'' ■^•.nu.. 
 tlu-ir lathers (alo. ' • ^^""^ '»" -""-• « ho ha.l osi-ap^.J 
 
^s^^mpmsimiim^m 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 Kur. 
 
 (1) 
 tlu- Ac, 
 
 39 
 
 {I'nt'ndiiiii to he nnirli roiinrticd.) 
 While he uas at it } Where were tlie police ? 
 •Never miiul thnx. Answer this (jiice again— 
 ( I ) " Zeus as the woHs of all true men maintain "— 
 ( Inti rnijitiiKi liim.) 
 ()h stup ! I Ic'll say " he lost his flask " and do vou. 
 That wretched Hask sticks just as closely to you 
 . .As any stye sticks oii an eyelid I Take' 
 I lie Lyrics (ov a change for goodness' sake ! 
 
 [•■/ s/i»r/ inU'rv,i! euuics ,/un>ix 'which Aeu-hxiin 7valk 
 round c.XHilant, :vhile Dionysus consoles the 'crestfallen 
 Enri failles. | 
 
 [ The lyric ontest Ir-ins. Kurif^idcs sin^s a J>.,roJv of 
 one of Aeschylus' chorus son,^s. which fails to make senie, 
 and is marked ly a pointless refrain. Aeschylus replies 
 Ivsinxinya suffosed - .\/„r.,iy:' or solo, ,f Euripides' 
 composition 7chich also is fantastic and muddled. Dionysus, 
 Pluto and the Chorus lis'en in sorro:o.\ 
 
 .Mighty tine songs indeed ! I'll show you .soon ; 
 I'll cut them all down to a sitigjc tune. 
 (.SV//-/.S'.) (2)" How the ;\v<) throned might of 
 .Achaea, of Hellas' oiTs[iring, 
 ( ;, ) Tophlatothrat I Tophlatothrat ! 
 Sendeth the Spln'n.v as a sliameless ordaiiier of evil 
 
 Tophlatotin-at ! Tophlatdthat ! 
 Furious birds witli tile .pear and the hand of 
 avengers, 
 
 Toplilatotlirat ! 'I'oplilatotiirat ! 
 (".ivinga meal to the ravening liouiids of the heavens, 
 
 roi)h!att)thrat I Toiihatothrat I 
 \\\A the liost that is riding witli .Njav. 
 Tophlatothrat I Toplilatotlirat I" 
 lii'iii ihf .Mi'Linlpiv of Kiiripiili's dosii, 
 
 TIl.M- llIU-, .UV p.JI U-M-.-llUT IrOMI .lltr.TVIll l.l.u, »l Xl'M-lulus - 
 
 iiiiiiiniuMi, S|iliiii\, riir.iii.iti wimu-n. 
 Siippi»i-il 111 lu- an inijlalii'ii ol tlif li.trp. 
 

 40 
 
 Acsch.,^/^.)0 murky ni.ht.sh..ouclcd in ,100m 
 
 Outofthccarka,n.t;luma.cdreacl 
 <^lad HI black -armcius like the dead - 
 •A in, Ulster of death 
 U'ith brcatiiless brcatli, 
 Child of black ni<,rl,t^ 
 ■A shiiddcritijr siLrbt 
 With bloody; blo(,dv looks 
 
 And talo.is loni; as hooks ? 
 
 I^>o„. ilnt,rrn,.fi„,) Stop nou- vour sin-in- 
 
 /■//<■ fM//c,./ /^■•/, '"-.^/frow, ami tmn lets .■,.. 
 
 ■ ^ J^iinpuits //,e cause ,», each occasion 1 
 
 Jmioii-1, of Lyrics ! 
 
 I U-UU t,w I 1 • ' "^IlOUld SHV it isl 
 
 ' J.u t to take inm to the balances, 
 V^h.ch,sthe.,nlyu.aytobrin-co;u.iction 
 '^> l""^""^'"ur respective uei-ht of diction. 
 
 Dion. 
 Acsch 
 
 I )ion 
 
 N')u- then yo,. two stand bv tl 
 
 ic scales I 
 
 -Aesch. aiul F.iir 
 
 Take hold of them and each in .nrnriue'"'' 
 
 I 
 
 sa\- 
 
 ' C'ncko(j !' 
 
 \ 
 
 es. 
 
 !'"> !i. .And don't let ,,<> til 
 •Aesch. and Ilnr. 
 
 ;""■" •^"^^-P'-'akyonr line into the balances 
 
 , , "^^'"'^'^^'-^'-'^'^'P.Ar,oneer had noun",.) 
 •\csch. ".^percheius riv.r where the oxen s^rav",^, 
 
 J>i 
 
 /las 
 
 Km 
 
 I 1 I I roill 111 
 
 ( llck()(» I let .r,, I 
 
 ^ cs this one certainlv 
 "'H' nj4ht down. 
 
 Hiitwhy.^ / cannot sec. 
 
 .M.hI,.,, oI I 
 
 •MljpHl,.^ (,.\|,iTlt 1. 
 
 , ,, : , . .,...> ^ I. MilTII I. 
 
4« 
 
 iJioii. Because, he like a man that deals in wool 
 1 lit in a river ; rivers make it full 
 Ot water ; tiiat >ou know j,rives wei-rlit to things 
 1 he hue you nut was li-ht with feathery wiiiLjs.( i ) 
 
 ^'111-. Let's speak another and match weit,rht for wei-^dit 
 
 l^ion. Catcii hold a<,raiii then. 
 
 Aesch. and Kur. R^,a,iy all. 
 
 l^ion. ' V 
 
 .NOW say It. 
 
 I'-iir. " I'ersuasion hath no temi)le than the ton<,rue "(j) 
 Aesch. "Of all the -ods Death only loves not yifts"(3) 
 I^ion. Let i;o, let go. 
 
 [.Ifsrlii/liiti' xoilr iiiinin ilmji.^.] 
 
 ^ '-"^. d(jwn again liis goes 
 He put in Death the hrarirst of all woes. 
 
 I'-ur. I'ersuasion I ; what better could >ou find ? 
 
 Dion, Oh that's ;i fli,i,x,/ thing without a mind ! 
 
 Hut look another of your hcavv weight's out 
 
 I o pull 3-our scale down, something large and stout. 
 
 Kur. •• The iron-slieathed log in his right hand he took "(4) 
 Aesch. " For chariot heaped on chariot.corpse on corpse"( 5 ) 
 
 ['J'lii,/ l,t ,..', Arxrinibis' s,;ilr „>i,iin dni/^H.] 
 Dion. Tiiis time again he's fooled you. 
 
 I f ')w lio you mean ? 
 Dion, lie put two chariots and two corpses in 
 loo heavy for a hundred l-"ellahecn. (6) 
 
 (2) From llu- A,itiir,„i,- o\ Kiiripidt.s (|o,t). 
 
 (.',) From llu- Xioh,- of .u'vhylus (lost). 
 
 (4I From iIr. AM,-a,>,'r of Kuripidos (losi). 
 
 (51 From tlu- (.7<nuu., /;./,„;„s of .Xos^livlus ,loM). 
 
 o. .ir^vin^ Sjtl^a:. .;:: '"'""" """^'"^^ ^^'■- .— '.ia.K ..,>ab,o 
 
pmm- .H:ww^":^^~''^r^:^''-Wmmw^ 
 
 
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 t4 
 
 42 
 
 Aesch. ( Triumphittitlji.) 
 
 Let's have no more of single lines but put 
 H.m in, child wife.-Cephisophon (i ) to boot- 
 And let h.m take his books down from the shelf- 
 -And pile them in, and sit on top himself 
 And 1 11 just put two verses by their scale. 
 
 [I>io,,,,>i,,. I,,,,hrs the snd,' oHhJe, and in n ,„„:id 
 iiKuiHcr itililressis Pluto.] 
 
 Dion. The men are friends of mine. Til not decide 
 U nen you're impartial it is hard to jud^e 
 And agamst neither will I feel a "rud<Te 
 tor one I like, and one I think is clever.' 
 
 Pluto. So, after all, you'll fail in your endeavour : 
 Dion, if I decide? 
 
 "^°' , Vou shall take one of them. 
 
 Not to be disappoints, which j-ou please. 
 Dion. Thanks. (Cmnrs tnnnini) 
 
 Listen now. think over your reply 
 I came down here to fetch a poet. 
 
 Eur. 
 Dion. 
 
 Eur. 
 
 Why ? 
 That .Athens and the Drama (j) both mav thrive 
 -Now all depends on what advice \ou "ive • 
 Uhichever gives the best, 1 mean' to take ' 
 Jirst about Alcibiadcs(3) give vour view.s 
 i-or Athens is in hard labour what to saj-. 
 
 U hat is her own opinion of him, pray ? 
 
 HavJLLS:;ri*:;\£i:;.sr;i:;-.r' - -" - 
 
 -;j|.f;n;s;;;;,rrs;-:"'v;j-;j;;;;;;;;;,r,7-i>;,;,s^ 
 
 4<t,S H C \. \,i ""","•*• "'"' •'''" I'l'-ittul Kf'ii-r.il. and ro-called in 
 
 ™x;,i;-:t;;l,r:,:v;ir:;i,..'!rsi:i:': » '■-- '•• '• 
 
 ri::^mzw^^ 
 
mM^^im£i^^mm^^m^ 
 
 fS^^M^ 
 
 Dion. 
 Eur. 
 
 Dion. 
 
 43 
 
 She loves and hates and cannot do without hiin. 
 Now both of you say what you think about him ( i ). 
 
 " I hate a citizen by nature slow 
 
 To help his country, swift to work her woe, 
 
 Keen to his own, to her best interests blind." 
 
 ( To . 1 rschyhis. ) 
 
 Now, sir, what sugijcstion can you find ? 
 
 Aesch. " Rear not a lion's whelp within the State, 
 But if you do, knock under and obey it I " 
 
 Dion. (,S7/7/ prrplexvd.) 
 
 Hy Zeus! I can't make up my mind not nearly. 
 This one (2) speaks cleverly, the other (j) clearly. 
 Plut. Decide. 
 
 Dion. (Alter It ahnrt /xiitsc) 
 
 I have decided. Have you guessed ? 
 I w'll select " the one my soul likes best." (4) 
 Kur. {Ansi<)u>ilti.) 
 
 Remember what a solemn oath you swore 
 To take me back. I was your friend before. 
 Dion. iSoli'iiinli/.) 
 
 ( 5 ) " My ton<rue had sworn— but" I'll choose Aeschylus 
 (L(iit<lhin<i ami rliijipiiiti Acxclnihis an tin- xIkiuIiIci:) 
 ]-. I. {AittiniiHlii'd.) 
 
 What have you done ? you villain : Scandalous. 
 Dion. I have only given Aeschylus first place. 
 Eur. .And then you dare look me in the face ? 
 
 (I) Kiiripides in liis si'iitt-ntious stylo, and .Xom-IuIun hy 0110 of liis 
 charaitoiistii- iniajjc , both sum up the iharail'er ot" the man. 
 Arislophant's hero soom i ti> (aviiur his sooond rooall, as ho is the onlv 
 man loft who o.in savo .\thoiis in tho last stajjfo of Iho w.ir. (Tho oilv 
 was takon in tho t'ollowinjc yoar, 404 H.C.) 
 
 ■(2) Kuripidos. 
 
 (J5) .\esohyIus. 
 
 (4) I'ossibly takon tiom .1 ohildroii's jjamo. 
 
 (5) .V parody on .i lino in tho Hif>p„lvtiis of Kuripidos. " .Mv tonifuo 
 hath sworn it, but my soul i, troo." .Ml IlippoKius moant in savinjf this, 
 was thai ho had sworn without knowinjf allthat tho oath impliod, but 
 that ho is still bound by it. .Aristophanos bv an outnijfoous travesty of 
 moaninff represents Kurpidos as delondinjj perjury. 
 
 t,l-:'>,^.M:6 
 
I)i 
 
 on. 
 
 Kur. 
 Dion. 
 
 IMut. 
 I3i()ii, 
 Pint. 
 Dion. 
 
 (I) 
 
 viM.tiiu 
 (2) 
 
 44 
 
 Whafs villainy, if the aiuiicnce think ( i ) it well > 
 
 Wretch will yo„ leave me dead down here in hell > 
 
 (//; iiior/.- solniuiiti/.) 
 
 "Who l<M.nvs .flivi,,^. i, „„t bein- dead,"( ^) 
 
 •A breath >-our d nier, sleep a feather Led ?" 
 
 /•-''•'> I-:'irii,i,/rs rrrtit-hil/ni. 
 lio in.side Dionysus. 
 
 Wherefore, pia)- ? 
 That I may feast >•<.„ ere y„u sail a'ua\'. 
 Thanks, that is c,mte a ^^ood idea, you know, 
 1 "1 "ot displeased the matters ended .so. 
 
 r.-.nHlu-J tVo„, the /W,.,V/„.v of Kuripi.U.s (los.) 
 \\ ho knows ,» li^ l„j,. u „o. lu-i„K clo.iJ, 
 W hilc doalh ,s >e.koM..cl lito In thoso bolow • 
 
 Clmriis. 
 
 Xou- ue bid you all farewell, 
 l.cave you sweetlv sin<Mn'\ 
 Chantin- with viJtorious swell, 
 Loud the I'Vo^r-son-- rini,dni,r. 
 
 Kver let old Trimty 
 
 Stalwart jjjrow in virtue. 
 
 Let a race sjjrincr forth from thee 
 
 Strong HI br.iin and sinew. 
 
 Extllllt OIIIHtH. 
 
 ^^-^mwrnt 
 
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