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 The Acharnians 
 
 OF 
 
 Aristophanes 
 
 Performed by 
 
 U ndergraduates 
 
 of the 
 
 I 1 niversity of Pennsylvania, 
 
 In the Academy of Music, 
 
 Philadelphia, 
 
 May 14th and 15th, 1886. 
 
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f I iHE deme of Acharnai was one of the most important of the demes of Attika, both 
 from its natural advantages and from the large number of its inhabitants. These 
 were by trade wealthy farmers and charcoal burners; but, on account of its geographical 
 position, it was very liable to incursions of the enemy, especially the Boiotians, who 
 strongly sympathized with Sparta. At the date of our play (425 B. C.) the Peloponnesian 
 war had been going on for about six years, and, on account of their severe snfierings, the 
 war feeling of the Achamians ran high. We are supposed to be at Athens, where the 
 Ekklesia, or Assembly of citizens, is about to be held. Before us are the houses of 
 Dikaiopolis on the right ; of Lamachos, an Athenian general, on the left; and of Euripides, 
 the tragic poet, in the centre. The entrance on the extreme right is appropriated to 
 the characters of the drama coming from home; that on the extreme left to those coming 
 from abroad. In the distance is seen the Akropblis. In front of the houses are the seats 
 for the Ekklesia, the ten Prytanes, or presidents, being placed on the left of the audience. 
 When the Assembly adjourns these seats are removed ; all these are upon the raised stage 
 for the actors. In front and below this is placed the Orchestra, or stage for the Choru?, 
 which consists of twenty-four Acharnian citizens; in the middle of this Orchestra is the 
 Thymele, or altar of Dionysus. 
 
 The hero of the drama, Dikaiopolis, differs from the Achamians in his desire to 
 make peace with Sparta, and attends the Ekklesia with the intention of obstructing every 
 motion except one in favor of peace. 
 
 Verses 1-203. — After some weary waiting on the part of Dikaiopolis, the Assembly 
 comes to order, and Amphitheos, who lays claim to heroic descent, proposes to make a 
 truce with Sparta, and asks for money for traveling expenses, for which he is violently 
 ejected from the Assembly by the constables, in spite of his protests, coupled with those 
 of Dikaiopolis. 
 
 Two Athenian ambassadors now enter, who have been sent to Persia a long time ago on 
 heavy pay ; they have spent several years in traveling, and consequently do not appear in their 
 native dress, but in the costume of Phrygia, where they may be supposed to have sojourned for 
 
sometime: they bring with them three pretended Persians (really Athenians in disguise) who 
 try to persuade the Assembly that the Great King will send them money for prosecuting the 
 war : Dikaiopolis recognizes them, but, in spite of his declarations, they are all invited to 
 dinner at the public expense, in the Prytaoeion. 
 
 Dikaiopolis, in disgust, calls Amphitheos aside, and sends him off to Sparta to purchase 
 a peace for himself and his family alone. 
 
 Theoros, another Athenian ambassador, returns from Tlirace at this juncture, and brings 
 with him some Thracian light-armed men, whom he wishes the Athenians to hire ; these mer- 
 cenaries steal Dikaiopolis" garlic, which he has incautiously left at his seat, and on Dikaiopolis 
 declaring a portent, a drop of rain, the Assembly adjourns. 
 
 Amphitheos now returns from Sparta with the peace, which Dikaiopolis accepts and 
 retires into his house to prepare for the Dionysiac Festival. 
 
 204-240. — ^The Chorus of Acharnians appear in search of the traitorous Dikaiopolis, 
 who has dared to make peace with theenemy. "Whilst they are in the midst of their wrathful 
 expressions, they hear some one uttering the solemn " Keep ye silence," and Dikaiopolis with 
 his train appears to perform the sacrifice to Dionysus ; the Chorus are thus obliged to fall 
 back to avoid impiety. 
 
 241^92. — Dikaiopolis performs the sacrifice, and, after its completion, the Acharnians 
 attack with stones the procession, which scatters, leaving Dikaiopolis alone on the stage. He 
 ofiers to explain satisfactorily to the Chorus his reasons for making peace, but they decline to 
 hear him for a long while, though at last they yield under pressure. 
 
 393-495. — Dikaiopolis then concludes to dress himself up as a be^;ar, iu order to excite 
 their sympathy, and goes to the house of Euripides to obtain some "properties; " the author 
 thvis satirizes Euripides for the realistic turn he had given to tragedy, a wide departure from 
 the conventional stage setting of Aischylos and Sophokles; after some delay Dikaiopolis 
 gains admission, and Euripides, who is engaged in writing a tragedy, is annoyed at the inter- 
 ruption, but finally gives him what he wants and the Chorus bids him to proceed. 
 
 496-625. — Dikaiopolis then tries to prove to the Chorus the selfishness and narrow- 
 minded views of the war party at Athens, and succeeds in winning over half of them • a 
 struggle ensues between the two halves, and the war party, which is worsted, calls out 
 General Lamachos to help them ; after mutual recrimination the scene closes with a general 
 declaration of war on the part of Lamachos, and peace on the part of Dikaiopolis. 
 
 626-718.— The Chorus, all of whom now think that Dikaiopolis has made his point 
 come forward, and the leader, assuming the character of Aristophanes, descants to the audience 
 on the bad political condition of Athens. 
 
 719-859.— Dikaiopolis now opens his market, and the first to appear is a man from 
 Megara, whict in time of peace supplied the Athenian market with many of its delicacies • 
 
but, owing to the ravages of the war, the man has nothing to sell but his two daughters, dis- 
 guised as pigs ; these Dikaiopolis purchases, though he sees through the artifice, of course ; an 
 informer appears but is beaten off by Dikaiopolis and his market-clerks, to-wit: some good 
 stout straps. 
 
 860-958. — A Boiotian farmer brings many dainties to the market, especially a large 
 eel, and takes in payment Nikarchos, the informer, informers being plentiful at Athens, but 
 scarce in Boiotia. 
 
 959-1070. — ^During his preparations for dinner, Dikaiopolis is interrupted by the 
 attendant of Lamachos, who sends to purchase the eel, but without success. The Chorus sings 
 the Hymn of Peace. 
 
 A Herald now appears, who summons Dikaiopolis to the Feast of Pitchers, a prize being 
 offered to the man who, at the sound of the trumpet, first empties a three quart jug. 
 
 A Farmer enters and asks for a few drops of peace to comfort him for the loss of his 
 oxen during a raid of the Boiotians, but meets with no success. 
 
 Two wedding attendants also beg for a little peace that the bridegroom may avoid con 
 scription during the honey-moon ; they are given a little. 
 
 1071-1142. — A Herald now summons Lamachos from his house to repel an invasion, 
 and whilst Lamachos calls for the various articles of his military equipment, Dikaiopolis calls 
 for the corresponding articles of his equipment for the feast ; and the General finally marches 
 off to the field, and Dikaiopolis to the banquet. 
 
 1143-1234. — The Chorus sing an ode directed against some unpopular character, and 
 then Lamachos appears wounded and lamenting, and, shortly after him, Dikaiopolis in triumph 
 from the feast, having won the prize ; after mocking Lamachos with jibes and jeers, the General 
 is carried off to the surgeon's, while Dikaiopolis invites the Chorus to join him, and all go off 
 to witness him receive the prize. 
 
TA TOT APAMAT02 nPOSflHA. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 KHPYfi. 
 
 AM<I>I0EOS. 
 
 nPESBEIS 'Aftyi/otW vapa. 
 
 /SfuriXetus TjKOVTts. 
 *EYAAPTABA2. 
 ©EfiPOS. 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEftN. 
 PYNH AucaiojroXtSos. 
 ©YTATHP AucoKOToXiSos. 
 KH<E>I20*QN. 
 
 EYPiniAHS. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 MEPAPEYS. 
 
 KOPA Ovyaripe reiv Neyapao^. 
 
 2YKO«>ANTH2. 
 
 BOIOTOS. 
 
 NIKAPX02. 
 
 ©EPAnON Aa/Mxav. 
 
 rEnpro2. 
 
 nAPANYM*02. 
 APTEAOI. 
 
CHABACTEES OF THE DEAMA. 
 
 DlKAlOPOLIS. 
 
 Heealb. 
 
 Amphitheos. 
 
 Ajcbassaoobs^ 
 
 Pseud AETABAs. 
 
 Theokos, 
 
 Choktjs op Achaemans. 
 
 Wife of Dikaiopous. 
 
 DATJGHTEE op DiKAIOPOLlS. 
 
 Kephisophon. 
 
 Euripides. 
 
 Lamachos. 
 
 A Meqaeian. 
 
 Daughters op the Megaeian. 
 
 a boiotian. 
 
 NrKARCHOS. 
 
 Attendant on Lamachos. 
 A Fakmeb. 
 Bridesman. 
 Messesgee. 
 
 Peytanes, Theacians. Constables, Slaves, 
 Attendants, &c. &c. 
 
 (2) 
 
ESl^l^IPlEIS^SQ 
 
 A X A P N H 2. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 %A St) SeBrjyfiai rrjv ifiavTOv Kaphiav, 
 'ija-drjv Be ^aid, irdvv 76 ^aid, Terrapa • 
 a S' mSvv>]67]v, -yfrafjifioKoaioydpyapa. 
 (f>ep' iBca • Tt S' ■^ardrjv d^iov ■xaipTjSovo^ ; 
 iyaS' €0' w <ye TO Keap ev<j)pdvdr]v IScov, 
 TOt? Trevre TaXdvToi<i 0I9 KXeav i^necrev. 
 ravd' &)S iyava)07]v, koI <})i\,ci> rovf tTTTrea? 
 Sia TOVTO Tovpyov • a^iov yap EWaot. 
 dXX' o)Svvr]67]v erepov av rpayaBiKov, 
 oTe Bf) ^K€')(T]vr} Trpoo'BoK&v rov Al<r'xyXov, 
 6 S' dvelirev eto-ay, w @eoyvi, tov ypp^v. 
 "jrcji; rovr eaeia-e /mov So/cet? ttjv xapBiav ; 
 dW' erepov ^crOrjv, rjviK eirX 'M.oa'xai ttotc 
 Ae^t^eo? elo'rjXff' aa-6fj^vo<s Botwrtoj'. 
 TTjre? S' cLTreQavov tcaiX Biecrrpdxfirjv IBcov, 
 ore Bt) •rapeKVifre ^aipi<; i-jrl tov opOiov. 
 dW' ovBe'TrdiiroT i^ otov 'fyco pvirrofiai 
 ovTQ}<; iBij'xOrjv vtto KOvia<; Ta<i o^pv<i 
 to? vvv, ottot' ovar7]<; Kvpia<; eKKX/rjo-ia's 
 e(o6ivr}<; ep7]fJL0<; rj "ttvv^ avrrji' 
 01 S" ev dyopa XaXovcrc, Kava> Kal Kdrco 
 
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 (3) 
 
THE ACHARNIANS. 
 
 Bikaiopolis alone in the Pnyx. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I'm sad and sick at heart ; for few my satisfactions ; 
 They are but four poor things, and then for my distractions, 
 They are sand mountain-fold. Come let me count my treasure. 
 What was it I enjoyed worthy the name of pleasure ? 
 Ah ! yes, the sight of those five talents brought to light, 
 When Kleori threw them up ; that was a true delight. 
 I thank the Knights for it, it was their doing, and 
 Done worthily of Grreece. But, on the other hand, 
 That was a tragic trouble — when my mouth was wide 
 Expecting Aischylos, and then the herald cried — 
 "Theognis, lead the Chorus in; " 'twill be believed 
 How very dreadful was the shock my heart received. 
 But then I own, it cheered me up, and made me laugh 
 To see Dexitheos come in upon the calf 
 To sing Boiotian ; but when Chairis thrust his head 
 Upon the stage to pipe the Orthian I was dead ! 
 But never since the day when first I knew the touch 
 Of soft soap on my eyelids did I smart so much 
 As now. This is their way ; the people should have met 
 This morning early ; but there's not a soul come yet ! 
 They're in the market-place to know what news is toward, 
 

 TO (T')(pivCov ipevyovcri rb fie/juXTtofiivov • 
 
 ovS' ot TrpvTaveii; ^Kovcriv, aXX' ampiav 
 
 4]KovTe<;, elra S' dxyriovPTai irSi<i BoKeig 
 
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 ddpooi KarappeovTei; • elpjjvrj 8' ottw? 
 
 ea-rai irpoTLfi&cr ovhev • Si TrdXt? iroXfi. 
 
 iyo) S" del •jrpcoTicrTO'; et? iKKkTjaiav 
 
 voa-Twv Kadrj/iai • Kar eTreiBdv S) ftovof, 
 
 arevm, Ke^rjva, aKopBiva/iab, * * » ^o 
 
 aTTOpu), •ypd<^(ii), •jraparCWofiai, Xoyi^ofiai, 
 
 diro^i\AiT(ov elt rov drfpov, elpijin}(; ip5>v, 
 
 tTTV^&v fi,ev dcTTV, TOP B' ifibv Brjfiov TTodStv, 
 
 o<s ovBeTrdyn-OT ehrev, avOpaxa^ irpioo, 
 
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 d\X' avTO<; e<f>epe irdvTa y^m vpicov dirrjv. 
 
 vvv ovv are^i/w? i]ko) •irape<rK€vaa-/ievo<; 
 
 ^odv, viroKpoveiv, XoiBopelv tou? p^ropa^, 
 
 idv Tts aXKo ifKijv irepX elp'ijvTfi; Xeyr/. 
 
 dW' ol "TrpvTavei^ yap ovroil fieaijfi^pcvQi. 40 
 
 OVK rjyopevov ; tout' eKetv ovyw ^eyov • 
 
 ell Tr]v irpoeBpiav 7rd<; dvrjp atari^erai. 
 
 KHPTE. 
 
 irdpiT ei? TO -KpocrOev, 
 
 irdpiO', o)? dv ivTO<; yre rov KaddpfiaTO<;. 
 
 fjBr) TL<i elire ; 
 
 AM*I0EO5. 
 KHPTE. 
 
 T19 dr^opeveiv ^ovKerai ; 
 
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 And shifting here and there to dodge the scarlet cord ; 
 Here are not even Presidents ! some hours too late 
 Will they rush in and set their elbows to debate 
 About the foremost bench. And what care they for Peace ? 
 Oh ! City, City, how shall our discords cease ? 
 Here, day by day, the first to come, I sit alone 
 And look about me, gape, I stretch my limbs and groan ; 
 I don't know what to do ; I scribble, pluck my hair, 
 I calculate, I let my eye rove here and there, 
 I see the fields afar, and let my heart go longing ; 
 I hate the City ways ; and thoughts of home come thronging ! 
 Oh, for my borough home ! where no one says, " Come buy 
 Coals, vinegar or oil;" we do not know the cry^ 
 For who would Jbay~the things which every farm produces ? 
 But I have yet my plan to deal with these abuses. 
 Yes, they may try to speak ; but no one shall be heard 
 For noise and jeering who shall dare to speak a word 
 Except about a Peace. But here they are with noon, 
 These Presidents ! exactly as I said ; and soon 
 Will follow, I predict, that hustle for a place. 
 
 Enter the Prytanes, a Herald, Constables, etc. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Move forward there ! move forward aU of ye ! 
 Further ! within the consecrated gjound. 
 
 Enter Ekhlesia followed iy Amphitheos. 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 tr? TT-A-S anybody spoken ? 
 
 ■ HERALD. 
 
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 Is any body prepared to speak ? 
 
 (6) 
 

 AM*I0EO2. 
 
 eyco. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 Tt? (ov ; 
 
 AM*I0EO2. 
 KHPTH. 
 
 ovK avOpcoTTOi ; 
 
 AM*I0EO3. 
 
 ov, 
 aX,X' aOavaro'i. 6 yap 'A/i</)t'^eo? Aij/xtjt/so? ^v 
 /cai TpiTTToXi/Jiov • rovrov Be KeXeo? ylyverai • 
 yafiel he KeXeo? ^aivapirrjv TrjOrjv ep-rjv, 
 e^ ^5 AvKivo? iyever • ix tovtov S' e^o) 50 
 
 dOdvaTOi; elfi • ifiol S' eTreTpe^jrav 01 6eo\ 
 crvovSdi; iroieurdac Trpo? AaKeSaifioviov; fiovcp. 
 aX)C d6dvaT0<i $)v, dvhpe<;, i<f)oBi ovk e^oi ' 
 ov yap Bt,S6a<nv ol irpvTdvei.^. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 ol To^orai. 
 
 AM*I0EO2. 
 
 ft) TpiTTToXe/xe Kal KeXee, Trepioifrecrde fie ; 55 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 ftii/Spe? TrpvTdvet.'i, oStKelre rrjv eKKX-qalav 
 Tov dvZp dTrdyovTe<;, octtl^ rjfuv rjdeXe 
 aTTOvha.'; Troirjcrai, Kal Kpe/Moaai ra? da-iriha<;. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 Kadrjao alya. 
 
 Ji^ms^^PMSMMMM. 
 
 
 (7) 
 
AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 Yes, I. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Who are you and ■what ? 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 Amphitheos, the demigod. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Not a man ? 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 No I'm immortal ; for the first Amphitheos 
 Was bom of Ceres and Triptolemos, 
 His only son was Keleos, Keleos married 
 Phainarete my grandmother, Lykinos 
 My father, was their son ; that's proof enough 
 Of the imiportality in our family. 
 The Gods moreover have dispatched me here 
 Commission' d specially to arrange a peace 
 Betwixt this city and Sparta — notwithstanding 
 I find myself rather in want at present 
 Of a little ready money for my journey. 
 The magistrates won't assist me. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Constables ! 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 Keleos and Triptolemos don't forsake me ! 
 
 [^Amphitheos is hustled out by the constables. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Tou presidents, I say ! you exceed your powers ; 
 You insult the assembly, dragging off a man 
 That offered to make terms and give us peace. 
 
 Keep silence there. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 >/»V*M.*/»\*M*7gq 
 
 (8) 
 
AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 fjia Tov AttoWcb fyo) fiev oiil 
 fjv fif) Trepl elpijv'r}': ye vpvravevcrTjTe /j-oi. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 ol TT/seo-ySet? 01 irapa ySao-tXeo)?. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 iroiov ySacrt\e(B? ; aj^Bofiai, ^ryo) •Trpio'^ecriv 
 Koi Tol<! Taaai rot? t' aXa^ovevfiacnv. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 aiya. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 fia/Saia^, (OK^drava, tov (ry-qfuiTO's. 
 
 nPESBTS. 
 
 e-TrefiyjraO^ ■^fia.<i &>? ^aa-iXea tov fiiyav, 
 fiiadov <})epovTa<; Bvo Bpay^^i^^ t^? ■^/jApai 
 iir ^vOvfievov^ ap^ovTo<; • 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 oi/xoi, t5)v Spay(fj,a>v. 
 
 nPE5BT2. 
 
 /col S^t' eTpv^ofieaOa Sia JLava-TpiOiv 
 \ irehlcov oSoiTrkavovvTe^ iarKrjvrjfiivoi, 
 
 €^' dp/xafia^oap /xaX^a/cw? KUTaKeifjievoi,, 
 diroWvfievot. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI5. 
 
 cr^oBpa Tap" i(TO}^6/i7jv iyw 
 irapa ttjv eyraX^iv iv ^opvra KaTaKecfievo^. 
 
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 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 By Jove, but I won't be silent. 
 Except I hear a motion about peace. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Ho there ! the Ambassadors from the King of Persia. 
 
 Enter two Ambassadors dressed in Phrygian garments. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What King of Persia ? -what Ambassadors ? 
 I'm sick of foreigners and foreign animals, 
 Peacocks and coxcombs and Ambassadors. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Keep silence there. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What's here ? What dress is that ? 
 In the name of Ekbatana ! What does it mean ? "~-— ^ 
 
 * AMBASSADOR. 
 
 You sent us when Euthymenes was Archon, 
 Some few years back, ambassadors to Persia, 
 With an appointment of two drachmas each 
 For daily maintenance. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Alas poor drachmas ! 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 'Twas no such easy service, I can tell you, 
 "i^o trifling inconvenience to be dragg'd 
 Along those dusty dull Kaystrian plains, 
 Smother'd with cushions in the traveling chariots, 
 Obliged to lodge at night in our pavilions. 
 Jaded and hack'd to death. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 My service then 
 Was an easy one, you think ! on guard all night, 
 In the open air, at the outposts, on a mat. 
 
 dOi 
 
nPE2BT2. 
 
 ^evi^o/Mevoi Be tt/jo? ^lav iTvivofiev 
 i^ vdkivcav eKtrafjudrmv koL y^pvaiBcov 
 uKparov olvov rjBvv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 a> l^pavaa TrdXt?, 
 ap' alcrddvet tov KarwyeXav tmv irpeaPeav ; 
 
 nPESBTS. 
 
 ol ^dp^apoi yap avBpa<; rjyovvTai fiovov; 
 Toil? TrXeta-ra Bvva/Mevov; ^ayecv re koI irieiv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 rjp^'t'; Be \ai,Kaa-Td<; ye koX KaTaiTvyova<;. 
 
 * 
 
 nPE2BT2. 
 
 elr i^evi^e, TraperLOei, 6' fjfjuv oKov; 
 ix Kpi0dvov ySov?. 
 
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 ~ Kot Tt? eiBe TTtuTTore 
 /Sou? Kpt,^aviTa<; ; Tav dXa^ovevfidrtov. 
 
 nPE2BT2. 
 
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 irapeBrjicev 'fjfuv • 6vop,a B' rjv avra (peva^- 
 
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 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 .... At our reception we were forced to drink 
 Strong luscious wine in cups of gold and crystal. . . 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 rock of Athens ! sure thy very stones 
 Should mutiny at such open mockery ! 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 .... with the Barbarians 'tis the test of manhood. 
 There the great drinkers are the greatest men. . . . 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 As dehauchees and coxcombs are with us. 
 
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 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 Three years and something more of this brought us at last 
 To the King's palace: there they brought for our repast 
 Whole oxen from the oven. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Home-baked bidlocks ! lies ! 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 Yes, and by Jove, a bird of most enormous size, 
 At least three times the figure of Kleonymos, 
 The name of it was Chetah. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 You are cheating us 
 "With your two drachmas. 
 
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 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
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 ■VETAAPTABAS. 
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 (13) 
 
.^JCOMICT' 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 Finally, 
 We've brought you here a nobleman, Pseudartabas 
 By name, by rank and office the King's Eye. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 God send a crow to peck it out, I say, 
 
 And yours the Ambassador's into the bargain ! 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Let the King's Eye come forward. 
 
 [^Pseudartabas advances with two Persians. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Hercules ! 
 What's here ? an eye for the head of a ship ! what point. 
 What headland is he weathering ? what's your course ? 
 What makes you steer so steadily and so slowly ? 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 Come now, Pseudartabas, stand forth ; declare 
 The King's intentions to the Athenian people. 
 
 PSEUDARTABAS. 
 
 lartaman exarksan apissonai satra. 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 You understand it ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No, by Jove, not I. 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 He says the King intends to send us gold. 
 Explain about the gold ; speak more distinctly. 
 
 PSEUDARTABAS. 
 
 Sen gooly Jaonau aphooly chest. 
 
 AMBASSADOR. 
 
 Well, that's distinct enough ! 
 
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nPESBTS. 
 
 tL ZaX Xiyei ; 105 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 o Ti ; y(avvo'7rp(OKTOv<; tov? 'Idova<; Xeyei, 
 el TTpocrBoKoxri ypixriov e/t t&Ji' ^ap^apcov. 
 
 nPE2BT2. 
 
 oi5/c, dX\' a')(ava<; oBe ye 'x^pvcriov Xeyeu 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 TTOta? dp^ava? ; <tu yttei/ dXa^obi/ el fieya<i. 
 aW aTTiO' • €70) Se ^acravtw rovTov yu.oi/09. no 
 
 aye S^ criji <f>pda-ov e/iol cra<pdS<s Trpo? tovtovl, 
 iva fjLTj ae ySdi/rtB ^dfifia XapBiaviKov ' 
 jSacTiXevii o /ieya<; r/fuvaTroTrefi-^ei y^pvaiov ; — 
 afiXoo^ ap e^aTrarco/ied' viro tcSv Trpicr^ecov ; — 
 EKXtjvikov y iirevevaav avBpe<; ovtoli, 115 
 
 KOVK eaS" OTTO)? ovK el<T\v evdevS avToOev. 
 Kai Tolv fiev evvov^oiv rov erepov tovtovI 
 eyaS' 09 icrri, K.\ec<70evrjv 6 XijSvprLov. 
 
 ToiovBe S', w irWTjKe, rov Trcioycov' e^tai" 120 
 
 evvov')(0'i Tjiuv ffKOet; ecrKevaa/j,evo<; ; 
 
 OOi 06 Tt? TTOT eCTbV / OV OTj-TTOV ZiTpaTcav ; 
 
 KHPTH. 
 criya, KaOi^e. 
 
 Tov ^aaiXeax; o^OaXfiov fj ^ovXy KaXel 
 
 eZ? TO "Trpvravelov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 ravTa Brjr ovk ay)(pvrj ; 125 
 
 
 (15) 
 
HERALD. 
 
 What does he say ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 That it's a foolish jest for the lonians 
 
 To imagine that the king would send them gold. 
 
 ^ ,.- AMBASSADOR. 
 
 No, no ! — He's telling you of chests full of gold. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What chests ? You're an imposter — stand away, 
 Keep off; and let me alone to question him. 
 You, sir, you Persian ! answer me distinctly 
 And plainly, in the presence of this fist of mine ; 
 On pain of a royal purple hloody nose, 
 Will the king send us gold, or will he not ? 
 
 [Pseudartahas shakes his head. 
 Have our Ambassadors bamhoozled us ? [Pseudartahas nods assent. 
 These fellows nod to us in the Grecian fashion ; 
 They're some of our own people, I'll be bound, 
 One of those eunuchs there I'm sure I know ; 
 I'm positive it's Kleisthenes the Siburtian. 
 
 How durst you, you baboon, with such a beard, 
 
 ******* 
 
 To pass yourself upon us for a eunuch ? 
 
 And who's this other ? Sure enough it's Strato ! 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Silence there ! Keep your seats ! 
 The senate have invited the King's Eye 
 To feast with them in the Prytaneion. 
 
 [Pseudartahas and the Persians retire. 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. {Aside.) , i 
 
 There— / / / 
 
 Ain' t it enough to drive one mad ? to drive one ' " ' 
 To hang himself? to be kept here in attendance. 
 
 ^S^B@iei^lMIIE3 
 
 (16) 
 
*/*\*jm/*\{ 
 
 KO/ireiT iyci) SrJT ivOaBl arptvyyevofiai ; 
 Tov? Be ^evi^etv ovSeTrore 7' t<T')(ei 6vpa. 
 dXX' ipyaxrofiai ri heivov epyov koI fieya. 
 a\X' 'Afi^ideo^ fioi irov Vrti/ ; 
 
 AM*I0EO2. 
 
 ovToaX Trdpa. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 ifiol (TV TavTaal \a0a>v oktco opa^fji.a<; 130 
 
 (TTTOvSa'; TToirja-ai tt/jo? AaKeBaifj,oviov<; fiovw 
 KoL Tolo't Traihioicn, koI ry irXdriBi • 
 v/j^K Be vpea-^eveade ical Ke'Xijvare. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 irpoa-iTO) Qecopoi; 6 irapa ZitoXkovi;. 
 
 eEnpos. 
 
 6BL 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ere/oo? aXa^wv ovto<; elcrKrjpvTTerai. 135 
 
 eEnpos. 
 j(p6vov jj,ev ovK av ^fiev ev @paKT) ttoKvv, 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 fMa At" oiiK dv, el fiia-dov ye firj '(j)epe<; iroKvv. 
 
 0EnPO5. 
 el fir] Kareviyjre ^lovi Tr]v @paK7jv oKrjv, 
 Kot Toii^ TTorafioi)^ eirr]^' vir avrbv rov ^(povov, 
 or evdaSl @eoyvi<! riywvi^ero. 140 
 
 TovTov yaera StraXKOu? eirivov tov 'Xpovov • 
 Kal BrJTa ^iKadrjvoLO'i ?jv vTrep<f>va)<;, 
 
 immmiiim imm 
 
 (17) 
 

 Working myself into a strangury ; 
 Whilst every door flies open to these fellows. 
 But I'll do something desperate and decided. 
 Where is Amphitheos got to ? 
 
 Miter Amphitheos. 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 Here am I. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 There — take you these eight drachmas on my part, 
 
 And make a separate peace for me with Sparta, 
 
 For me, my wife and children and maidservants. {^JSxit Amph. 
 
 And you — go on with your embassies and fooleries. 
 
 [Spok'en to the Prytanes. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 Theoros, our ambassador into Thrace, 
 Return'd from King Sitalkes ! 
 
 Enter Theoros and Thracian warriors. 
 
 THEOROS. 
 
 ERE AM I. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 More coxcombs call'd for I Here's another coming. 
 
 THEOROS. 
 
 We should not have remained so long in Thrace... 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 If you had not been overpaid I know you wouldn't. 
 
 THEOROS. 
 
 , but for the snow, which cover' d all the country. 
 
 And buried up the roads, and froze the rivers. 
 'Twas singular this change of weather happen'd 
 Just when Theognis here, our frosty poet, 
 Brought out his tragedy. — We past our time 
 In drinking with Sitalkes: He's your friend. 
 
 mmm 
 
 Mom 
 
 imim 
 
 mnwfi 
 
 (18) 
 
vfiSiv T epa<7Trj<; rjv aXrjOTj'i, uxne Kai 
 iv Toi(Ti TolyoL's eypa(j)', ^ A.d'qvaioi koKov. 
 6 B' vlo^, ov ^ A.6rivalov iireiTon^fLeOa, 
 ijpa (jjayeiv aXKavra'; ef 'AjiraTovpicov, 
 KoX Tov irarkp rjVTt^okei, fioTjOeiv Tjj "rrccTpa • 
 6 B' wfioffe airivBav ^orjdrjcreiv, e')((ov 
 CTpanav TocravTrjv oxtt A.dr}vacov<i epelv, 
 oaov TO j^prjfia Trapvoirav irpocrep-)(eTai. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI3. 
 
 KaKiffT airoXoLfirjv, et Tt tovtcov ireidofuii 
 0)v ptTra? evTavBol crv, irKrjp tSsv irapvoirmv. 
 
 SEnpos. 
 KoX vvv oirep luty^ipLwraTov ©paK&v edvoi 
 eTrefiyjrey vfilv, 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 TovTO fiev <y ijBr] cra<f)e<;. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 ol 0/ja/ce? iT€ Bevp', ov<; 0eci)/3o? ■ijyayev. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 TOVTL Ti iari to kukov ; 
 
 H5 
 
 ISO 
 
 iSS 
 
 0EnPO2. 
 
 'OBofidvTav o'TpaTO';. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 .iroicov 'OBofidvT(ov ; elire fioi, tovtI tI rjv ; 
 Tt? tS)v 'OBofiavTcov to •7reo<; airoTedpLaKev ; 
 
UkkiitmikUktkkkk 
 
 Tour friend and lover, if there ever was one, 
 
 And writes the name of Athens on his walls. 
 
 His son, your new-made fellow-citizen, 
 
 Had wish'd to have been enroU'd in proper form 
 
 At the Apaturian festival ; and meanwhile, 
 
 During his absence, earnestly desires 
 
 That the Apaturian sausages may be sent him. 
 
 He is urgent with his father to befriend 
 
 His newly-adopted countrymen ; and in fine 
 
 Sitalkes has been so far work'd upon, 
 
 He has sworn at last his solemn Thracian oath, 
 
 Standing before the sacrifice, to send 
 
 Such an army, he said, that all the Athenian people 
 
 Shall think that there's a flight of locusts coming. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Then hang me if I believe a word about it. 
 Except their being locusts ; that seems likely. 
 
 THEOROS. 
 
 And now he has sent some warriors from a tribe 
 The fiercest in all Thrace. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, come — that's fair. 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 The Thracians that came hither with Theoros ! 
 Let them come forward ! 
 
 [ Thracian warriors come forwards 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What the plague are these ? 
 
 THEOROS. 
 
 The Odomantian army. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 The Odomantians ? 
 Thracians ? and what has brought them here from Thrace ? 
 
 m«««««ui((^m 
 
 (20) 
 
i6o 
 
 >65 
 
 BEaPOS. 
 
 TOUTOt? idv Tt9 Svo Spay(jj,a<; fucrdov SiBS, 
 KaTaireXrda-ovTat rf/v BotwrtW o\ijv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 vTToaTevot, /iievrav 6 6paviTri<; Xetw?, 
 
 o-coo-tVoXt?. ol'/Lioi TaXa?, diroXKvfuii, 
 VTTO T&v 'OBofiavrcov ra cKopoSa iropBoiin^vo^. 
 oil Kara^cCKelre ra a-KopoK ; 
 
 eEnpos. 
 
 3) fio'xdrjpe av, 
 oi fir] irpba-eL tovtoktiv icTKopoBia-fievoi^ ; 
 
 AIKAlonOAIS. 
 Tavrl TrepieiSed' ol irpvrdvei,'; vdtr'^^^ovTa, /J,e 
 iv ry TrarpiSt xal ravd' inr avBpmv ^ap^dpav ; 
 aXV a/rraryopevo) fif/ iroielv eKKKrjaiav 
 rot? ®pa^l Trepl /jucrBov • Xiyoa B' v/uv on 
 BtO(7r)fiia VtI kuI pavXs 0e^rjKe fie. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 T0ti9 @paKa<! dirUvaL, irapelvai B' el<; evrjv. 
 
 01 yap irpvrdvei<! \vovat rrjv eKKXTfcriav. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 o'lfioi, Ta\a9, fiVTTcoTov ocrov dTrmXeaa. 
 dX)C ix A.aKeBaifiovo'! yap 'AfKpiOeo? 6BL 
 ')(a'ip , 'AfKJjidee. 
 
 AM*I0EOS. 
 
 fiTjTTQ) ye, TTpiv y av cttco rpevav 
 Bel yap fie <j)evyovT eK^vyelv 'A^apvea?. 
 
 170 
 
 175 
 
THEOROS. 
 
 There are a race of fellows, if you'd hire 'em, 
 Only at a couple of drachmas daily pay ; 
 With their light javelins, and their little bucklers, 
 They'd worry and skirmish over all Boiotia. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Two drachmas for those scarecrows ! and our seamen, 
 What would they say to it ? — left in arrears, 
 Poor fellows, that are our support and safeguard. 
 
 \_The Thracian warriors steal Dikaiopolis garlic. 
 Out, out upon it ! I'm a plundered man. 
 I'm robb'd and ruin'd here with the Odomantians. 
 They're seizing upon my garlic. 
 
 Oh, for shame, 
 Let the man's garlic alone. You shabby fellow, 
 You countryman, take care what you're about ; 
 Don't venture near them when they're primed with garlic. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 You Magistrates, have you the face to see it, 
 With your own eyes — your fellow-citizen 
 Here, in the city itself, robb'd by barbarians ? 
 
 But I forbid the assembly. There's a change 
 
 In the heaven ! I felt a drop of rain ! I'm witness ! 
 
 HERALD. 
 
 The Thracians must withdraw, to attend again 
 
 The first of the next month. The assembly is closed. 
 
 [^Exeunt all but Dikaiopolis. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Lord help me, what a luncheon have I lost ! 
 
 But there's Amphitheos coming back from Sparta. 
 
 Welcome Amphitheos ! \_Miter Amphitheos in haste. 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 I'm not welcome yet. 
 There are the Acharnians pursuing me ! 
 
 ililtliialilg|glalililalili!alil 
 
 f22J 
 
AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 TL o ea-Tiv ; 
 
 AM*I0EO2. 
 
 6761) fj^v Zevpo croi airovBa'; <})ep<ov 
 eairevZov • oi S' co<j-(^povTO vpea-^vrai Tive<i 
 'A')(apviKoi, a-TiiTTol yepovre';, irptvivoi, 
 arepafiove^, 'M.apa6aivofJ:dj(^ai, cr(J3evSd/J,vivoi,. 
 eireiT aveKparfov •jrdvrei;. Si /iiapooTaTe, 
 cnrovBa<; (ffipea, twv dfiTreKtav Ter/jiTffievcav ; 
 Ko-'i Tou? Tpi^covai ^vvekeyoirro t&v \i6wv' 
 67<w S* €<j>evyov ' ot S' iBicoKOv xa^otov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS- 
 
 01 B' oiv ^omvTWv ' dXXA ra? crirovBaii <pepei<i ; 
 
 AM*I0EO2. 
 
 676)76 <f)r]/jLi, rpLa 76 rawTi r^evfiara. 
 avTai, fiev elai •nrevrerei';. yevaai Xa^tov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 AM*I0EO3. 
 
 Tt iffTiv ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI5. 
 
 ovK apea-Kovffiv fi, on 
 o^ova-i •n-tTTT;? koI "TrapacTKevfjq ve&v. 
 
 AM*ieE02. 
 
 ail S" aX\a raa-Bl ra<; SeAceret? yeva-ai Xa^oiv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 o^ovai ■^atiTai Trpea-jSemv i<; Ta? 7roX6t9 
 o^vrarov, mcTTrep Bi,aTpi^ri<; t&v ^vp.p.a)(aiv. 
 
 180 
 
 185 
 
 190 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 (23) 
 
How so ! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 I was coming here to bring the Treaties, 
 
 But a parcel of old Acharnians smelt me out, 
 
 Case harden'd, old, inveterate, hardhanded 
 
 Veterans of Marathon, hearts of oak and iron, 
 
 Slingers and smiters. They bawl'd out and bellow'd : 
 "You dog, you villain ! now the vines are ruin'd, 
 "You're come with Treaties, are you? " Then they stopt, 
 
 Huddling up handfuls of great slinging stones 
 
 In the lappets of their cloaks, and I ran off, 
 
 And they came driving after me pell mell, 
 
 Roaring and shouting. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Ay, why let them roar ! You've brought the Treaties ? 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 Ay, three samples of 'em ; this here is a five years' growth, taste it and try. 
 AmpMtheos presents three samples of wine in turn to Bikaiopolis, as repre- 
 senting the different periods of peace, for five, ten and thirty years 
 respectively : Bikaiopolis rejects the first two and accepts the last. 
 Don't like it! bikaiopolis. 
 
 p, , AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Don't like it ; it won't do ; 
 There's an uncommon ugly twang of pitch, 
 A touch of naval armament about it. 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 Well, here's a ten years' growth, may suit you better. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No, neither of them. There's a sort of sourness 
 Here in this last, a taste of acid embassies, 
 And vapid allies turning to vinegar. 
 
 i!jiwiiijii!jiu)iii)iii)ni) 
 
 (24) 
 
AM*I0EO2. 
 
 aXX' avTad cnrovBal TpiaKovTovnBe<: 
 Kara yrjv re Koi 6dXaTTav. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 a> Aiovvaia, 195 
 
 avrai fih) oi^ovtr afi^poaia'; koX veKTapo<;, 
 Kol /Mf] '•jrcTJ}peIv alTL '^JJ,€p<OV rpLOlVr 
 Kov T<S aro/iaTi Xeyovcrt, ^alv oirq de\ei<;. 
 ravra'i Si^ofiai Koi a-TrevSo/JMi, KaKiriofiai, 
 ■Xaipeiv Kekevtov iroXKa Toii? ^Aj(^apvea<!- 200 
 
 iyob Be •jroXifiov KaX KaKMV airdXKa'yeh'i 
 a^a TO, Kar aypoix; eia-imv Aiovvcria. 
 
 AM*I0EOS. 
 
 iyo) Se <l)ev^ov/Mii ye tov? 'A.y^apvea'i. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 l/-^ p-yjHIAE Tra? cttov, Bloyxe, koI rov dvSpa irvvOdvov 
 Toiv oBoiiropcov aTrdvrcov ry TroXet yap a^iov 
 ^vWa^elv TOP dvBpa tovtov. aXXd /j.ol p,r]vv- 
 
 irare, 206 
 
 ei Tt? olB' OTTOC rerpaTTTai, yv? o ra? crTrovBd<; 
 
 (fiepaiv. 
 eKireipevy , 6tj(eTai <l)povBo<;. oLfwc TaXa<; twv 
 
 irav TMV ip,&v 210 
 
 ovK av iv ififj'; ye veorr^TO';, or iy<o <})ep<ov dv- 
 
 BpaKcov <f)OpTI,OP 
 
 rjKoKovOovv ^avXKtp Tpe')(mv, &Be ^auXw? av 6 
 
 arirovBo(j)6po'; ovto<; vtt ifiov Tore BccoKO/ievoi; 216 
 
muimmimmmmmmj, 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 But here's a truce of thirty years entire 
 Warranted sound. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Bacchus and the Bacchanals ! 
 This is your sort ! here's nectar and ambrosia ! 
 Here's nothing about providing three days' rations, 
 It says, " Do what you please, Go where you will." 
 I choose it, and adopt it, and embrace it, 
 For sacrifice and for my private drinking. 
 In spite of all the Acharnians, I'm determin'd 
 To remove out of the reach of wars and mischief, 
 And keep the feast of Bacchus in my house. 
 
 AMPHITHEOS. 
 
 And I'll run off to escape from those Acharnians. 
 
 [_JSzit Amphitheos. 
 Writer chorus in search of Dihaiopolis. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 In each nook and by each ci'ook come 
 
 follow up this jackanapes ; 
 Ask about, and search him out, for 
 
 our's the shame if he escapes. 
 If you can, show me the man, do ; 
 
 for I cannot understand 
 Where he went so impudently 
 
 bringing truces through the land. 
 We're astray ; he's stole away ; ah ! 
 
 this it is to carry age ! 
 Never would it, never should it 
 
 so have happened, I engage. 
 In the time when in my prime, and 
 
 caring not about my pace, 
 With a sack upon my back, I 
 
 dared Phayllos to the race. 
 
 fififfffrffffffffififimifififiB 
 
 (26) 
 

 i^e(f>vyev ovS" av eXa^/aw? av direTrXc^aTo. 
 
 vvv S" iireLBrj trreppov ^Brj roiifiov avTiKvr)/j,iov 
 
 Kol -iraXaia AaKpaTeiSy to crKe\o<; fiapiiverai, 220 
 
 oiy(erai. Si(okt£o<; Be' fir) yap iy^avoi ttotc 
 
 fitjSi irep yepovTa<; 6vTa<; eK^vycav ^A')(apvea<;. 
 
 o<ni<;. Si Zev irdrep /cal Oeoi, rolcriv e^dpoia-iv 
 
 ecnreiaaTO, 225 
 
 ota-c Trap' efiov •jroKejiO'; i^doBoTro^ av^erat tSjv 
 
 ifimv yfcplmv • 
 KOVK dvija-o) irpiv av (T'xplvo'i avroiaiv avTefi-Trayoa 230 
 o^D?, obvvrjpo^, '^ ^ ^ ^ eTTiKCOTTO';, iva 
 fiT^TTOTe rraTOKTiv ert rot? e/ia? dfnreXov^. 
 dWd Bei ^rjreiv top avBpa Kal pKiireiv ^aXKrjvaZe 
 Kol BimKeiv yrjv trpo 7^9, ew? dv evpeOfj ttotc* 235 
 
 ft)9 iyo) ySaWtoj/ eKelvov ovk av efiirKrip.'qv \l0oi<;. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ev<j>'r]fJ^LTe, eiitjirj/jLeiTe. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEflN. 
 
 <Tiya 7rd<;. r]KovaaT, dvBpev, dpa Trj(; ev<f>Tjfjii,a<; ; 
 ovTO<; auTo? iartv ov ^ijTovfiev, dXKd Bevpo Tra? 
 ixTToBav • dvaaiv yap dvrjp, a><: eocK , ef e/a^^erat. 240 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI5. 
 
 €V<f)'r}fi€tT€, eixfyrjfielTe. 
 
 TTpoid' e? TO irp6<r0ev oXlyov r] Kavq^opo^ • 
 
 ^ ill W: Ik * * * 
 
 KardOov to Kavovv, <o dvyaTep, iv airap^tufjieBa, 
 
 \mmmmr^mmmm 
 
 (27) 
 
Now my thigh is shrunk and dry, and I am stiff about the knees ; 
 So the fellow thinks to tell how he can beat Lakrateides. 
 Vain the brag ; we will not flag, or lose the credit of our town ; 
 Though we're old, I will be bold that we will hunt the rascal down. 
 Zeus's nods, and all the Gods ! he's made a treaty with the foes 
 Whom I feel a growing zeal to hammer with redoubled blows. 
 Let them go, eh ? will I ? no, a rush will pierce them to the heart ; 
 Going right in, sharp and biting, they shall wriggle with the smart. 
 Such a lesson I'll impress on those who come with such designs 
 To do harm upon my farm and cut and trample down the vines. 
 On his track ; and never slack until this rogue we've safely got. 
 Haply he may barely be a stone's-throw from this very spot. 
 As to throwing, there's no knowing when I shall have had my fill. 
 
 Enter Dikaiopolis, in procession with his wife and daughter, and their female 
 
 attendants and male slaves, in order to perform the simple 
 
 sacrifice to Bacchus. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Keep ye silence, keep ye silence. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Hush ! ye heard the mystic word 
 
 repressing every sound of ill. 
 
 He was speaking, whom we're seeking ; 
 
 and it seems some holy rite 
 
 Is enacting ; so retracting 
 
 let us not come into sight. 
 
 [The chorus retire. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Keep ye silence, keep ye silence. 
 A little onward basket bearer. 
 
 ******** 
 
 Now put down the basket, girl, and so let us begin it. 
 
 m)C*xmm>emm 
 
 (28) 
 
i^iPi^SEiiei^i^^l 
 
 ©rrATHP. 
 MHTEP, avdBo': Bevpo Tr)v ervrjpvaiv, 
 IV ervot; Karayeoi TovXaTrjpo'i tovtovi. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 «at fiijv KoXov 7' e<TT ■ 3) ^lovvae heairoTa, 
 Keyapiafievco^ croi rtjvBe ttjv •rro/j.Trrjv efie 
 "TrefiijravTa xal Ovaavra jxera rav oiKer&v 
 ayayelv Tvyr]p5)<; ra kwt ar/povi ^lovvtria, 
 cnpaTiat wjraXKa')(6kvTa • ra? (nrovSa<; Se /J^oi 
 /caXws ^vveveyKelv ra? TpiaKovrovTiBaif. 
 dy, a) Ovyarep, OTTtfl? to kuvovp koS/tj KoKati; 
 6icrei<;, ^enrovaa 6vfi^po(j>dyov. to? /j,aKdpio<; 
 'oaTKi a oirvaei. ***** 
 
 Trpo^aive, kov Toy)(X(p <f)v\dTT€<rdai (r^oBpa 
 lir) Ti'; Xadoov crov TrepiTpdyji ra 'xpva-ia. 
 
 245 
 
 250 
 
 255 
 
 iyo) B' aKoKovBoiv acroixai to <paWiKov 
 
 260 
 
 4>a\^9, eTolpe ^aK')(lov, 
 ^vyKa>/i€, vvKTOTrepiirXdvrj- 
 T6, fjbof^e, iraiBepacTTd, 
 eKTU) <T eVet Trpocreiirov e? 
 Tov Brj/j,ov eXdiov aa-fjL€vo<;, 
 a-TTOvBa^ TTOirjadfievo'; efiav- 
 Tc5, irpaypLaTuiv re koI p.a-^Siv 
 
 TTpdfia. 
 
 265 
 
 (29) 
 
± 
 
 sfeT^f* 
 
 DAUGHTER. 
 
 Then mother, let me have the ladle here to take 
 Some porridge from the pot to put upon the cake. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS, 
 
 Lord Bacchus ! it is well that now from service free, 
 
 I with my family should celebrate to thee 
 
 The service in the fields. Oh, prosper to our use 
 
 For me, and all of mine, these thirty years of truce ! 
 
 Fair daughter, fairly bear the basket, and be sure 
 
 That those who see may say, " She's steady and demure," 
 
 And when you get among the crowd, pray have a care 
 
 That nobody shall filch the ornaments you wear. 
 
 Now I will sing the hymn ; 
 
 T* *?* 'P T* "T* 'J^ 
 
 Proceed. 
 
 The Bionysiac Hymn. 
 
 Phales, lover of delight, 
 Phales, roamer of the night. 
 Haunting Bacchus as his friend. 
 At these weary six years' end. 
 Gladly do I chant to thee. 
 Gladly I my borough greet ; 
 I have had the hap to treat ; 
 Wars no more shall trouble us, 
 
KoX Aafidxa^v avaWayeii;- 270 
 
 TToXXoS jdp ea-6' {jBiov, 5) ^a\r]<; <I>aX^?, 
 
 KkeiTTOVcrav evpovff" mpiKrjv vXr]^opov, 
 
 rr)v %Tpv/ioBo)pov ©parrav e« tov ^eXXeeo 
 
 fjjearjv \a^6vT, apavra, Kara- 
 
 ^aXovTa KaTo^i^apTicrai. 275 
 
 iav lies' r)[iS)v ^vfiirlri';, e« KpanraKr]'; 
 
 eaOev elpijinji po^rjaei'i Tpvj3\iov • 
 
 7/ S' dcTTrl'i iv T(S (peylraXcp Kpe/XTjcreTai. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEriN. 
 
 owTO? avTO's eariv, ovto^. 2S0 
 
 ySaXXe 0aXke ^aXXe fiaXXe, 
 irate ira,'; top fiiapov. 
 oil ySaXet?, ov ^aXeit ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 'Hpa/eXei?, tovtI tL ia-n ; ttjv ^vrpav <rvvTpCi^eTe. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEflN. 
 
 ere fi^v ovv KaTaXeiKTOH^v, S> fiiapa K€<f)aX'tj. 285 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 avTi ■Koia'i alTia<;, Si-xjapvecDv 'yepairaroi ;, 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEflN. 
 
 tout' epoora'i ; avav<Ty(yvTO's et koI ^BeXvpo<;, 
 
 & TrpoSora t^? iraTplhot;, otrrif; tjfjbSjv iiovo<; 290 
 
 trireia-dfJ-evo'; elra hvvacrat, irpix; e/x' airo^XeTreiv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 dvrl S' &v €<T7reia-dfir]v aKovcraT , alOC aKovaare. 
 
 (30 
 
SSSSS2SSSSS 
 
 Politics, nor Lamachos. 
 
 All is past and I am free. 
 Drink with us, and in the morning 
 
 Draughts of Peace shall cool your tongue ; 
 Then my buckler, service scorning, 
 
 In the chimney shall be hung. 
 
 CHOKUS. 
 
 'Tis the very rogue at last ! 
 
 At him ; hit him ; knock him down ; 
 All together, straight and fast, 
 {Rush forward to pelt Dikaiopolis with stones.) 
 Volley him from shin to crown. 
 
 [^Exeunt all hut Dikaiopolis. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Hercules ! but what is this ? 
 
 You will crack the holy jar. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 You at least we shall not miss, 
 
 dirty rascal as you are. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Wherefore ! tell me what's the matter, 
 
 Ancients of Achamai borough ? 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Shameless fellow, dare you chatter ? 
 
 scoundrel utter, rank and thorough. 
 When you've made a truce, you traitor, 
 
 and your guilt is very plain, 
 Can you dare to stand and prate, or 
 
 look me in the face again ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Hear me : for you do not know 
 
 why I made that truce alone, sir. 
 
 M I I I I I I I I I I I 
 
 (32) 
 

 X0P02 AXAPNE.ON. 
 
 aov y aKovacDfiev ; aTroXei • Kara ce ^totro/tej' toZ? 
 
 \i6oi<;. 29s 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 firjBafiaji;, Trplv av 7' aKovcrr]T • aW' avaaj(ea6' , 
 Siyadol. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEflN. 
 
 ovK avcuryrjaofMU • fujSe Xeye fioi ai) \6yov • 
 
 <B9 fiefiiaTjKd ae KXicovo^ ert, /iaXXoi/, bv 300 
 
 /carare/j^ Tolaiv iTnrevai KaTTvfiara. 
 
 aov S' eyoi \6yov<; \eyovTO<; ovk aKOvao/xai fiaKpov^, 
 
 bcTTii ecnreiao) AaKcocrtv, aXKa Ti/Moprja-ofiai. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 coyaOoi, toik; fiiv Ad.Kcova'; eKTroSaiv edcrare, 
 r&v S" ifiSiv CTTOvBav dKovaaT, el KaXa)<; iavei- 
 adfiTjv. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEIIN. 
 
 7r«!)9 oe y av /caX&i? \€yoi<; dv, elirep iairelao) 7' dira^ 
 olaiv ovTe j3a)fji.b<; oine •jriari<; ovd' opxo^ fievei, ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 olK iya> KoX tov<; Adiccova<;, ol<; ayav iyKelfieOa, 
 
 ovy(^ d-jrdvToov ovraf r/filv airiov; tS>v Trpayfidrav. 310 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEfiN. 
 
 ov')(^ dTrdvTQ)v, S) iravovpye ; ravra Br) ToXfj.a<; \eyecv 
 e/i(j)av(o<; tiSt) ■jrp6<; r/fjid^ ; elT iyd) aov (jteiaofiai, ; 
 
 305 
 
CHORUS. 
 
 Hear you ? Hang you ! never ! Go, we will bury you with stones, sir. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Wait until you understand, worthy fellows, I beseech. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 No, I will not hold my hand ; 
 
 do not think to make a speech, 
 For I hate you altogether 
 
 more than I do Kleon, whose 
 Hide I mean to turn to leather 
 
 which shall find the Knights in shoes. 
 Do not think to make excuses ; 
 
 it were only waste of breath. 
 With the Spartans you have truces, 
 
 therefore you shall die the death. 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 Put the Spartans out of question ; take it in its proper light ; 
 Only hear a slight suggestion ; you will say that I was right. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 You were right indeed ! when you 
 
 ventured upon entertaining 
 Commerce with a people who 
 
 have no faith nor truth remaining. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Spartans — ^yes, no doubt — are double- 
 minded fellows ; all the same, 
 
 Though we hate them, for our trouble 
 
 they are not alone to blame. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Not alone to blame ? and dare you 
 
 say so much before my face 
 
 And suppose that I will spare you, 
 
 speaking out your own disgrace ? 
 
 (34) 
 
\i«««i<«««i<ma 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ovv aTrdvTcov oi^ airdvTav • a)OJ e<ya} \eycov 681 
 TToW' av d'iro<f)i]vaifi e/cetVou? Icr^' a KaSiKovfjLevov<;. 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEflN. 
 
 TOVTO Toi/TTO? Beivov ■IjBi] Kot Tapa^iKapSiov, 
 
 el ail To\iJ,ij(r€i<; virep t&v "rrdkeiiioav tj/jlIv Xeyetv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 K&u ye fit} Xe^co hiicaia, fiySe Te3 irKrjOet, Bokm, 
 vvep iiri^vov OeK'qo'ca rrjv Ke^dXr/v e^^tov Xeyeiv. 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEIiN. 
 
 €t7re fioi, Tt (f>eiB6fj,e(r0a tS>v \ldcov, w Srjfiorai, 
 firi oil Kara^aivecv rov dvBpa rovrov e? ^oiviKtBa ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI5. 
 
 .olo<; av fieXa^ Tt? iifjuv OvfuiXcoiJr ive^ecrev. 
 oiiK dK0V<Te<r6' oiiK dKOvaeaS' ereoii, &y(apvr]iBai ; 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEGN. 
 
 oiiK dicov<r6fj,eada S^ra. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAU. 
 
 Becvd rdpa ireLaofiai. 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEilN. 
 
 i^o\oifiT)v, 'fjv cLKovato. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 fi7)Bap.5iii., Si')(apviKot 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEflN. 
 
 ft)9 Tedvq^av Xcrdi vvvi. 
 
 31S 
 
 320 
 
 miffiiiiiimifflrfilifflfii 
 
 (35) 
 
M^piliMiPBliM 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Not to blame for all I say. 
 
 I could show from the beginning 
 Certain matters in which thej 
 
 were more sinned against than sinning. 
 
 CHOKUS. 
 
 This is truly past endurance ! 
 
 and our temper overflows 
 When we see such cool assurance ; 
 
 you are pleading for our foes. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I will plead my cause and get 
 
 verdict in my favor on it ; 
 Let a chopping-block be set ; 
 
 I will stake my head upon it. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Fellow burghers, tell me why 
 
 we should longer spare the varlet ? 
 We have stones ; so let them fly; 
 
 dress the fellow up in scarlet. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What a sudden flame and "smother 
 
 from a black and sleeping brand ! 
 Wont you listen to a brother, 
 
 worthy sons of charcoal-land ? 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Cease so vain a hope to cherish. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. V -11 il • • 
 
 xou will greatly injure us. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 If I listen may I perish. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Neighbors, do not answer thus. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Know that you are going to die ? 
 
AIKAIOnOAIX 
 
 Zrj^ofJb ap v/J,a<; eycii. 325 
 
 avTairoKTevS) yap vfuv r&v <})l\eov tou? ^iXtotov; • 
 ax; e'xco 7' vfMav 6/ii^pov^, ou? a-Koat^d^as Xa^mv. 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEiiN. 
 
 €t7re fioi, tL tout' direCKel toutto?, avhpe<i Stj/jlotcu, 
 
 Toi<; ^ Aj(apvi,Koiai,v rijuv ; fiwv e^ei rov traiZiov 
 
 T&v "TrapovTfov evBov e'ip^a<; ; tj ttI rm BpaavveTai, ; 330 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 fidWer, el fiovX£a-$\ iyo) yap Tovrovl Zia^OepSs. 
 eiaoiJMt S" vfi&v Ttij^ 0(tti<; avBpdicmv ti KijSeTai. 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEflN. 
 
 to? direoXofieffB'. 6 \dpKO<; Brj/iOTTji; 6S ear lp.o<i. 
 oKKa fM] Spdayi; o fieXXeti} • firjBafUiH, & /irfSaficS';. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 tt>S airoKTevm • KeKpa')(jS' ' eym yap ovk aKOvtrofuu. 335 
 
 XOPO5 AXAPNECN. 
 
 a7ro\et9 ap' ofitjXcKa rovSe <f>iXavdpaKea ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ovh' ifiov Xeyovro<; v/ieii; dprLay^ rjKovaaTe. 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEHN. 
 
 aWa vvvX Xey', el rot SoKel aoi, to Aa«e- 
 
 Bai/ioviov avff ora to3 rpoirm aovarX <f>tXov ' 
 
 tos roBe TO XapKiBiov ov trpoBaxra ttotL 340 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Toil? XiBov; vvv fioi j(^a/jLd^e TrpwTov i^epdaaTe. 
 
 mntiTffffffiffffUfitmTiml 
 
 (37) 
 
ukUiUUmtiikdi 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Then will I strike through and through you. 
 I will slaughter in reply 
 
 those whom you hold dearest to you — 
 Whom I have as hostages. [JSxit Dikaiopolis. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 What's the meaning of the man's 
 Threatening ? I cannot guess ; 
 Can you say, Acharnians? 
 Has he any son or daughter 
 
 of this company in hold 
 Whom he says that he will slaughter ? 
 
 What can make the man so bold ? 
 Dikaiopolis re-enters with a charcoal basket, which he threatens to stab. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Now then, if you like it, throw — I will riddle this with holes 
 Till it's dead ; and I shall know who has any care for coals ! 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 'Tis our brother burgess ! yes ! we are ruined ! hear us ask it, 
 Wring us not with this distress ; do not — do not hurt the basket. 
 
 DIKAIOPOIIS. 
 It must go ; I care not whether you may wring your hands and cry. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 We have lived and loved together, Charcoal ; no, it must not die. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 When I begged a word but now, you stiffly, utterly declined. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Aye, but now we will allow you ; say just what you have a mind. 
 If indeed you are intent on your Spartan friendship, say it. 
 As for that sweet innocent ; no, I never will betray it. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Throw away the stones. 
 
 Hi-iffiiiMiiiiiiim 
 
 (38) 
 
mmxmmxtxmm 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEflN. 
 
 ovTOil croi ■ya^iat, koX <tv Karijdov iraXiv jo ^i^o<s. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI5. 
 
 aX)C OTTCOi fir] 'i/ roi<i rpl/Baa-iv iyKaOTjvTai ttov \l6oi. 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEflN. 
 
 ixcricreicrTai ^a/xaf . ov'^ opa<; aeiofievov ; 
 
 ciXka, fMij fioi •7rpo<f)acnv, dWA Karadov to ^ek6<;. 345 
 
 0)9 oSe fye creto-ros afui Ty <rTpo(f)y yiyverai. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 i/MeXKer ap a-7ravTe<; dvacreieiv fioijv, 
 oXlyov r dirWavov avOpaKeg Hapvijcnoi, 
 KoL ravra Bia ttjv dtOTriav toSv Br)fji,OTcSv. 
 virb Tov Seous Be Tfj<; /uiplXTjg fioi av^vrjv 350 
 
 d \dpKo<; eveTlXrjcrev mavep a-rjviq.. 
 Beivov yap oiircof ofx<f>aKuav irei^vKevai, 
 TOV dvjxov dvBpcSv tucrre fidXKeiv Kal ^odv 
 idekeiv T aKova-ai firjSev lctov tcrco <j)ep$v, 
 ijjLOV 6eXovTO<; virep eTrt^ijvov Xeyeiv 355 
 
 virep AaxeBaifiovccov d-jravG" oa dv \iyQ) • 
 KaiTOU (piXw ye ttjv ipJrjv -yjrv^rjv eyio. 
 X0P02 AXAPNEDN. 
 
 tI ovv OX) \iyei,<s iirL^rjvov i^eveyxav Ovpa^' 
 
 Tt ttot', w a-)(eTXie, to fiiya tovt ej(^ei<! ; 360 
 
 Trdvv yap efieye •troOo'i 6 ti <f>povel<; e%et. 
 
 dXK' yTrep avTO<s ttjv BIktjv Sifoplcro}, 
 
 del'; Bevpo tovttI^tjvov ey^eipei Xeyeiv. 3^5 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 IBov 6eaaai, to jiev im^rjvov toBI, 
 
 (39) 
 

 CHORUS. 
 
 'Tis done ; 
 Put you too the sword away. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Are you sure that you have none ? 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Let me shake my apron : nay, 
 
 do not cheat me with a smile ; 
 
 Fairly put aside the steel 
 
 for I shook my mantle while 
 
 I was turning on my heel. 
 
 [^Lays aside the basket and sword. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 So, you at last could cease your clamor ! what a fate 
 Hung over Charcoal when you were so obstinate ! 
 See, like a cuttle-fish retreating in its fear, 
 The basket clouds me in a coal-dust atmosphere. 
 'Tis sad to see a man indulge a temper like 
 Sour grapes, and always want to clamor and to strike 
 Before he hears the other side. But I was willing 
 To lay my head upon a chopping-block for killing, 
 While showing how the Spartan trouble had begun ; 
 And yet I love my life as well as anyone. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 Why then, unpack your precious burden for display : 
 For I should like to hear what you have got to say — 
 Agreed that at your proper peril you must win. 
 So let the chopping-block be brought and then begin. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. {Brings out a chopping-lloek.) 
 So be it. Here's the block ; and I that am to plead. 
 
B' avr)p 6 Xe^cov ovToal rvvvovroa-L 
 
 afieKei fia top At ovk ivaaTriBcoaofMii, 
 
 Xi^o) S' inrep AaxeBacfiov i(ov a fwi BoKeX. 
 
 KaiToi BeBoiKa ttoWo. • T01/9 re yap Tpoirovi 370 
 
 Toi"? T&Ji" wypoiKmv olBa ^alpovTa<; a'<j>6Bpa 
 
 idv Ti? aiiTovi evKoyf} koX rrjv ttoKlv 
 
 avrjp aXa^ccv Kai oiKaia KooiKa • 
 
 KavravQa \av6dvov<T aTrefiiroXtofievoi • 
 
 Tc5i» t' av yepovTCOv oiBa ra? yfrv^a^ on 375 
 
 ovBh> pKeirovaiv aXKo irXijv -^rjtfxp Baxelv, 
 
 avTot T ifiavrov vtto K\es»i/os a/TraOov 
 
 iiriaraiMai, Bia ttjv Trepvcn KeofiaBiav. 
 
 el<reXKV(Ta<! yap p,' et? to ^ovXevrijpiov 
 
 Bie^aXXe xal ■\}revB'!j KareyXcoTTC^e fiov 380 
 
 KaKVKXo/Sopet KcnrXwev, (txrr oXi'yov irdvv 
 
 uTrcaXop,Tjv p^oXvvoTrpayp.ovovp.evo';. 
 
 vvv ovv fie TrpcSrov irp\v Xiyeiv idaare 
 
 evffKevdxraaOai p! olov dffXimraTov. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 ri ravra crrpe^et re^x^vd^eK; re koI Tropi^ei^ Tpi0dt; ; 385 
 XaySe S' ip,ov y eveKa trap 'lepavvpov 
 
 a-KOToBacrvTTVKvoTpt'x^d ruv "AlBo^ kvv^v • 390 
 
 eiT i^dvoiye p.rj'yava'; ra? ^iav<pov, 
 mi a-Krj\jnv, dywv o5to? ovk ela-Be^erat. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 apa 'cTTiv apa p,ot Kaprepav ijrv^^rjv Xa^elv, 
 ■ - k'ai /lot ^aBiare icrriv &)? EvpnrlBtjv. 
 iral -jral. 
 
 (41) 
 
Am but a nobody. What matter ? and indeed 
 I throw my shield away. I'll speak just what I think 
 About the Spartans ; Yet I feel disposed to shrink. 
 I know so well the men who come in from their farms ; 
 How easily a cunning lying coxcomb charms 
 Their ears by telling them that they are "honest," "bold," 
 " Shrew'd fellows," too. 'Tis so the dupes are sold. 
 I know the humors of your ancients, too. They like 
 Nothing so much as giving judgments that will strike. 
 I know how much, myself, I suffered from the clutch 
 Of Kleon, whom last year my Play was thought to touch. 
 He dragged me in with slanders, lied me through the Court ; 
 He roared, he blustered, licked and rinsed me out ; in short 
 The wonder is that any of my being lingers 
 After such busy mauling by his dirty fingers. 
 And so, before beginning, let me change my dress, 
 That I may move some pity for my squalidnessV 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Why do you try these tricks ? But get, for aught I care, 
 Jerome's invisible pitch-darkness cap of hair. 
 Get Sisyphos's shifts ; but all in vain you try, 
 It will not be allowed to put this trial by. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Now for a daring stroke ; for I am ill at ease ! 
 So I will make a call upon Euripides. 
 Ho, slave. 
 
 [^Calh at the door of Ihiripides' house. 
 
 (42) 
 
i^r* 
 
 KH*I20*nN. 
 Tt9 OVTO'i ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIZ. 
 
 ev^ov ea-T EvpnriBr)<; ; 
 
 KH*I20*ON. 
 
 oiiK evSov evBov iartv, el yvdj/xrjv e%et?. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 TTWS evBov, eiT ovk evSov ; 
 
 KH*I50*nN. 
 
 op6o}'s, & <yipov. 
 6 vov's fj^v ef 6) ^vXXeymv iirvKKia 
 OVK evBov, avTo<; B' evBov avajSdBrjv Troiet 
 TpwywBiav. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 CO TpuTfiaKapi EvpiiriBi), 
 06 o BovXo<; ovTcocrl ao<j>a)<; viroKplveToc, 
 eKKoKeaov airov. 
 
 KH*I50*nN. 
 
 aW' aBiivaTOv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 aXK ofJ,to<;. 
 
 ov <yap av cnreXOoifi , oKSm, KO^jra rrjv Ovpav. 
 
 EvpnrCBr], EiipnriBuiv, 
 
 viraKovcrov, eiirep ttwttot' avOpwirav tlvL' 
 
 dkiKaiOTToXii; KoXei ae XoXXetSjy?, iym. 
 
 "Aw' ov a-y^oXi]. 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 
 395 
 
 400 
 
 40s 
 
 (43) 
 
Enter Euripides' slave, 
 
 KBPHISOPHON. 
 
 Who's there ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Pray is Euripides ■within ? 
 
 KBPHISOPHON. 
 
 Within and not within, if you can take that in. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Within and not within, how's that ? 
 
 KBPHISOPHON. 
 
 'Tis true, old man, 
 
 His wits are not within, but gathering where they can 
 
 Word delicacies ; but his body is upstairs 
 
 Writing a tragedy. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Thrice blest in his affairs, 
 Who has a slave can answer with such subtle wit. 
 But call him out. 
 
 KBPHISOPHON. 
 
 I cannot. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I insist upon it. 
 (Slave disappears, when the scene opens disclosing interior of 
 Euripides' house.) 
 I will not go away. Nay, I'll beat down the door. 
 " Euripides," my dearest " Eippy " — I implore, 
 If ever prayer from man did favorably reach you. 
 I, Dikaiopolis of ChoUeidai, beseech you. 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 I have no leisure. 
 
 JJJJJJJJJJJJJa 
 
 (44) 
 
lUJUMUlUMUMUlUMMiMI 
 
 t25 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 aW' eKKVK\^6'r]T , 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 
 aW' oBvvaTov, 
 
 AIKAlOnOAIS. 
 
 a\X' ofiw;. 
 
 ETPiniAH3. 
 
 a\X' etcKVKXrjaofJLai, • KUTafiaLpecv S' ou cry^^oXrj. 
 
 AIKAlOnOAK. 
 
 'EiVpiirlhrj, 
 
 ETPiniAHX 
 
 Tt XeXa^a? ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIX 
 
 ava^aZrjv voieii, 410 
 €^01/ Kara^dSrjv ; ouk cto? j^taXoii? Troiet?. 
 axAp Tt ra pa/et' 6« Tpwymhiat e'xei'i, 
 iaOfiT iXeeivijv ; ovk e'ro? tttw^^ov? iroieii. 
 aX)C avri^oKm tt/jo? twi/ yovartov <r, ^vpnnSr], 
 So? /tot poLKiov Tt Tou TTaXatoO BpdfiaTO<i. 415 
 
 Set 7ap /te Xe^at tc5 J(;opa) prjaiv (laKpdv • 
 avrrj Se ddvarov, rjv KaKW Xe^co, <f>epei, 
 
 ETPiniAH5. 
 
 Ta TTOta rpv'^r) ; p.5sv iv ol? Otveu? oSi 
 o Sv<T7roT/J,o<i yepaioi ^ycovl^ero ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAU. 
 
 ov« Otveto? ?;i/, dW 6t ddXicoTepov, 420 
 
 ETPmiAH2. 
 Ta TOU TV<j>X0V ^OlVlKO'i ; 
 
 li««.<«««««^!^^ 
 
 (45) 
 
DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Pray you ; let them wheel you out. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Impossible. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Nay, nay, 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Then twirl the turnabout. 
 I am too busy to descend. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Euripides. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 What sayest thou ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Aloft you make your tragedies. 
 When on the earth below you might have done the same. 
 No wonder that your characters are often lame ; 
 But why have you collected all those ragged clothes ? 
 As "pity properties" for beggars I suppose? 
 But, dear Euripides, give me to my relief 
 From some old tragedy, a proper rag for grief. 
 Eor I before the Chorus have to plead my tale, 
 And nothing short of death awaits me if I fail. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 What sort of rags will suit you ? those I have in store 
 Which Oineus in his age and evil fortune wore ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Not those of Oineus ; no. There were some to my mind 
 more wretched still. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 
 What, those of Phoinix that was blind ? 
 
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AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ov ^oiviKO'i, ov, 
 d\X' erepo^ r)v ^olviKOS affXioyrepo'!. 
 
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 •jToia? "Koff avrjp "kaKiBa? alreiTai, ireifKcov ; 
 oW' ?i ^tXoKrrjTov TO, tov inaj^pv Xiyei^ ; 
 
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 ovK, aXka TOVTOV ttoXv "jroXii irreo-^ia-Tepov. 425 
 
 EYPiniAHS. 
 
 aW' •Jj ra BvaTrivrj 6e\6t<i -TreirXm/iaTa 
 a BeWepo^oj/TT;? et^' o ^coXo? ovroal; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 oil ^eXKepo^ovTrji • dXXa KaKeivo^ fiev ?iv 
 ')(0)K6<i, irpoaatr&v, <rTWfw\o'?, Seivo'i Xeyeti/. 
 
 ETPiniAH2. , 
 
 oiB' dvBpa, Mvcrov TiyXe^oi/. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 val TjjXe^ov • 430 
 
 TOVTOV So? avTi^oXCi <re ^ot to, airdp'yava. 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 
 m iral. So? avTS TrfKe^ov paKcafuiTa. 
 KeiTui S' dvcoOev roiv ^veareicov paKwv, 
 fisTa^v TO)v 'Ivov?. t'Soii TavTi Xa^i. 
 
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 Not Phoinix ; no. A mucli more wretched man than he. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 What does the man require ? What tatters can they be ? 
 Eh ! was it Philoktetes as a beggar seen ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 More beggarly by far the things were that I mean. 
 EUKIPIDES. 
 
 You mean perhaps the garment which the man had on 
 Who acted in the part of lame Bellerophon ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No, not Bellerophon. Though he indeed was lame, 
 
 And begged and mouthed and chattered without stint or shame- 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 I know the man, the Mysian Telephos ? 
 DIKAIOPOLIS 
 
 Ah, yes. 
 Give me the things that stood for Telephos's dress. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Slave, let him have the shreds ; they lie between the bags 
 Of Ino and Thyestes. Here, man, take the rags. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Oh, Jupiter, whose eye can look through everywhere, 
 
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evaKevaaacrOai fi olov a6Xio)Tarov. 
 
 ^vpiTTiSr}, 'ireiSjjTrep e-)(a,pia<i) raSi, 
 
 Kaicelva fioi So? rd/coXovda rwv puKtov, 
 
 TO TTiKihiov Trepl ttjv Ke<f>a\r)v to Muo'toi'. 
 
 Sel yap fie So^ai trrco^ov elvai njfiepov, 440 
 
 elpai fiev wcnrep el/il, ^aiveaOat Be fi'q.' 
 
 Tov^ /lev Oeara^ elBevai, fi 01 eifi eyco, 
 
 Tous S' ail yopevraf rpudlovi irapea-rdvai, 
 
 OTTO)? av aiiTOv'i prj/iarioil a-Klfid\i<7co. 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 Bcoarm ' irvKvfj yap XeTrra firj^ava <f)p6vi,. 445 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 eiiBaifiovol7}s, 'TTiXe<f>y B' dyot <j)povfi!>. 
 e5 7' " otov t]Bt) pTj/iarifov ifi-Trl/itrXafuu. 
 drap Beofiai ye tttw^ikov ^aKTijpLov, 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 
 TOUTt Xafitbv aireXOe Xatvcov <rra6,jM&v. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 (o dvfx , opa<f yap to? dTrco0ovfJ.ai Bo/icov, 450 
 
 "iraiXXcov Beofievo'i aKevapicov • vvv Brj yevov 
 y\i<T')(po<; irpocraiTaiv XnrapcSv t. lEiVpiTriBj}, 
 B6<; /Jboi a-irvplZiov BiaiceKavfievov Xtiy^vo). 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 
 Tt S' (o TdXa<i <Te tovB' e'^et 7rKeKov<i ypeoi j 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 'Xpeo'i fiev ovBev, fiovXofiai B' ofuo? Xa^eiv, 455 
 
Most pitiable be the raiment that I bear. 
 Euripides, since you have kindly spared me these, 
 Pray let me be complete ; so give me, if you please. 
 The Mysian felt upon my head ; " for I to-day 
 A very beggar's part must undertake to play ; 
 To be just what I am, but other seem to be," 
 So that the audience may perfectly know me, 
 While I shall circumvent with subtle-worded art 
 The muddled wits of those who play the chorus' part. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Take it, you have a head nice matters to discuss. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 " God speed you and my heart's desire to Telephos." 
 Bravo ! I feel the phrases coming on me thick. 
 But ah ! to fit me out. I want a beggar's stick. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 Then take this one and quit the " stone compacted port." 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 " Soul, seest thou how I am driven from the court" 
 Half furnished for my needs ? Now should I urge my pleas ; 
 Stick close and be exacting. So, Euripides, 
 Give me a basket which a candle has burnt through. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 How can the wicker be of any use to you ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 'Tis not of any use ; but yet I choose to ask it. 
 
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 evBaifiovoL7)<;, mcnrep r] fi'^TTjp irore. 
 
 EYPiniAHS. 
 
 onrekOe vvv iioi. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIZ. 
 
 fjLoXKd fioi Bot ev fiovov 
 KOTvXiaKiov TO jfeTKof; dvoKeKpovfievov. 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 
 ^deipov Xa^oav roS' • iaOi S' oj^Xijpo? av Bofiof;. 460 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ovireo fJM At oiao ol avTO<; epya^ei Kaica. 
 aiOC , 5} 7Xu«VTaT' ^vpnriBrj, rovri fiovov, 
 So? fioc yvTplZiov (nro^L^ ^e^vaiiAvov^ 
 
 ETPiniAHS. " 
 
 dvOpeoTT, d(j)ai,p'^cr€i, fie Trjv rpayaSlav. 
 dveXOe ravTTjvl Xa/Stov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 airep')(pfuu. 465 
 
 KMTOi rl Bpdcro) ; . Bel yap evot, ov /jlt) rvy^oDv 
 d7ro\a)\'. aKovaov, & yXvKVTaT ^vpnriBr} • 
 tovtI Xa0cov uTreifxi Koii irpocrei/J, en • 
 et9 TO crirvpLBcov ia-)(yd fioi (fjvWeia S09. 
 
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 aTToXet? fi. IBov aoi, tjipovBd fioi rd Bpaftara. 4^0 
 
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 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Go, you are troublesome : content you with the basket. 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Bless you, as your good mother blessed was before. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Do go away. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I only ask a trifle more, 
 A little pitcher — broken at the lip were best. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Then take it and be hanged, and know yourself a pest. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And you, ycu do not know the wrong that you are doing. 
 But once again, my sweetest, listen to my suing ; 
 It is a sponge I want, and little basin. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Scamp, 
 He will have all my drama. Take it and decamp. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Aye, aye, sir, I am going ; but what ? there is but one, 
 But one thing more, and failing that I am undone. 
 Dear, dear Euripides, supply the little lack, 
 And I will go away ; I will, and not come back : 
 Some greens to put into my basket, just a few in. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 Take them : my tragedy is gone. You'll be my ruin. 
 
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 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 aW ov/cer , aW aTreif/^i. koc yap elfi ayav 
 o^\T)po<;, ov BoKoav fJ,e KOipdvov; iTTvyelv. 
 oifioi KaKoSaL/j,a>v, <a? aTToXcoX'. e'!re}^a06/j,r]v 
 ev wirep ecrrt travTa jxoi ra irpdy/uiTa. 
 ^vptTTiSiov S) yXv/cvrarov xal (fylXraTov, 
 KaKicTT aTroXoi/j-rjv, ei ri cr alTJjcrdifi en, 
 TrXrjv ev fiovov, rovrl futvov tovtI /jlovov, 
 aKavBiKci fioi 861, fjbrjTpoOev SeSey/itevo?. 
 
 ETPiniAHS. 
 
 dvr]p vfipi^et • KXeie irTjKTa SeofiaTcav. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 (o 0vfi, avev <ricdvBiKO<s ifj.iropevTea. 
 ap ourd oaov tov drfwv wycaviel rd'x^a, 
 fiiXXfov virep AaKeBai/Mvicav dvBpSiv Xiyeiv ; 
 •jrpo^aive vvv, w dvfii' ypafi/it) S' avrrji. 
 eoTtfica^ ; ovk et Karairiav Evp'fjriBtjv ; 
 eirrivea * dye vvv, & rdXaiva KapSia, 
 aveXd' eKelae, Kara t^i/ Ke^aXrjv eKel 
 irapa<j')(e<;, eiirova arr av ainfj aoX Bokt}. 
 roX/j,T]<TOv, 161, ^(opTjcrov ' dyafuu KapBia^. 
 
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 Tt Bpda-et<; ; ri (pija-ei'i ; dW' ladi vvv 
 dvai(T)(yvTo<; av a-iBijpov'i S" dv^p, 
 oaTi? •7rapaa-j(wv ry TroXet, rov axiyeva 
 aira(TL /ieWet? el? Xeyeiv Tavavria. 
 dvrjp ov Tpefiei to irpayfi. eld vvv, 
 eTreiSijTrep avro<; atpel, Xiye. 
 
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DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No more : I'm going — " I am too importunate ; 
 
 Too heedless of the ire of men in high estate." 
 
 But ah ! my evil stars ! I had forgotten quite 
 
 One thing the lack of which will ruin me outright. 
 
 This one, one only thing ; just this one if you please, 
 
 My very, very darling, my Euripides, 
 
 A pestilence upon me if I ask another. 
 
 Give me some chervil — ^you can get it from your mother. 
 
 EURIPIDES. 
 
 The man insults me : bolt the doors. 
 
 [^Tne scene closet on Euripides and slave. 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 My heart, 
 Alas ! without the chervil we must then depart : 
 Know you the work we have to do ? and what a theme on ? 
 No less than pleading for the men of Lakedaimon. 
 Now forward, oh my soul ! This is the barrier. 
 Eh ? dost thou hesitate ? art thou afraid to stir, 
 Having imbibed Euripides ? I cannot blame 
 Your little confidence in him. But come, for shame, 
 Pluck up your spirit : proffer there your head ; 
 And what you deem is right, let it be boldly said. 
 ^ Now forward for the cause and bravely do your part. 
 
 Here's your returning confidence. Well done, my heart ! 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Speak, or are ye dumb, thou rogue in grain, 
 
 Iron brain ! Heart of stone ! 
 
 Villain, are ye come, venturing your head alone, 
 
 Singly to support a treason of your own ? 
 
 He's resolved, confident. 
 
 Firm in his intent, ready to the day. 
 
 Well, my man ! since that's your plan. 
 
 Speak away ! 
 
AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 yfq fjLot <f)dovi]a"r)T, avBpe<i ol Oecofievoi, 
 el TTTtoj^o? a)v eireir iv ^Adrjuaioif Xeyeiv 
 /neWo) "Trepl rrji 7roXe«?, rpvyaBiav iroicbv. 
 TO yap BiKaiov otSe Kal rpvyaBia. 
 eya) be Xe^co oeiva fiev, OLKaia be. 
 ov yap fie vvv ye BiafiaXel KXetov on 
 ^eveov irapovTcov Tr]v TijoXtv Ka/cw Xeyeo, 
 avTol yap ia-fiev ovttI Kifvaim t arycov, 
 KovTrm ^evoi irapetcriv • ovTe yap (f)opot 
 rjKovcriv ovr ex rav troXecov ol ^vfifiw^oc • 
 aXK eafiev avroX vvv ye irepLeirTiafievoi, • 
 Tov? yap fieroiKOV<; a/)(ypa Tmv aarSiv Xeyoj. 
 eya> Be fitcrSt /lev AaKeBaifwvlov; cr^oBpa, 
 KavToli o TloaeiBciv, ovirl Taivdpa Oeo';, 
 crettra? atraaiv e/i^aXoi ras olKiai • 
 KOLfiol yap eartv afvireKha KeKOfifieva, 
 drdp, ^CKm yap ol irapovre^ iv Xoyqi, 
 Ti Tavra tov? AdKcova<i alrt(l)/j,eda ; 
 ■qpMv yap dvBpe^, ov-xji ttjv iroKiv Xeyto, 
 /jLefivricrffe tovS", oti oir^l ttjv irokiv \eyas, 
 dX)C dvBpdpia fio^07jpd, irapaKeKO/ifieva, 
 oTLfJua Kol irapdarjiia Kal irapd^eva, 
 eo'VKo^dvrei M.eyapea)v rd ■)(\avl,<rKia • 
 Kei irov aiKVov iBotev fj XaymScov 
 fj ■^(oipiBiov f] tTKopoBov rj j(6vBpov<i dXa^, 
 ravT rjv ^eyapiKa KdneirpaT avdrj/jLepov, 
 
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DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 D\E not surprised, most excellent spectators, 
 / If I that am a beggar, have presumed 
 D\ To claim an audience upon public matters. 
 ) Even in a comedy ; for comedy 
 
 Is conversant in all the rules of justice, 
 And can distinguish betwixt right and wrong. 
 The words I speak are bold, but just and true. 
 Kleon, at least, cannot accuse me now, 
 That I defame the city before strangers. 
 For this is the Lenaian festival ; 
 And here we meet, all by ourselves alone ; 
 No deputies are arrived as yet with tribute, 
 No strangers or allies ; but here we sit 
 A chosen sample, clean as sifted corn, 
 With our own denizens as a kind of chaff. 
 First, I detest the Spartans most extremely ; 
 And wish that Neptune, the Tainarian deity. 
 Would bury them in their houses with his earthquakes. 
 For I've had losses — ^losses, let me tell ye, 
 Like other people ; vines cut down and injured. 
 But among friends (for only friends are here). 
 Why should we blame the Spartans for all this? 
 For people of ours, some people of our own, 
 Some people from amongst us here, I mean ; 
 But not the people (pray remember that), 
 
 I never said the people but a pa<3k 
 
 Of paltry people, mere pretended citizens, 
 Base counterfeits, went levying informations, 
 And making a confiscation of the gherkins 
 Imported here from Megara ; pigs moreover, 
 Pumpkins, and pecks of salt, and ropes of onions. 
 Were voteid to be merchandise from Megara, 
 Denounced, and seized, and sold upon the spot. 
 Well, these might pass, as petty local matters. 
 
 
 
 
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 ija-TpavTev, i^povra, ^vveKVKa ttjv 'KXXdBa, 
 iTidei, vo/iovi oxTirep aKoKia yeypafi/jLepovi, 
 <BS XPV Meya/aea? fitjre yfj iitjt h) cvyopa 
 fiTjT iv ffakaTTy pJ)T iv rjvelpq) fiiveiv. 
 
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 KOLvrevOev '^Srj ■n-drayoi fjv twv acririhtov. 
 ipei Ti?, ov XPV^ ' oXKa Tt ixpV^ etirare. 
 <f)ep', el A.aKeBac/M)vi<ov Tt? €«7rX6i'0"as aKa^ei 
 direBoTO (ji'qva^ KvviBiov Xepi<j)ic)v, 
 KaOfjad^ av iv hofiouriv ; 7) ttoWou ye Set ■ 
 KaX Kapra fiivrav €v9e(o<S KadelXKere 
 rpiaKocTia? vav<i, ^v S' av ■)] TrdXt? TrXea 
 Oopv^ov o-TpaTicoTcav, irepl rpirjpdp'x^ov fio^i, 
 fiiaOov BiSofcevov, UaXXaScav ypyaovfievmv, 
 <TTod<; crT€va')(^ova7]<i, a-irttov fierpov/Mevco^, 
 daKwv, TpoTTCOTr/peov, KuBovi ci)vov/j4va>v, 
 aKopoBcov, eKamv, Kpofifivcov iv StKTV0i<!, 
 are^dvcov, Tpi)(^cSa)v, avXTjrpiBcov, virwiriwv, 
 TO veioptov S' av Kwiremv irXarovfievcav, 
 TiiXtov ■\fro(f)OVVT(ov, OaXafiicSv rpo'jrovftevav, 
 
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 Then Perikles, like an Olympian Jove, 
 
 With all his thunder and his thunderbolts, 
 
 Began to storm and lighten dreadfully, 
 
 Alarming all the neighborhood of Greece ; 
 
 And made decrees, drawn up like drinking songs, 
 
 In ■which it was enacted and concluded 
 
 That the Megarians should remain excluded 
 
 From every place where commerce was transacted. 
 
 With all their wares — ^like " old care " in the ballad — 
 
 And this decree, by land and sea, was valid. 
 
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 * * * and so they went to war. 
 You'll say, " They should not." Why, what should they have done? 
 Just make it your own case ; suppose the Spartans 
 
 Had mann'd a boat, and landed on your islands, 
 
 And stolen a puppy dog from Seriphos ; 
 
 Would you then have remained at home inglorious ? 
 
 Not so, by no means ; at the first report. 
 
 You would have launch'd at once three hundred galleys. 
 
 And fiU'd the city with the noise of troops ; 
 
 And crews of ships, crowding and clamoring 
 
 About the muster-masters and pay-masters ; 
 
 With measuring corn oiit at the magazine. 
 
 And all the porch choked with the multitude ; 
 
 With figures of Minerva, newly furbish'd. 
 
 Painted and gilt, parading in the streets ; 
 
 With wineskins, kegs and firkins, leeks and onions ; 
 
 With garlic" cramm'd in pouches, nets and pokes ; 
 
 With garlands, singing girls and bloody noses. 
 
 Our arsenal would have sounded and resounded 
 
 With bangs and thwacks of driving bolts and nails ; 
 
 With shaping oars, and holes to put the oar in ; 
 
 With hacking, hammering, clattering and boring ; 
 
 
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 avKwv KeKevcnav, viyXapcov, crvpiyfiaTcov. 
 ravT olS" OTt, av eSpare • tov he T-^Xecpov 
 oi/c oiojxeaOa ; vovs dp' rjfuv ovk eia. 
 
 HMIXOPOS. 
 
 dXrjde^, (OTTiTpiTTTe koI fLiapcaTare ; 
 ravrl av roXfia'i Trrtu^jj^o? cov rj/id^ Xeyeiv, 
 Hal <rvKO<f)dvTrj'i e'l Tt? ^v, wveiSiaa'i ; 
 
 555 
 
 HMIXOP05. 
 
 i^ TOV Iloo-etSw, KoX Xeyet <y d-jrep Xeyei 
 ciKuia irdvTa KOvSev avT<Sv ■\jrevSeTai. 
 
 HMIX0P02. 
 
 eiT el BiKaia, tovtov elirelv avr i'vpriv ; 
 aW ovTL '^aCptov ravra roXfitja-ei, Xeyeiv. 
 
 HMIXOP03. 
 OUT09 crv TTol 6el<i, oil /iei/et? ; to? el 6evei<i 
 TOV dvBpa TOVTOV, avTO'i dp6ri<jei Taya. 
 
 HMIXOP02. 
 
 tft> Aa/ia^ , o) /SXe-TTOtfv daTpatroM, 
 ^ori6r)(7ov, & yopyo\6<f>a, (fyaveh, 
 la> Ad/Ma'^, & <f)i\\ to (jivXeTa • 
 e'lT ecTTi Ta^iap')(p'i 17 aTpwrr^yo': rj 
 TefXpiJM-)(a<! dvrip, ^otjOrjaaTCo 
 Tt? avva-ai;. eya> yap e'^ofuii yaetro?. 
 
 560- 
 
 56s; 
 
 570 
 
Words of command, ■whistles and pipes and fifes. 
 " Such would have been your conduct. Will you say, 
 That Telephos should have acted otherwise?" 
 
 SBMI-CHORUS I (rush forward, threatening DikaiopoUs). 
 
 Is this to me, you pauper ? Dare you cast a slur 
 On some (if such there be) informer's character ? 
 
 SEMI- CHORUS n (advance, favoring Dikaiopolis). 
 
 By Neptune ! but the man, for all that I have heard. 
 Is right in what he says ; there's truth in every word. 
 
 SEMI-CHORUS I. 
 
 What care I, right or not ? Was it for him to say it ? 
 No, no, and with some broken bones the rogue shall pay it. 
 
 [_Semi-chorus I rushes towards Dikaiopolis. 
 
 SEMI-CHORUS II. 
 
 Where are you running ? Stay : I warn you, have a care. 
 Touch him and you shall find your legs are in the air. 
 
 [ The two semi-choruses scuffle. 
 
 SEMI-CHORUS I. 
 
 Ho ! lightning-looker, Lamachos, 
 
 Ho ! Gorgon-crested, succor us ; 
 
 My friend, my tribesman, hear me call, 
 
 Or captain else, or general, 
 
 Or rampart-sealer, hither ; haste ! 
 
 For he has got me round the waist. 
 
 (60) 
 
AAMAXOS. 
 
 0@EN ^or]<i rfKOvaa ■iro\e/ji,i<m)plaM ; 
 irol XPV fioTjdelv ; vol kvBoi/iov i/ji^aXetv ; 
 Tt9 Topyov i^'^yeipev iic tov a-afYfiaTo<! : 
 
 HMIX0P02. 
 
 & Adfiax ^p<"?i Twi' X6<paiv Kal rwv \6-)(a)v. $75 
 
 HMIX0P02. 
 
 S) Adfuty, oil <yap oSto? av6pwiro<; traXai 
 aircurav ■^fi&v rrjv iroKiv KaKoppoOei ; 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 0UT09 crij r6Kfia<; tttw^o? mv Xeyeiv raZe ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 m Ad/iax -^pw?. dXKa avyyvoa/irjv ej^e, 
 61 irrwyo? mv eXirov Tt Ko^rcofivkafitjv. 
 
 AAMAX03. 
 
 Tt S" etTTa? ^/ia? ; ou« epet? ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 oiiK olBa. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 TTG)? ' 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 uTTO TOW Biov<! yap r&v oirXcav l\iyyia). 
 
 a\\' dvTL^oKSi a, dnreveyKe fiov ttjv /lopfiova. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 IBov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 trapdde'i vvv inrriav avTrjv i/ioi. 
 
 580 
 
 tgiEillsillsil^ltsillsnisil^ 
 
 (6.) 
 
Enter Lamachos from his home. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 What battle-cry is this I hear about the place ? 
 
 Who calls for help ? Who wakes the Gorgon from its case ? 
 
 SBMI-CHORUS II {retreats in fright). 
 My hero Lamachos of crests and companies ! 
 
 SEMI-CHORUS I. 
 
 Here is, my Lamachos, this man of many lies. 
 Who troubles all the city with his foul aspersions. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 You, beggar ! Have you dared to make some vile assertions ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 My hero, Lamachos, I beg you to forgive, 
 If for a beggar, I have been too talkative. 
 
 L.4.MACH0S. 
 
 What did you say of us ? Speak, sir. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Did I? 
 
 I quite forget ; 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 Eh? what sir? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 The aspect of your armor makes me giddy. 
 I do beseech you, put the bugbear out of sight. 
 
 I do. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Nay, upside down. 
 
 tmmnimmnwemnrrm 
 
 (62) 
 
woomx*)mx*x mm 
 
 Keirac. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 <j}ep€ vvv atro rov Kpdvovi fioi ro "irrepov. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 T^? K£<f)aXrji vvv fiov \a0ov, 585 
 
 IV i^efiicrm • ySSeXvTTo/iai lyap tovi \6<f>ov^. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 oi>TO'i, TV Spaa-ei'i ; reS TrriXp /teWet? i/ieiv ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIX 
 
 TTTikov <ydp ia-riv ; ehte fioi, rivoii irork 
 opvidoi icrriv ; apa KOfiToXaKvdov ; 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 otfi ft)9 Te6vT^^€i<s, 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 fii]Safia)<;, & Aa/xap^e • 590 
 
 oil tTTjv Kar la-)(yv ecrnv • el S" la-)(ypb<i eZ, 
 ri fi ovK direyjrcoKrja-a^ ; evoTrXo? yap el. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 ravri, Xeyeii; av tov arpaTryyov tttwyo? mv ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 erfcb yap elfM tttcuj^o? ; 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
fill fill (n I (Til fill (III 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Well, there it is. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 That's right. 
 And now the feather from your helmet. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 What you will. 
 [Lamaehos takes a feather from his helmet and gives it to DiJcaiopolit 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Then, pray you, hold my head ; for I feel very — ill ; 
 I'm sick— of crests. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Eh ? Sir, what do you think to do ? 
 You will not try to use the feather, sir. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Aye, true; 
 A feather is it ? Pray, of what bird ? May I know ? 
 Perhaps 'tis from the tail of Braggadocio ? 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Ha ! villain, you shall die. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No, no, my Lamachos, 
 It is not might but right which shall determine us. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Beggar ! this language to your General ? to me ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 Am I a beggar then ? 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 If not, who may you be ? 
 

 595 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 aX)C e^ OTOV vep 6 TroXefio'; crrpaTrnviSr]?, 
 ail S' e'f OTOV irep 6 iroKep.o'i fiia-dap^iSri'i. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 iX^i'POTOvtjffav yap /le 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 KOKKvye? ye rpei^. 
 ravT oirv iyoct /SSeXv-rro/Mevo^ ia-iretcrd/Miiv, 
 opcav iroXtoi)^ /lev dvSpai iv rats rd^eaiv, 
 veaviai S" olo<i <tv SioBeSpaKoraii 
 
 Toiii fiev iirl @paKr)^ fiurdo^opovvra^ rpeii Bpa'Xfidi;, 
 Tia'afj^vo<liai,vi'7nrov<i, TIavovpynr7rapy(^iBa<: ' 
 eripovi Be irapa 'Kaprfrt, tovi S' iv 'Kaocn 
 TeprjToOeoSaypovi, AiofietaXa^ova^, 
 Tov? B' iv K.a/J,apivrj kov VeKa kolv ^arayeXa, 
 
 AAMAX05. 
 
 ijdEipoTovqdrja-av yap. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 aiTLOv be Ti 
 vfj.d<} nh> ae\ fiKydoi^opelv ap.riyeirrj, 
 TfovBl Be p/qBev ; ereov, a> MapiXaSTj, 
 ijBri ireirpecr^evKa^- trv -TToXibi &v evy ; 
 avevevce • Kanot y e<TTi o'oxfipcov KapyaTt]?. 
 TL Bal ApaKvWoi; Kev(j)opiBT}<; rf HpiviBTji ; 
 elBev Tt9 vficbv raK^aTav r) tov'; Xaova? ; 
 ov ^acriv. a)OC o Koicri^pa? koI A.afuv)(0^, 
 ol<i VTT ipdvov re KaX ■ypecjv irpoyqv troTe, 
 
 6oo 
 
 605 
 
 610 
 
 61:; 
 
DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 An honest citizen, with no high place to boast ; 
 But, since the war began, a soldier at my post, 
 While you have been as long receiver of high pay. 
 
 LAMACH03. 
 
 They freely voted me. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Three cuckoos make your "they.'* 
 To my disgust at things like this my Truce owes thanks. 
 I saw grey-headed men still marching in the ranks ; 
 While striplings, such as you, misliking toil and dust, 
 Found refuge in appointments of high pay and trust. =t 
 Some drew three drachmas for a Thracian embassy, 
 Ismenirphainippi, Roguehipparchidai. 
 Chaonia had — and Kamarina had its share ; 
 Some Chares entertained ; to Gela some repair ; 
 Some went to — Scorn. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Freely elected all. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 But why ? 
 How falls it out that you, and you alone, supply 
 The city's needs — Marilades, your hair is grey. 
 Have ever you been legate, or received the pay ? 
 He shakes his head; yet he's a shrewd, hard-working man. 
 Drakyllus, have you ever been to Ekbatan ? 
 Did Prinides, or did Euphorides e'er go 
 To the Chaonians ? you see, they all say, no. 
 Aye, who are they that go but Koisyra's wild son. 
 And Lamachos ? whose credit with their friends has run 
 
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 \i\k 
 
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 iild 
 
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 \i\ 
 
 l 
 
 (66) 
 
wcTTrep aTTOviTrrpov eK'^^eovret eairepaf, 
 aTravTet e^taTco Taprjvovv oi <pi\oi. 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 w Btj/jLOKparla, ravra BrJT ava<7')(eTd ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI3. 
 
 ov Stjt, iav fiT) fucrdo<})op§ <ye AAiJt,aj(o<i. 
 
 AAMAX03. 
 
 «\X' ovv iyo} fiev irda-i, Ile\o7rovvr](7iot<! 620 
 
 ael 7roXe/ii70-tB, Kal rapd^a -Trairra^rj, 
 Kal vavaX koX ire^ouri, Kara to Kaprepov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAT3. 
 
 eyci) Se KTjpvTTCo ye TleTunrowTjacoi'; 
 
 airacrt koX M.eyapev(Ti kclI Botcoriot? 
 
 iraiKelv dr/opd^eiv wpo? ifie, Aafuiy^o) Be /juij. 625 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 dvrjp viKo, Tourt \6yoicrcv, Kal rov Brj/x,ov fieraireidei, 
 irepX tSv (tttovScSv. aXK' diroSvvre'; roi'i dvaTralaToi^ e7rt<B/i€i/. 
 'Ef ov ye j^opolaiv e^earrjKev TpvyiKoli 6 StSotrKaXo? t)/x(Sv, 
 otnra Trape^t] irpo'i to Oearpov Xe^cov a)? Sexto's eariv • 
 Bia0aW6/j,ei'o<; S" vvo rcSv i^OpcSv iv'Adijvaioi'i Ta^v^ov\oi<;, 630 
 &)? KcopLmBel TTjv -TToXlv i)fieSv Kal tov Brj/xov Kadv^pi^ei, 
 diroKpivecrdaL Beirai- vvvl Trpo? 'A.6j]palov<i fieTa^ovXov<i. 
 <j)r](rlv S" eivai ttoWcSv dyadmv d^io? i/uv o •jtoitjtt]';, 
 iravira'i v/JM'i ^eviKouri X6yoi<i fir) \iav e^airaraa-OaL^ 
 ft.rjB' rjBecrOai, OwTrevofievovs'fi'iJT' eivai yavvoTroXiTa'i. 635 
 
 irpoTepov S" vfJM<i diro rwv iroXeoiv 01 irpecr^ei.'i e^aTraTcovrei 
 irpcoTov fiev lo(TTe<f)dvov<i eKoKovv ' KatreiBr) tovto tk e'tirot, 
 evOii? Bia Tov<i areijidvov? itr dxpav rcSv irvyiBlav eKaOrjade. 
 el_ Be Tt? vfidi virodwireva-a'i 'Kiirapd'i KaXeaeiev 'A^jji/a?, 
 
 ItaiMl^BBI^I^MB 
 
 (67) 
 
Beyond all bounds ; that, ■with their presence here annoyed, 
 Like folks who empt their slops at night, they say, avoid ! 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Democracy ! — and are such words to be endured ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Yes, if to Lamachos good office is secured. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Know all that dwell in Pelops' land that I engage 
 With them and theirs a never-ceasing war to wage, ; 
 By sea and land, wherever boat can swim or man can fight. 
 While I pursue and harry them with all my might. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Know all that dwell in Pelops' land, and know the same, 
 Boiotians, and Megarians, that I proclaim 
 Free market to them all, to buy and sell with us ; 
 From which free market I prohibit Lamachos. [^Exeunt omnes. 
 {OJiorus throw off their himatia and advance.) 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Public opinion goes with the man and thinks he has made a very good case 
 In behalf of his truce — Therefore strip we : this is a fitting anapest place. ^ 
 
 ( The Parabasis, spoken by the leader of the chorus.) 
 Since this Author tutored the>ctors, he has never in his comedies 
 Offered himself upon the stage to tell the world how clever he is. 
 Since, however, he is traduced by some who think they owe him a grudge, 
 In your ears, Athenians, who are quicker to hear than steady to judge ; 
 Now he appeals to your better judgment,-'confident you will acknowledge it true. 
 That he never insulted the people, or undertook to ridicule you. 
 Nay, but the city is his debtor ; he it was who arrested the course 
 Of that fatal habit you had of yielding yourselves to flattery's force. 
 Heretofore when the state's commissioners came with an eye to bamboozle the town. 
 Did they ever fail to address you as the men "of the violet crown?" 
 Straight at the word you were up in your seats ; but if the cunning fellow 
 
 should add 
 " Glistening Athens " you would give him out of hand whatever you had. 
 
 \mmmrmmmmm 
 
 (68) 
 
evpero trav av Sia ra? Xnrapd?, a<})va)v rifirjv irepia^^M. 640 
 
 ravra Troiijcrai ttoXXcSv dyaOoSv aiTioi vfilv <y€<yevr]Tai,- 
 
 KoX Toiif S^fiovi iv rat? iroXea-iv Sel^ai, a<; SrjfioKpaTOvvTai,. 
 
 roiydpToi vvv e/c twv iroKemv tov (f)opov vplv diraryovre'! 
 
 i]^ova-iv ISeiv, eTndvfiovvrei tov iroiTfrrjv tov apioTOV, 
 
 ocTTii TrapeKtvhvvevcr elirelv iv 'Adtjvaioii to. SiKaia. 645 
 
 ovTco S' avTov irepX t^? ToXfiTji; t/Si; iroppo) K\io<i rjKeL, 
 
 OTe KoX ^aa-cKevi, AaKcSaifiovicov ttjv irpecr^eiav '^aaavi^tov, 
 
 rjpwTT]<Tev irpwTa ftev <xutou? •jroTepoi Tat? vavaX Kparovaiv • 
 
 eiTa he tovtov tov ttom/t^j' TroTepovi eiiroi. Kaxa iroWd • 
 
 TOVTOVI yap e<jyr] Toiii dv0pa>Trov<i "TfoXii ^eXTioviyeyevriadat 650 
 
 Kav tS "TToXefio) -ttoXv viKijcreiv, tovtov ^v/ifiovXov e)(,ovTa<!. 
 
 Bia Tavd' vfjM'? AaxeBaifiovtoi ttjv elpjjvT}v. trpoKaXovvTat, 
 
 Kal TTjv Atyivav dTratTovtriv • KaX t^? vqcrov fiev eKeivr]<i 
 
 ov <f>povTi,^ov(r , dXX tva tovtov tov •jroLTjTTjv d^iXoovTai. 
 
 dX>C vfieli Toi /iif ttot' d^rjd' • ai Ka>fj,a)Bi]ffei, to, hiKaia • 655 
 
 <^r)a\v S" ifid<i iroXXd SiSd^eiv dr/dd' , «3<7t' evSaCfiovai elvat, 
 
 ov dairevmv, ovS' viroTeivav fi,iadov<i, ovK i^airaTvXXojv, 
 
 ovBe TravovpycSv, ovSe KOTaphtov, dXXd to, ^eXnaTa BiBdaKcov. 
 
 7rpo9 TavTa KXiav koI vaXafida-Oo} 
 
 Koi irav iir e/Mol TeKTaivia-Qoa. 660 
 
 TO yap ev /xer ifiov koX to BiKaiov 
 
 ^vp-fiw^ov ecTTai, Koii /atj iroB' dXw 
 
 Trepl Tr)v ttoXlv oiv aa-irep eKelvoi 
 
 BeiXb^ Kal XaKaTairvycov. 
 
 Bevpo M.ova' iX6e <j)Xeyvpd 7rvpo<i ey^ova-a fievo';, evTovo<i 
 
 '•'^%'^P'''*'?- 66s 
 
 olov ef dvOpdKtov irpivivmv ^e^dXo<i dvijXaT, ipedi^ofi^vo'} 
 ovpla ptirlBi, 
 
All for the pleasure of the " Glistening ! " very good word for the matter of 
 
 that, 
 Happily chosen, very descriptive, when applied in the praise of a sprat. 
 Thanks to the Poet, you in future will be freed from folly like this. 
 Has he not also taught the peoples out of the cities their infinite bliss 
 Being so thoroughly people-governed? Henceforth when the tribute is due, 
 They will come with a zeal to see that wonderful Poet who lives among you, 
 Who in the cause of Justice ventured his very life in peril to bring. 
 Nay, so far the fame of his daring has already come, that the King 
 Lately taxed the Spartan ambassador ; after asking which of us two 
 Handled our ships best, "Tell me," quoth he, "which of you harbors that witty 
 
 man, who 
 Lashes his fellows right and left ? for that is the way to whip energy in. 
 And, by consequence, his is the side which in your war will assuredly win." 
 Therefore it is that Lakedaimonians offering us the plan of a peace. 
 Make the demand that in Aigina all our rights and interests cease ; 
 Not that they care at all for the island, but they indulge their cunning and hate. 
 Well aware that, in that event, your Poet will certainly lose his estate. 
 Yield it not, but trust that he will ever his powers of comedy use 
 Only to foster the city's welfare, only to teach, correct and amuse.' 
 Do not look that he should flatter, or cheat your ears with any pretence, 
 Tickle your whims, or buy off enemies ; only look for thorough good sense. 
 Cunning as Kleon is, he shall not match me ; not all his artifice ever shall 
 
 catch me. 
 I shall have honor in trusty alliance ; true to the State, I set him at defiance. 
 We at the least you never shall find braggart in front and coward behind. 
 
 Oh, for a muse of fiery flashes. 
 
 Impetuous Achamian ! 
 As the spark leaps up from the oakwood ashes. 
 
 Stirred by the breath of the fan ; 
 
 (70) 
 
* 
 
 ,^pk ¥^M* 
 
 ■t'jviK av i7ravdpaKiBe<: Sxri, irapaKeifi^vai, 670 
 
 ol Se @a<Tiav avaKVKMo-i \nrapa/ji7rvKa, 
 
 ol Se /laTTacnv, ovrco cro^apov iXOe /ieXo?, evTovov, 
 
 arfpoiKOTOvov, 
 a><; eyx€ XajSovira top BrjfiOTTjv. 675 
 
 ol yepovTei ol irdXaioX fiefj^ofieaOa ry iroXei. 
 ov yap d^imi eKeivcav &v ivavfut^rja'afiev 
 'yi]po0o<7Kovfj,ea0' v<f)' vfi&v, aXXa Seiva •Trda-^o/j.ev, 
 o'iTLve^ •yepovra'; dvBpa<i e/jL^aXovre^ e? <ypa<f>a? 
 VTTO veavlffKCiv idre KaTwyeKda-dat pr/Topcov, 6S0 
 
 ovBev oi/ra?, a\A^ KO}<f>ov<; koI Trape^rjvXTjfievovi, 
 ots YiocreiZ&v 'Acr^dXeio? icrriv r] 0aKTrjpia' 
 Tovdopv^ovT€<; Be yijpa tjJ \id^ 'irpoa-ea-ra/iev, 
 ov^ opavre'i ovBev el fir) rrj<; Bckij^ tt/v rfKxiyrjv. 
 6 Be veavlai iavrw a-irovBacra^ ^vmjyopeiv 683 
 
 e? Td^o<i iraiei ^vdirrcov a-TpoyyvKoLi toi<s p'^/iacri, • 
 Kcyr dve\.Kvaa<i ipmrd, crKavBdXrjdp' lardk eirSiv, 
 dvBpa Ti6(ovov (TTrapdrTcov koL rapdrrtav Koi kvk(ov. 
 6 S' VTTO yripm<i fjbacnapv^ei, Kar OKJjXcav direpyeTai, • 
 eiTa Xu^ei koI BaKpvet, koX Xeyei Trpo? tou? ^t'Xou?, 690 
 
 ov p. i'^rjv aopov irpiaaOai, tovt o^\a>v direpyop-ai,. 
 ravTa ttw? eiKora, yepovr diroXeaai ■jroXioi' dvBpa irepX 
 
 KkcsjrvBpav, 
 TToWd Bt) ^vfiTTOvija-avTa, xal depfjMv dirofwp^d/j,evov 
 
 dvBpiKov IBpmra Btj koI irdXvv, ggr 
 
 dvBp' dyaOov ovra MapadtSvi "irepl rrjv iroKiv ; 
 elra Mapadmvi fiev or rjfiev, eBimKOjJbev • 
 vvv S' VTT dvBpmv TTOvrjpav tr^oBpa BicoKo/jieda, Kara Trpo? 
 
 dXia/co/ieda. -o^ 
 
When the little fish for frying 
 
 Are beside the embers lying, 
 
 When the Phasian sauce is making, 
 
 When the griddle cakes are baking. 
 Such a stirring melody, 
 
 Loud and strong and free as the breeze 
 
 That -whistles through our native trees. 
 Hither, Muse, and bring to me. 
 We, the veterans of the city, briefly must expostulate 
 At the hard ungrateful usage which we meet with from the state, 
 SuiFering men of years and service at your bar to stand indicted. 
 Bullied by your beardless speakers, worried and perplex'd and frighted; 
 Aided only by their staff, the staff on which their steps are stay'd 
 Old and impotent and empty ; deaf, decrepit and decay'd. 
 There they stand, and pore and drivel, with a misty purblind gleam. 
 Scarce discerning the tribunal, in a kind of waking dream. 
 Then the stripling, their accuser, fresh from training, bold and quick, 
 Pleads in person, fencing, sparring, using every turn and trick ; 
 Grappling with the feeble culprit, dragging him to dangerous ground, 
 Into pitfalls of dilemmas, to perplex. him and confound. 
 Then the wretched invalid attempts an answer, and at last. 
 After stammering and mumbling, goes away condemn'd and cast ; 
 Moaning to his friends and neighbors, " AlLthe little store I have, 
 All is gone ! My purchase-money for a coffin and my grave." 
 
 Is it not a shame to harry and spoil 
 
 By clockrun a man whose hair is white ? 
 
 Who has wiped the sweat of his manly toil 
 In the harvest-field and the fight ? 
 
 Better soldier was there none 
 
 In the fight at Marathon. 
 " Then," says he — nor wants it sense — 
 " Persians stood on their defence. 
 
 But the fight has turned ; for we 
 
 Are but defenders from the blows 
 
 Of native and ignoble foes." 
 
Trpo? TaSe rtV avrepec Map->Jria<; ; 
 
 TftS yap eZ/eo? avBpa Kv<f)6v, rfKiKov QovKvSlSrjv, . 
 
 i^oXecrOat, av/nrKaKevTa Ty 'ZkvOwv eptffiLa, 
 
 TmBe rw K.T](j)ia-oS'^/J,a>, rm \a\&) ^vvr/yop^ ; 705 
 
 ci(TT iyo) fi€v TpsArjaa Kcnre/iop^dfJ.T]v IBcav 
 
 dvSpa irpea-fivTrjv vir avSpo^ to^otov KVKW/jLevov, 
 
 09 /J.a TTjv A-^fJ,T}rp\ eKeivw rjviK rjv ®0VKvBlBr]<i, 
 
 ovS' av ainrjv rrfv ^A.')(alav poBitav ■fjve<T')(€T' av, - 
 
 oKKa KaT€TraXai(Tev av fiev irpStrov Eua^ov? 8e/ca, 710 
 
 Kare^oTja-e S' av Keicpaym^ To^ora^ T/jt<7;^t\M>i'?, 
 
 irepiero^eva-ev S' av avTov tov iraTpo<! tov? ^v<yyev€l<i. 
 
 a)OC iireiSr) tou? yepovra'; ovk idB' virvov TV)(elv, 
 
 fjrr)<f)i<7acr6e •)(o>p\'i elvai ra^ ypa^a^, ottco? av jj 
 
 Tc3 yepovn fiev yepcov Koi j/«aSo9 o ^vvr)yoposr, 715 
 
 Tot9 veoKTi S" evpvTrpu>KTo<! KoX Xa\o? vai KXeiviov. 
 
 Ka^eXavveiv j(pr} to 'Koiirov, Kav <f>vyi) Tt?, ^ijfuovv 
 
 TOV yipovTa tw yepovTi, tov viov Se tw via). 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 opoi fJLev ayopaf elaiv olBe t^? e/x^?. 
 
 ivTavB' dyopd^eiv iracrt, YieKoirovvrjcrioi,'; '^^' " 720 
 
 e^ecTTi Ka\ liJleyapevcri Kal BoieoTioi'i 
 
 €^' mT€ "jTCoXetv Trpo<; i/ii, Aafid^o) Se fii}. 
 
 d/yopavofiovi Be rrji drfopa<; Kadiarafiat 
 
 Tpei<i Tov<; XaxovTai; tovoS' l/idvTa^ ex Aeirpwv. 
 
 ivTavOa fii]Te (rvKOffydvTr)^ elffiTca 725 
 
 yitj^r' aWo? oa-Ti<i ^aaiavo'; i<TT dvrjp. 
 
 iyco Be tt)v aTrfKrjv KaO" rjv ia-jreia-d/Mrjv 
 
 fteTeifi, "va OTrjcroi <^avepav iv Tayopa. 
 
^■"^■^■^m^ffl^.^.^7^ ' 
 
 Marpsias, will you answer me ? 
 Shame to see Thoukydides, when bent with years and fortune's stress, 
 Overtaken, left to perish in that Scythian wilderness, 
 Chatterpie Kephisodemos ! i Truth to say my eye was wet 
 When I saw a man of worth by such a vagabond beset ; 
 A townguard archer ! yea, by Ceres, when he was Thoukydides. 
 He was one whom not Achaia would have ventured to displease. 
 Ten such as Buathlous would have known their length upon the ground 
 At his battle-cry ; three thousand " archers " would have fled the sound. 
 Archer ! quotha ; he had found the fellow's arrows better mark ! 
 He had laid the archer's father and his kindred stiff and stark. 
 INay, but if ye wiU not suffer aged men in peace to sleep. 
 Let them have a court where they may battle by themselves and creep. 
 If an old and toothless man must mumble in his petty cause; 
 Set a mumbling advocate to vindicate the city's laws. 
 Pit the young against the young, for they have muscle, teeth and breath : 
 One of such in health may talk the son of Kleinias to death. 
 If there mvist be prosecutor, criminated man and judge ; 
 If there must be banishment to satisfy a jealous grudge ; 
 Make a new decree about it, and in future let it hold. 
 That the young shall try the young men, and the old men try the old. 
 •{Miter Dikaiopolis, assigning the bounds and order of his new market-place, 
 placing thongs as clerks of the market.) 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, there's the boundary of my market-place, 
 
 Marked out, for the Peloponnesians and Boiotians 
 
 And the Megarians. All are freely welcome 
 
 To traflSc and to sell with me, but not with Lamachos. 
 
 Moreover I've appointed constables. 
 
 With lawful and sufficient straps and thongs, 
 
 To keep the peace, and to coerce and punish 
 
 All spies and vagabonds and informing people. 
 
 Come, now for the column, with the terms of peace 
 
 Inscribed upon it ! I must fetch it out. 
 
 And fix it here in the centre of my market. [Ilxit Dikaiopolis. 
 
mo 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 ar/opa V 'A^ai/at? ')(alpe, ^leyapevciv ^tXa. 
 iirodovv TV val rov <piX.iov aTrep (laTepa. 
 aXX,', oi irovrjpa Kcapi ddXlov irarpo';, 
 dfi/Sare iroTrav fiahhav, at ^ evprjre ira. ^ 
 a-KoveTov Bi], Trore^er' efuv rav yaaTepa ' 
 TTorepa iretrpaaOai y^pySBer', rj vetvfiv Kaicw ; 
 
 KOPA. 
 
 •TreTrpacrdai ireTrpaadai. 
 
 MErAPET2. 
 
 e'^mv^a /eauTO? <f)afii, Tt? B' ourto? avov^ >^- 
 os tr/x6 Ka irpiano, (jjavepav ^afilav f' i ' 
 XXa' e<7Tt 7ap /iot M.eyapiKd tk jui'^ava. 
 ■vpLpov; yap vfJ^ aKevdaa'i <j>atra) (j>€peiv. '_?■ 
 ■Trepideirde rdcrBe ra<; OTrXa? r&v j(oi,plo>v. 
 oir(o<i Be Bo^eiT ^fiev e^ drya6a<; vo? • 
 &»? val rov '^pfjidv, etirep l^elr oiKoBi^, 
 TO, irpdra ireipaa-€l<Tde Ta<s Xifiov xaKO)^. 
 dXX' afi(f>L0ecr6e koI toBI to pvyxia, 
 KYjireirev es tov (tclkkov a>S' eG^awere. 
 6V(»9 B\ ypvWi^eiTe Kal Kot^ere ^ 
 ■yvceire ^cavav yoipiwv fiv<m]pt,K&v. 
 iiymv Be Kapv^a AiKaiOTroKiv oira. 
 AiKat-OTToXt, ^ \^9 irpiacrOai j^oipla ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Tt ; dvrjp MeyapiKO^ ; 
 
 MErAPET3. 
 
 dyopaaovvTei t/co/iC?. 
 
 73° 
 
 735 
 
 740 
 
 745 
 
iHlilililililiHlililimilil 
 
 Enter Megarian and his two daughters. 
 
 H ! there's the Athenian market ! Heaven bless it, 
 I say, the welcomest sight to a Megarian. 
 I've look'd for it, and long'd for it, like a child 
 For its own mother. You, my daughters dear, 
 Disastrous ofifspring of a dismal sire, 
 List to my words ; and let them sink impress' d 
 Upon your empty stomachs ; now's the time 
 That you must seek a livelihood for yourselves. 
 Therefore resolve at once, and answer me ; 
 Will you be sold abroad or starve at home ? 
 
 BOTH. 
 
 Let us be sold, papa ! — Let us be sold. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 I say so too ; but who do ye think will purchase 
 
 Such useless, mischievous commodities ? 
 
 However, I have a notion of my own, 
 
 A true Megarian scheme ; I mean to sell ye 
 
 Disguised as pigs, with artificial pettitoes. 
 
 Here, take them, and put them on. 
 {Puts pigs' snouts in the girls' mouths and hoofs in their ha7ids and envelopes 
 
 them in a large sack.) Remember now, 
 
 Show yourselves off ; do credit to your breeding. 
 
 Like decent pigs ; or else, by Mercury, 
 
 If I'm obliged to take you back to Megara, 
 
 There you shall starve, far worse than heretofore. 
 
 — This pair of masks too — fasten 'em on your faces, 
 
 And get into the sack here on the ground. 
 
 Mind ye — remember — you must squeak and whine. 
 
 And racket about like little roasting pigs. 
 ' — And I'll call out for Dikaiopolis. Hoh Dikaiopolis, Dikaiopolis ! 
 
 I say, would you please to buy some pigs of mine ? [_Re-enter Dikaiopolis. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What's there ? a Megarian ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. ^s^ 
 
 Yes, we're come to market. 
 
 ii«««i««««(^^<< 
 
 (76) 
 
d?T* 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI5. 
 MEPAPETS. 
 
 BiaTreiva/ji€<! del ttotto irvp. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. . 
 aW ■^Bv TOl vrj Tov Ai , Tjv aiiKot irapy. 
 Ti 5' aXKo irpaTTed' ol 'M.eyapri's vvv ; 
 
 MErAPETS. 
 
 oia Brj. 
 
 oKa fiev iycov rTjvmdev ejjLiropevofuiv, 
 
 avBpe<; TrpoySovXot tovt eirpaTTOv to, v6\ei, 755 
 
 07ro)s Ta;^i<rTa koI icaKicrr dtroKoifieOa. 
 
 AIKA10nOAT2. 
 avTiK ap wiraXKd^eerde TrpwyfidTcav. 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 <Ta fjidv ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 Tt o aXKo ^leyapol ; Tr&i? o <tito^ &vlo<; ; 
 
 MErAPET2. 
 
 ira/j' a/ie ToXvnfiaTO';, atrep rot ^eot. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 aXa? ow (f)epei,<; ; 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 ou;;^ u/i69 avrmv dp^ere ; 760 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
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 How goes it ■with you ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 We're all like to starve. 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 Well, liking is everything, if you have your liking, 
 That's all in all ; the likeness is a good one, 
 A pretty likeness ! like to starve you say. 
 But what else are you doing ? 
 
 ME6ABIAX. 
 
 What we're doing ? 
 I left our governing people all contriving 
 To ruin us utterly without loss of time. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 It's the only way ; it will keep you out of mischief, 
 Meddling and getting into scrapes. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Ay, yes. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, what's your other news ? How's corn ? What price ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Corn ? its above all price ; we worship it. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 But salt ? You've salt I reckon — 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Have not you seized the salt pans ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Have not ye garlic ? 
 
 Salt ? how should we ? 
 
 No ! nor garlic ? 
 
MEFAPETS. 
 
 TTOta (TKopoS'; vfief tSiv aei. 
 OKK ia^akrjTe, tws apapaioi five<;, 
 irdaaaKt, ra^ dyTuOaf e^opva-aere. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 Ti Sal <f)€peii ; 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 j^oipov^ iywvya fiV(TTiKd<;. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 KoXaii Xeyei? • eirihei^ov. 
 
 MErAPET3. 
 
 cMuL fiav KoXai, 765 
 
 dvretvov, al \fji; • to? irayeia koI KcCKd. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Toi/Tt Tt fjv TO irpayfia ; 
 
 MErAPETS. 
 
 ■^oipoi vol Ala. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI3. 
 
 Tt \eyet9 o-v ; iroha-rrr] yolpo^ rjhe ; 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 Meya/jtAca. 
 ^ ov ^oipo<; ecro ab ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS- 
 
 ovK e/jLoiye i^aiverai. 
 
 MErAPETS. 
 
 oil Seivd ; Oaade rovSe ra? dirccTTiai ' 770 
 
MEGARIAN. 
 
 What do ye talk of garlic ? 
 As if you had not wasted and destroyed it, 
 And grubb'd the very roots out of the ground. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, what have you got then ? Tell us ! can't ye ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Pigs- 
 Pigs truly — ^pigs forsooth, for sacrifice. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 That's well, let's look at 'em. 
 
 MEGAEIAN. 
 
 Ay, they're handsome ones ; 
 You may feel how heavy they are, if ye hold 'em up. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Hey day ! What's this ? What's here ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 A pig to be sure. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Do ye say so ? Where does it come from ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 I .' Come ? from Megara. 
 
 What, ain/tjt a pig ? , ; 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS (pulls out snouts and hoofs). 
 No truly, it does not seem so. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Did you ever hear the like ? Such an unaccountable 
 
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 oil <f)aTi, rdvBe ^olpov rj/jLev. aWa fiav, 
 al A,j;9, ireplhov fioi, irepl QvpnTtZav aXuv, 
 
 al fllj ^(TTLV 0UT09 ^Ot/30? EXXai'tui' vop-w. 
 fj \f}^ aKovcrat, <f)6€yyop.€va(; ; 
 
 AlKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 vr) TOi)? deov<i 
 
 eycoye. 
 
 MEFAPErS. 
 
 (f>d)V€l Brj TV Ta^eti)?, ^oiplov. 
 ov ■^fjo'da ; (riyrj^, & KaKicrr aiTo\ovp,€va ; 
 iraXtv TV avoiaSi vaX tov "Eipfidv oiKaBii;, 
 
 KOPA. 
 
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Suspicious fellow ! it's not a pig he says ! 
 But I'll be judged ; I'll bet ye a bushel of salt, 
 It's what we call a natural proper pig. 
 But come, will you hear 'em squeak ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Ay, yes, by Jove, 
 With all my heart. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Come now, pig ! now's the time : 
 Remember what I told ye — squeak dfirectly ! 
 Squeak can't ye ? Curse ye, what's the matter with ye ? 
 Squeak when I bid you, I say ; by Mercury, 
 I'll carry you back to Megara if you don't. 
 
 Wee W^e. 
 
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 DAUGHTEKS. 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Do ye hear the pig ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
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 The pig, do ye call it ? 
 
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 MEFAPETS. 
 
 
 vaX Tov 
 
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 , Kav dvev ya tw TraTpoi; 
 
 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 
 Tt S' ecrdUi, fioKiara ; 
 
 
 
 
 MEFAPErS. 
 
 
 
 
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 Ka SiBw^. 
 
 avTO'i S' 
 
 epoiTt}. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 KOPA. 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Koi KOI. 
 
 Tpcoyot? 
 
 av epe^Cv6ov<i ; 
 
 
 
 
 KOPA. 
 
 
 
 
 Koi Kot KOI. 
 
 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 
 Ti hai ; 
 
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 KOPA. 
 
 Koi KOI. 
 
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 You warrant 'em weaned ? they'll feed without the mother ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Without the mother or the father either. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 But what do thev like to eat ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 You may ask them if you will. 
 
 Just what you give 'em ; 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Pig, Pig. 
 
 DAUGHTERS. 
 
 "Wee Wei. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Are ye fond of peas ? 
 
 Are ye fond of figs ? 
 
 DAUGHTERS. 
 
 Wee We^ Wee We^. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
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 DAUGHTERS. 
 
 Wee We^ Wee We^ Wee We^. 
 
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 (84) 
 
AIKAIOnOAI3. 
 
 Tt Bai ; (TV Kol rpayyoi^ av avTd<s ; 
 
 KOPA. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 «B9 o^v trpo^ TO? l<j')(aZa'i KeKpa/yare. 
 iveyKaTCi) Tt? evhoOev ribv 1<txo^'>>v 
 Tot? yoipihioKTiv. apa Tpdo^ovrcu ; fia^ai, 
 olov podid^ovtr, & 7ro\vTi/jir)d' 'H/>aK\et?. 
 iroBaira to, votpt"; &)? Tpayaaaia <f)aiveTai. 
 oW' ovTi vda-a^ Karerpayov ra^ t<r;)^aSas ; 
 
 MErAPETS. 
 
 iyo> yap avrwv rdvBe fiiav dveCKofiav. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 VT] Tov At" da-Teloo ye rm ^oaKrifiare ' 
 irocrov TrpLcDfiaL aoi ra ^(oipihia ; Xiye. 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 TO /xer drepov tovt(ov crKopoBoyp TpoiraXioo^, 
 TO S' drepov, al X^?, j^plviKO'; /j,ova<i dX&v. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 rnvqaofiai aov irepipxv avrov. 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 ravra S17. 
 'EipfjM '/iTToXate, rdv yvvaiKa rdv ifiav 
 oina> /x' d-TToBoadai rdv t ifiavrov futrepa. 
 
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 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 You little one, are you fond of figs ? 
 DAUGHTERS. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What a squeak was there ! they're ravenous for the figs ; 
 
 Go, somebody, fetch out a parcel of figs 
 
 For the little pigs ! [Miter slave hearing plate of figg. 
 
 Heh, what, they'll eat I warrant. 
 
 Lawk there, look at 'em racketing and bustling ! 
 
 How they do munch and crunch ! in the name of heaven, 
 
 Why, sure they can't have eaten 'em already ! 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Not all, there's this one here, I took myself. 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, faith, they're clever comical animals. 
 
 What shall I give you for 'em ? What do ye ask ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 I must have a gross of onions for this here ; 
 And the other you may take for a peck of salt. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS 
 
 I'll keep 'em ; wait a moment. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Heaven be praised ! 
 blessed Mercury ! if I could but manage 
 To make such another bargain for my wife, 
 I'd do it to-morrow, or my mother either. 
 
 [Exit Dikaiopolis. 
 
 mmmmmmmm 
 
 (86) 
 
2rKO*ANTH2. 
 NePflllE, volair6<; ; 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 •Xpipo'ira)\a<; MeyapiKO';. 
 
 2TKO*ANTH2. 
 
 TO, 'XpipiSia Tolvvv iyo) ^avS) raSl 
 iroXefiia Kai ak. 
 
 TOUT e/ccti/ , iKSi iraXiv 
 odevTrep apy^a tcov KaxStv a/uv e^v. 
 
 5TKO*ANTH2. 
 
 kXocov fieyapieii;. ovk a<j)i](Tei<s tov craKov ; 
 
 MErAPETS. 
 
 ^KaioTToKi AiKatOTToKi, (jiavrd^ofiai,. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 VTTO TOV ; ri<! o <f)aivcov a iariv ; a/yopav6fioi, 
 tov; <7VK0<pdvTa<; oil 6vpa^' i^eip^ere ; 
 Tt Bt] fiaOaiv ^aiv€i,<i avev dpvaX\iSo<; ; 
 
 2TKO*ANTH2. 
 
 ov yap <f>av& tou? •jroXe/iiov's ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIX 
 
 KXdav ye irv, 
 ei fir} Tepcotre crvKo^avTi}<rei<; Tpeytov. 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 olov TO KaKov iv TOLf WOdvat^ tovt evi. 
 
 820 
 
 825 
 
 I 'I ^ 
 
 (87) 
 
Enter an Informer. 
 
 INFOKMER. 
 
 Fellow, from whence ? 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 From Megara with my pigs. 
 
 INFORMER. 
 
 Then I denounce your pigs and you yourself, 
 As belonging to the enemy. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 There it is ! 
 The beginning of all our troubles over again. 
 
 INFORMER. 
 
 I'll teach you t» come Megarizing here ; 
 Let go of the sack there. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 Dikaiopolis ! 
 Hoh Dikaiopolis ! there's a fellow here 
 Denouncing me. [^Re-enter Dikaiopolis. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Denouncing is he ? Constables, 
 
 Why don't you keep the market clear of sycophants ? 
 
 You feUow, I must inform ye, your informing 
 
 Is wholly illegal and informal here. 
 
 INFORMER. 
 
 What, giving information against the enemy ; 
 Is that prohibited ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 At your peril ! Carry 
 Your information to some other market. 
 [ The Informer is hustled out by Dikaiopolis and his market clerks. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 What a plague it is at Athens, this informing ! 
 
 (88) 
 
^^^^3^^^ 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI5. 
 
 ddppei, MeyapiK • aX)C 179 ra ypupihi airihov 830 
 
 Ti/t^9, \a^e raurl to. o-KOpoSa kuI tow a,'ka<{, 
 Koi X«'/5e iroW . 
 
 MErAPET2. 
 
 aW' dfilu ovK iinj(a>piov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOA13. 
 
 '7ro\v7rpar//JU)<TVVT]<i • vvv e? Ke(j>aXT)v rpeiroiTO fioi. 
 
 MEFAPETS. 
 
 3) ^oipcSia, ireipria-de Kavi<s tS> Trarpo? 
 
 iraieiv e<f>' aXl rav p-oBSav, at kol rt? St8o3. 835 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 evSaifiovel 7' avOpanro'i. oiiK riKOvaat ol -Trpofiaivei 
 
 TO "Trpdyfia tov /SouXev/toTO? ; Kap-Trma-erai yap dinjp 
 
 ev Tor/opa Kadijfievo? • 
 
 K&v eUriri Til KxT/o-ta?, 
 
 ^ t7VK0(})dvTT)'i aWo?, 0I-. 840 
 
 fim^cov KadeSeiTai • 
 
 ouS' aWos avdpcoTTtov vtto-^^wv&v as -Trrffiavel ti • 
 
 ouS' i^ofiop^erai, IIpeTrts t^^v evpVTrpcoKTiav crot,, 
 
 ovK maTiel KXetovvjjLO) • 
 
 yKalvav S' e')(<ov (painjv BUi • 845 
 
 Kov ^WTV^cov <r' Ttrip^oXo^ 
 
 SikS>v dvaTrXtja-ec ■ 
 
 ouS' evTV^av ev Tayopa irpoaeial crot ^ahii^cov 
 
 KpaTivoi ael K€Kap/j,ivo<; /j.oi'xpv fua fiaxo-ipa, 
 
 6 TrepiTTOvripo'i ^ApTeficov, 850 
 
 o TU'xp? dyav ttjv p.ovcnK'qv, 
 
 >/f\imrf\.\ 
 
DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 never fear, Megarian ; take it there, 
 
 The payment for your pigs, the salt and onions : 
 
 And fare you well. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 That's not the fashion amongst us, 
 We've not been used to faring well. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No matter. 
 If it's offensive, I'll revoke the wish ; 
 And imprecate it on myself instead. 
 
 MEGARIAN. 
 
 There now, my little pigs, you must contrive 
 
 To munch your bread with salt, if you can get it. [_Uxeunt omnes. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Our friend's affairs improve apace ; his lucky speculation 
 Is raising him to wealth and place, to name and reputation. 
 
 With a revenue neat and clear, 
 
 Arising without risk or fear, 
 
 No sycophant will venture here 
 To spoil his occupation. 
 I^'ot Ktesias, the dirty spy, that lately terrified him ; 
 JNor Prepis, with his infamy, will jostle side-be-side him. 
 
 Clothed in a neat and airy dress 
 
 He'll move at ease among the press, 
 
 Without a fear of nastiness. 
 Or danger to betide him. 
 Hyperbolos will never dare to indict him, or arrest him, 
 Kleonymos will not be there to bother and molest him. 
 
 Nor he, the bard of little price, 
 
 Kratinos, with the curls so nice, 
 
 Kratinos in the new device 
 
 In which the barber drest him. 
 
 (90) 
 
\(.«««i<ii«««m<^ 
 
 S^mv KUKOV Tci>v fji,a<ry(aXwv 
 
 •n-arpo<; Tpayaa-aiov • 
 
 oiiB' avdi,^ av <re aK(o\jr€Tai TIavcrav 6 ira/i'Trovrjpo';, 
 
 AvffifxrpaTOi t ev rayopa, 'KoKapyecov oveiZo<;, 855 
 
 o TrepiaXovpyoi toi^ KaKoii, 
 
 piyctv re Kal treivav ael 
 
 ifKelv rj TpiCLKovB' fip-epa<s 
 
 Tov nrjvof eKacTTOv. 
 
 B0mT02. 
 
 tTTOJ 'KpaKXfji;, sKafiov ya rav Tvkav KaKW, 860 
 
 KWToBov TV TOV <y\dj((Ov aTp€fJ,a<;, 'IcrfiTjvia • 
 vfi€<i S', oaot @eifiadev aiXrjTai irapa, 
 roit o<7Tivoi<! ipvarjre tov TrpcoKTOv kvvo^. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIZ. 
 
 irav e? Kopaxaii. 01 <T(f>riKe^ ovk otto twv BvpSiv ; 
 
 irodev irpoaeTrTavff ol KaKO)^ airoXovfievoi, 865, 
 
 iiri rrjv dvpav fioi Xat/jtSet? ^o/^fiavXioi ; 
 
 B0inT02. 
 
 VT) rov 'lokaov, e'7ri,-)(apiTrw y, a> ^eve • 
 
 @eifia0i yap ^vaavre^ i^oiriade /j,ov 
 
 TavOeia ra? yXd'^avoi: aireKi^av ^afiaL 
 
 aXX ei Ti ^ovXei, irpiaao, t5)v iya ^epa, 870 
 
 T&v opTaXljfoov, fj TOiv TerpaTTTepvXXiScov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI3. 
 
 w yatpe, KoXXiKO<f)dye HoicoriSiov. 
 ri <jiipei<s ; 
 
 BOmTOS. 
 
 oa ecrriv ayaOa Boitorot? aTrXw?, 
 
 "(90" 
 
Nor he, the paltry, saucy rogue, the poor and undeserving 
 Lysistratos, that leads the rogue in impudence unswerving. 
 Taunt and offence in all he says ; 
 Ruin'd in all kinds of ways ; 
 In every month of thirty days. 
 Nine and twenty starving. 
 Miter Boiotian dealer carrying goods for the market, followed hy his slave 
 
 and two pipers. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 NOW Hercules ! the weight has galled me, that it haa. 
 Put down the flea-bane carefully, Ismenias. 
 You pipers, who from Thebes have followed all the 
 
 way, 
 Now put some wind into your leather bags and play. 
 Enter Dikaiopolis. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Confound ye, stop ! Be off, ye drones ! Whence 
 have we these [Esxiint pipers. 
 
 Most dreary, humble-bumble bees of Chairides ? 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 By lolas, my friend, and with my free consent, 
 For they have come from Thebes still blowing as they went, 
 And dropped me much good flea-bane. Please you, sir, to try ; 
 I've brought a store of things : chicks, locusts ; what d'ye buy ? 
 
 • DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Ah, ah ! my dumpling eater, my Boiotian friend, 
 What have you ? 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 Some of all Boiotia can send. 
 
 RillBillsillsilFSqilsiltsnEilRI 
 
 (92) 
 
ojimiiuMiiiimimn!) 
 
 oplyavov, yXa'^ai, ffnadov^,' OpvaWiBat, 
 vcurtrat, ko\oiov<;, aTTWyd<!, ^dXapiha<;, 
 Tpoxt^ov<i, KoXv/M^ovi;. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 axTirepei ^eifJMv apa 
 6pvidia<; eh rrjv ar/opav eXijXu^o?. 
 
 BOIOTOS. 
 
 KOI /JMP <j)epco j^fij/o?, \aya><{, a\a)7re«a9, 
 ffKoXoTTCK, exivoxf, alekovpaxi, iriKTlBa<i, 
 iKrihat, ivvSpioi, eyj^eXet? KcBTra^a?. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 at repTTVorarov <tv re/wi^o? dvOpcoiroii <f>ep(ov. 
 Sot /tot irpoffeiiretv, el <f>epeit rai eyp^eXety. 
 
 BOinTOS. 
 
 wpea-^etpa TrevrrjKOVTa JLairaScav Kopav, 
 eK^aOt TwSe Kr]iri')(apiTTe tS ^evfp. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 w ^tXraTij <rv /eat "rraKai, "jroOovp^mj, 
 TjXde'i irodeivi) phi rpvymSiKol'; ■xppolt, 
 <f>iX,r) Se M.opv'Xff- S/iw€9, i^eveyKare 
 TT)v ea')(dpav p-oi, Sevpo koX r^v pitrlZa. 
 a-Keslraa-de, watSe?, t^i/ apiartjv ey)^e\vv, 
 TjKovcrav exrcp fi6\i<; erei iro6ov/JLev7)v • 
 "TrpocreliraT avrrjv, w reKv • aydpaKat o eyco 
 vpAV Trape^co rrja-Be t^? ^evr/t 'X^dpiv. 
 aW' elai^ep avrrjv • fJ-rjSe yap 6ava>v irore 
 (70V ^w/Jt? eiTjv evTerevTKavtop.evTj'i- 
 
 875 
 
 880 
 
 885 
 
 i9i) 
 
^/^y\/\/\/^AA/\A/\AA/l 
 
 Here's flea-bane, maijoram, here's wicks and mats of rushes, 
 Here's divers, dippers, daws, here's water-hens and thrushes ; 
 Teal, landrail, field-fare, widgeon. 
 
 , DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What a flight of words ! 
 You've come into the market like a storm of birds. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 I've geese besides, and hare, I've foxes, hedgehog, mole, 
 Rat, otter, beaver, weasel, and to crown the whole, 
 Eels from Kopais. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Ha ! man's choicest dainty ! bless it ! 
 Oh ! if you have the eel, permit me to address it. 
 
 BOIOTIAN (takes a huge eel from his hag). 
 
 Eldest of fifty daughters of Kopais deign 
 
 To smile upon the stranger, and your name sustain. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS (addressing ike eel). 
 
 Much as I love and wish, thou, most desired of all, 
 Comest in welcome hour to this our festival ! 
 Beloved of Morychos ! The frying-pan and bellows 
 Here, slaves; and look at it, the 'fairest of its fellows ! 
 
 (Unter two slaves.) 
 'Tis eight years since we saw the like ! eight weary years, 
 That we have longed for it with mingled hopes and fears. 
 Speak nicely to it, slaves, and hark, let it be dressed. 
 For I will find'the coals and entertain this guest. 
 But take her in. For I confess I could not meet 
 My death composedly without thee — served in beet. 
 
 \_Slaves march off with eel. 
 
 ^ 
 
 (94) 
 
BOinTOS. 
 
 efiol Se rtfia Ta<rhe ira yevrjaerai, ; 
 
 AlKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 dyopd'i Te\o? Taimjv 76 irov haxreit i/ioi • 
 a\\' et Ti TTiDXet? r&vSe rwv aXKwv, Xiye. 
 
 BOinTOJ. 
 
 Icaya ravra trdvTa. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 <^epe, iroa-ov Xeyei'; ; 
 rj <f)opT" erep" ivdevB' eKeitr' a^et? ; 
 
 BomT02. 
 
 o Ti 7' ear ^A.6dvai<;, ev ^oicaroicrtv Se fiij. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIZ. 
 
 d<f)va'! dp' d^eit irpidfievoi; ^aX7jpiKd<; 
 
 rj Kepa/MJv. 
 
 BOinTOS. 
 
 a<pva^ ij KepafJLOv ; aW evT eicei ' 
 aXK, o Tt Trap a/x(2/ /ij; <rrt, race o au ttoXv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 iymBa Toivvv ' a-VKOKJtdvTijv e^a/ye 
 &cnrep Kepafiov ivhrja-dpxvo';. 
 
 Bomros. 
 
 vr) ra> criw, 
 
 Xd^oifii fievrdv KepBo<; d/yaywv koI iroXv, 
 airep •jriOaKov dXiTpla<; •rroXXd<; TrXemv. 
 
 900 
 
 905 
 

 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 But who will pay me for it ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 'Tis my market due. 
 If you would sell the rest we can begin anew. 
 
 All are for sale. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Good then : what do you ask a head ? 
 Or will you take home other articles instead ? 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 If there is anything which Athens has, and we have not. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Phaleric sprats ? or Attic pottery? 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 Pooh ! sprats and pottery ! we have them and to spare. 
 Find something which you have, and we have not got there. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I've hit it. An Informer will be just the thing ; 
 Put up like pottery ! 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 By the Gods ! he'll bring 
 A handsome profit for the show ; besides the fun in 
 Exhibiting my monkey, full of tricks and cunning. 
 
 E 
 
 1 
 
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 ffl 
 
 \i 
 
 \L 
 
 i 
 
 u 
 
 [ll 
 
 1 
 
 ilJ 
 
 \M\ 
 
 [i 
 
 ^ 
 
 \i\ 
 
 (96) 
 
fi1jff1Ifi1^(ilffi11f1inifil 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 Kal /MTjv oBl Nt«a/)%o? epj(€Tai (f)avav. 
 
 BOinTOS. 
 
 fiiKKO'i ya fjMKO<; ovto<;. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 aXX' 
 
 uTrav Kaxov. 
 
 NIKAPX02. 
 
 
 ravrl rtVo? to, (fjoprv eari ; 
 
 
 BOinxos. 
 
 
 
 TwS' ifia 
 
 Bei^adev, itto) Aev<s. 
 
 
 NIKAPXOS. 
 
 
 eyo) Tolvvv dSt 
 
 (paiva TToKe/iia ravra. 
 
 
 BOimos. 
 
 
 tL ha] 
 
 KaKov iradwv 
 
 opva'jreTioia-t, iroKefiov rjpa koI 
 
 fidxav ; 
 
 NIKAPX05. 
 
 
 Kol <T€ <ye <f>avci> tt/jo? TolcrBe. 
 
 
 BOinros. 
 
 
 rl aZiKeifUvo^ ; 
 
 NIKAPX02. 
 
 iyo) <^pdaa> <rot rav -Trepieardncav ■)(apiv. 
 €« Twv TToKefiviov 7' ela'dryei'! dpvaX\lSa<;. 
 
 910 
 
 915 
 
 
 (97) 
 
Enter Nikarchos. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Here comes Nikarchos, prowling for a prey no doubt. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 'Tis but a little man. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 But solid rogue throughout. 
 
 NIKARCHOS. 
 Whose merchandise is this ? 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 I'd have you understand 
 'Tis mine; from Thebes. 
 
 NIKARCHOS. 
 
 Then I declare it contraband : 
 They're enemies. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 What can the little birds have done 
 That you should rate them such ? 
 
 NIKARCHOS. 
 
 And I declare you one. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 What have I done ? 
 
 NIKARCHOS. 
 
 Before the standers-round to fix 
 Your proper guilt ; I say — You bring in candlewicks. 
 
 lailaHsillsilf^Hsil^WsilRl 
 
 (98) 
 
mmnmfmrm tmmmi 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 etretra ^alveci Brjra Bia OpvaWiSa ; 
 
 NIKAPX02. 
 
 avrt] <yap ifiTrpijaeiev av to veapiov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 vecopiov 0pvaWi<; ; 
 
 NIKAPX03. 
 
 OlfJUU. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Tipi rpo-TTip ; 
 
 NIKAPXOS. 
 
 ivBeU av e? tI(})7]v avr/p BotwTto? g2o 
 
 a-^a<! av elcnrifi^jreiev e? to veatpiov 
 
 Si vBpoppoag, fiopiav e-TriTijp^a-a'! pAyav. 
 
 KeiTrep XajSotro t5)v veSsv to irvp aira^, 
 
 aeKarfolvT av evdv<:. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 w KaKioT aTToXovp^ve, 
 a-eXayoivT av viro tI^tj's ts koI OpvaWiSoi; ; 925 
 
 NIKAPX05. 
 p,apTvpop^i„ 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ^vX\dp.l3av' aiiTov to a-TopM • 
 Boi p.01 <}}opvT6v, "v avTov evB-qcra<s (f)epo), 
 tixrvep Kepap,ov, "va px) KaTayp <})opovp,evo<;. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 evBr)a-ov, w /8e\Tt<rTe, toS 
 
 ^^sss?ssss 
 
 (99;) 
 
DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And do the candlewicks so much inflame your ire ? 
 
 NIKARCHCS. 
 
 Why ! one of them might set the arsenal on fire. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 A wick can fire the arsenal ? 
 
 NIKARCHOS. 
 
 I say it can. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 NIKARCHOS. 
 
 How SO ? 
 
 The thing is easy. Some Boiotian 
 
 rinds me an empty bean pod — 'tis a simple trick — 
 
 And in the bottom of it fixes me his wick : 
 
 He watches for a night when northern winds prevail ; 
 
 Kindles his wick and sets the little boat to sail 
 
 Down the main drain. If once the ships should catch the flame 
 
 Then all would be ablaze — 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And candlewick to blame ! 
 
 NIKARCHOS. 
 
 That I attest. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Grag him and stop the fellow's ravings. 
 I'll pack him neatly ; bring a flag mat and some shavings. 
 (Dikaiopolis and his slaves seize NiharcJws and make him up like a parcel of 
 pottery and cord him, he protesting lustily all the while.) 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 To preserve him safe and sound, 
 You must have him fairly bound, 
 
 (100) 
 
fej/ft) Ka\&<; ttjv ifivoXrjv 930 
 
 ovT(0(; 07rm<; 
 
 av /Jit] <^epa>v Kard^jj. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ifwl ftekrjaei, ravr',- ivrel 
 
 Toi Kal ■\}ro(f)ei XaXov Tt xal 
 
 •7rvpoppwye<s 
 
 KoXXaii deoiaiv i')(6p6v. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 Tt j^'^creral ttot avrS ; 935 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIZ. 
 
 •iray)(prjcrTov dyyo^ earai, 
 Kparrjp KaKwv, rpiirr^p Sik&v, 
 ^alveiv virev0vvov(; Xv^pov- 
 
 TO, irpdyfiaT iyKVKcurOai. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 7rft>9 S' av veiroidoiT] rt? ary. g^o 
 
 •yet^) ToiovT^ "xpat/xevo'i 
 
 Kar oiKiav 
 
 TO<rovS' del ■^o<f>ovvTi ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Ia')(yp6v i<mv, &yd6', oxtt 
 ovK av Kararfeirj ttot , eX- 
 irep SK ttoSmv 
 Kara xdpa Kpe/uuTO. 
 
 945 
 
 ^[^I^IPIBI^IM^EI 
 
 (roi) 
 

 With a cordage nicely wound, 
 Up and down, and round and round ; 
 Securely packed. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I shall have a special care. 
 For he's a piece of paltry ware ; 
 And as you strike him, here or there, 
 The noises he returns declare — 
 He's partly crack'd. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 How then is he fit for use ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 As a store-jar of abuse. 
 Plots and lies he cooks, and brews 
 Slander and seditious news, 
 Or anything. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Have you stow'd him safe enough ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Never fear, he's hearty stuff; 
 Fit for usage hard and rough, 
 Fit to beat and fit to cuff. 
 
 To toss and fling. 
 You can hang him up or down 
 By the heels or by the crown. 
 
 (102) 
 
mmmrnrmmmwnrd 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEriN. 
 
 TjBr) KaXai ej^et croi. 
 
 Boinros. 
 fieXKco ye rot deplBBeiv. 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEHN. 
 
 aW', w ^evcav fiiXnffre, <7vv- 
 
 Oipi^e Kot TovTov Xafioip irpo^aW' otroi 
 
 /SouXet (fiepaiv 950 
 
 Trpos rrdvra crvKO(f>dvrT]v. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 fioki<; <y evehrf(Ta rov leaKco'; airokovfievov. 
 acpov Xa^mv rov Kepafiov, & Botcorte. 
 
 B0mT02. 
 vTTOKVTTTe Tav Tv\av KOV, lo'fiTjvi'X^e. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 j^avcc? Karolcrei,^ avrbv evka^ov/x^po^. 955 
 
 irdvTCO'; fiev oia-eii oiiSev vyte?, dW' 0/M09 • 
 Kav TOVTO KepSdvr]<; a/ycov to <f)opTiov, 
 evSaifJ,ovi]<T€i<i a-VKO<f)avr&v y ovveKa. 
 
 (103) 
 
CHORUS. 
 
 We wisli ye joy. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 I'm for harvest business bound. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Eare ye well, my jolly clown. 
 You've a purchase tight and neat ; 
 A rogue, a sycophant complete ; 
 Fit to hang about and beat, 
 Fit to stand the cold and heat 
 And all employ. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I'd a hard job with the rascal, tying him up ! 
 Come, my Boiotian, take away your bargain. 
 
 BOIOTIAN. 
 
 Ismeniaa, stoop your back and heave him up. 
 There — softly and fairly — so — now carry him off. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 He's an unlucky commodity ; notwithstanding, 
 If he earns you a profit, you can have to say, 
 What few can say, you've been the better for him. 
 And mended your affairs by the, informer. 
 
 [^Exeunt the Boiotian and slave carrying off Nikarehos. 
 
 (104) 
 
eEPAnnx. 
 IKAIOnOAI. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 Ti effTi ; rl fie /SwcrT/jet? ; 
 
 ©EPAmiN. 
 
 o TV ; 
 
 CKeXevae Aa/Mi;^o9 ae ravTi)cr\ Spa^^jjirj^ 960 
 
 et? Tov<i Xoa? avra fieraSovvat, rmv Ki'^Xcav, 
 rpimv Zpa')(fiSiv S' iKeKeve KaTraS' eyxeKvv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 o irolo'i oinoii Adft,axo<s rijv erfj(e\vv ; 
 
 ezPAnnN. 
 
 o heiivoi, 6 ToXavpivoq, o? ryv Topyova 
 •TraKXei, KpaSaii/atv rpets KaraaKiov; \6<f)ov^. 
 
 965 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 oiiK av /ut At", el BoItj <ye /tot rf/v a<nrlSa • 
 dW' eTTt rapiy(ei roix; X6^ov<; Kpa8aiv4rca • 
 Tjv S' dirdXiyaivp, tov<s dr/opavofjuovi koKco. 
 iyo) S' ifiavTw ToSe Xa^wv to ^opriov 
 eiaeip. virai irrepvycov Ki^av Kal Koi^iycav. 
 
 970 
 
 ('05) 
 
ElB^tsilB l^l^I^^ 
 
 Enter Attendant on Lamachos. 
 
 ATTENDANT. 
 
 Hoh, Dikaiopolis ! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, what's the matter ? " 
 Why need ye bawl so ? 
 
 ATTENDANT. 
 
 Lamachos sends his orders, 
 With a drachma for a dish of quails, and three 
 For that Kopaic eel, he bid me give you. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 An eel for Lamachos ? Who is Lamachos ? 
 
 ATTENDANT. 
 
 •The fierce and hardy warrior ; he that wields 
 The Gorgon shield and waves the triple plume. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS 
 
 And if he'd give me his shield he should not have it: 
 Let him wave his plumage over a mess of salt fish. 
 What's more ; if he takes it amiss, and makes a riot, 
 I'll speak to the clerk of the market, you may tell him. 
 
 \Exit Attendant. 
 But as for me, with this my precious basket, 
 Hence I depart, while ortolans and quails 
 Attend my passage and partake the gales. 
 
 [ExU Dikaiopolis. 
 
 m<««««««((^^ 
 
 (106) 
 
X0P02 AXAPNEllN. 
 
 ^c^AES & etSe? 0} Traaa iroXi. top (f>p6vtfiov avBpa, tov 
 ■5 vTrepcro<^ov, 
 
 [I oT ej^et aireia-dfJLevo<; ifviropiKO, ■)(pi]fiaTa BiefivoXav, 
 S>v TO, ixev iv oIkIo, ■^ijcri/ui, ra S' av irpeirec ■^capa. 
 
 Karea-dleiv. 975 
 
 avTOfiara •jravT wyaOa rSBe ye Troptferat. 
 ovSeTTOT iym HoKe/iov ocKaS" inroBe^o/J-ai, 
 ovBe irap' e/jiol irore rqv 'ApfioBiov acrerao 980 
 
 ^vyKaTaKXivei';, on irapoivi.o'i avr]p e<f)V, 
 o<7Ti<i im irdvr w^aff €y(pvTa<; eTriKcop-daa^, 
 elpyaaaro irdvra Ka/ca Kdverpaire /caf e^et, 
 Ka/id'^eTO, Kal irpoaeri woWa irpoKaKovpAvov, 
 
 TTive, KaTa/ceia-o, XaySe TJ/i/Se (fiiXorrja-iav, 985 
 
 ras 'yapaica's Tjirre iroXii /laXXov en, rm irvpl, 
 
 e^exei 6" 'fjfixov fiia tov oIvov Ik t&v dfiirekav. 
 
 * * * rai T eVl to Belirvov a/ia Kal fieydXa Sf; 
 
 <j)povel, 98S 
 
 tov Plov S' i^e^aXe Beiyfia TaSe to, irTcpa irpo t&v OvpSsv. 
 
 Si Ji-virpiSi TTJ KcCX^ Kal H-dpia-t rat? <})lXai,^ ^iivTpo<j>e AiaXXayij^ 
 
 a)? KaXov €j(pvara to vpoa-ioirov dp' iXdv0av€<;. 990 
 
 TTW? av ifie Kal ere rt? "E/joj? ^vvaydyot Xa/Sdav, 
 
 &<7Trep o yeypa/i/ievo<;, e^yaiv a-T€(f>avov dvde/uov ; 
 
 Tj travv yepovTiov to-tas vevop.iKa'; /le av ; 
 
 dXXd a-e Xa^wv Tpia Sokw y av eri irpocfiaXelv • 
 
 irpS>Ta [lev av a/i-TreX/So? op-)(ov eXdaai puKpov, 995 
 
 eiTa irapa TOvBe vea /loaj^iSia ovkiScov, 
 
 Kal TO TpLTOv ripspihot o^ov, 6 yepav oBl, 
 
 
 (107) 
 
B2SSS2SSSESS 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 He was wise to make his peace ; 
 
 Now jihe city knows it. 
 Wealth must in his house increase, , 
 
 Commerce overflows it. 
 Articles of usefulness, 
 
 Articles for eating, 
 One upon another press, 
 
 Happy at the meeting. 
 I will never harbor War ; 
 
 He shall not be guest of mine, 
 Headstrong mischief-maker ; for, 
 
 Say you, " Take a cup of wine," 
 Roistering he comes to spoil. 
 
 Mars the feasting with a broil ; 
 Scatters, snatches, overturns. 
 
 Takes your vine-stakes up and burns ; 
 Yea, for all that you can say, 
 
 Madly stabs the very vine. 
 Lets its life-blood ebb away — 
 
 War shall not be guest of mine. 
 Foster sister to the Graces, 
 
 Reconciliation ! 
 Hitherto how feiir thy face is 
 
 Passed my observation. 
 Crowned with roses, would some youth 
 
 (As we painted see Love) 
 Take you by the hand in truth 
 
 And give you to me, love — 
 " Wedding winter unto spring ; 
 
 Laying snow-wreath on a flower " — 
 Say you so ? but I will bring 
 
 Three enhancements for thy dower : 
 First, I'll trench a goodly line, 
 Li it I will set the vine ; 
 Then a second I will dig 
 For young suckers of the fig ; 
 Wilder berries have their charm. 
 
 They shall have another row. 
 
 1108J 
 
KoX irepX TO ■)(oopLQv i\aZa<: airav ev KVKKtp, 
 
 mar aXei^eaBat a air ainmv Kafie ral^ vovfi/qvlai,';. 
 
 KHPTH. 
 
 aK0V€Te \ea> • Kara ra irarpia tov; ^(009 tooo 
 
 vivetv viro rrj'; (TaXviyyo<; • o? S" av eKirlrj 
 'iTpd>TicrTO<;, a<TKOV K.Tr]tri<})S>vTO<; Xifi/reTot. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 CO iratSe?, & yvvatKe<s, ovk rjKoixraTe; 
 
 Ti Bpdre ; tov Ki]pvKO<; ovk aKovere ; 
 
 ava^poTTer , efoTTTare, TpeireT, d^eXKere 1005 
 
 TO, TuvySa Ta-)(iai<s, tov<; <TTe^dvov<; dveipeTe. 
 
 <f>epe rov<; 60e\iaKov<;, Xv dvaTreipto ra? Kl^Ka^, 
 
 X0P05 AXAPNEGN. 
 
 fiyXw ae Ttji ev^ovXLa';, 
 /jLoXKov Be T^s eutB^ia?, 
 avOptoire, rfj<i Trapovat]';. loio 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 Tt BrJT, eVftSav Ta9 Kiy^Xaj; 
 OTTTmp.iva'; tSrjTe ; 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEON. 
 
 ol/J-ai ae xal tovt ev Xeyeiv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 TO TTvp viTO<TKaKeve. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 riKOvaa<i to? fiayeiptKa)<s 10;- 
 
 aiiajjMM) 1 fii I n m 
 
 (109) 
 
And, encircling all the farm, 
 Olives shall be set to grow. 
 
 Enter Herald. 
 
 HBEALD. 
 
 Good people, hear. The statutes of the feast ordain 
 
 When as ye hear the trumpet sounding, ye shall drain 
 
 Your pitchers. He who first his pitcher shall have done 
 
 Shall have for his reward the skin of Ktesiphon. {Exit. 
 
 Enter Dikaiopolis shouting. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What are you doing, slaves ? Wenches, where are your wits ? 
 Look to your business, take the leverets from the spits. 
 Do keep the pots a-boiling ; turn the fry ; and weave 
 Some garlands. I will spit the thrushes, with your leave. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Good counsel you before had shown. 
 Good living seems not less your own ; 
 My envy is excited. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Ah, if you saw the thrushes roast ; 
 You Would be quite delighted. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 You speak the truth without a boast. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 See, slave, that fire wants blowing. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 His orders are so like a cook's ! 
 
 (110) 
 
4sr*f* 
 
 aiirm Bia/coveirai ; 
 
 TEnpros. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 m HpaAc\£t9, Tt? ovToai ; 
 
 FEnpros. 
 ai/);p KaicoSaifimv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 /cara o-eaurdi/ vi»j» Tpiirov 
 
 TEnpros. 
 w <f>CkTaTe, tTTTOpBal yap etai ao\ /lovco, 
 fieTpr)a-ov elpijjnji ri fioi, Kav irevT err). 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Tt 5' eiraOe'i ; 
 
 rEnpro3. 
 iireTpi^Tjv airoXia-a^ rm /Soe. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 •TToOev ; 
 
 TEnpros. 
 aTTO ^vX^? eXajSov ol I&okotioi. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 w rpia-KaKoBaificov, etra XevKov afnre'x^ei, ; 
 
 TEnpros. 
 /cat ravra fjieuroi vrj AC m-jrep fi iTp€<f>eTr)v 
 iv ■jraa-i fioXiToi<i. 
 
 1025 
 
 (III) 
 
How lordly, suppingly, he looks, 
 And keeps the business going. 
 
 Miter Farmer. 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 H dear, Oh, dear! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What's this? 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 A man making a moan. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Then go your way. 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 Good sir, the Truce is yours alone; 
 
 Give me a Peace, if 'tis a trifle of five years. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What is the matter ? 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 I have lost a yoke of steers. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Where from ? 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 jd'rom Phyle. The Boiotians came across. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 And you are not in mourning after such a loss ? 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 They were my comfort and support ; for them my heart does bleed ! 
 
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 eZra vvpl rov Beet ; 
 
 rEnpros. 
 a-jr6\a)\a Ta>4>daXfjM) SaKpvcov tw ^6e. 
 a\\' ei TO K^Sei Aepicerov ^vkcuriov, 
 viraXet-^frov elprjvri fie Tm^OaXfMO ra^xy. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 d\\', w TTOi/Jjp', OX) hrjfuxnevoiv rvyxava. 
 
 TEnpros. 
 16' avTi^oXS) o-', rjv tto)? KO/MLtrtofiai, t(u ySoe. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 ov« €<m,v, aXXh K\de Trpo? toO IltTTaXow. 
 
 FEnpros. 
 trii B' aXKd fioi oTaXwyfibv elprjvt}^ eva 
 elf Tov KokafiLaKov ivaTuXa^ov- tovtovi. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ovS' av crrpt^tXiKl'Y^ • aX\! a-miav o"/i(ufe ttou. 
 
 rEQpros. 
 oXiiot KaKoZaificov rolv yecopyolv ySotStotv. 
 
 X0P02 AXAPNEHN. 
 
 dvr)p evevprjKeu ri rat? 
 aTTOvSaunv tjBv, kovk eoi- 
 Kev ovBevl fieraBcoa-eiv, 
 
 1030 
 
 1035 
 
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WMUMUMUiUMUiUMUiUiUJi 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, then, speak out, my man, and tell me what you need. 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 And now I've lost my eyesj for crying in this fashion. 
 If Derketes of Phyle can move your compassion, 
 Do drop some Peace into my eyes ; a little squeeze. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 But I am not a parish doctor, Derketes. 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 It may be I may get the oxen back. Only a little. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Pooh ! go and carry your complaint to Doctor Pittal. 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 The smallest drop of Peace. I do beseech you. 
 Here's a quill. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No, not a -whisper. 
 
 FARMER. 
 
 Oh ! my yoke of steers ! \_Uxit. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 The Truce he finds a dainty fare. 
 Which he is indisposed to share, 
 At anybody's wishes. 
 
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 (114) 
 

 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Kardy^ei a-v t^s x°P^V'i "^^ /ieXt • 1040 
 
 Ta? aTjTrla'i crrdOeve. 
 
 XOPO5 AXAPNEflN. 
 
 rJKOva-a'} opdiacrfidTaiv ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 oirrare rdfy^eXeia. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEni 
 
 aTTOKTevet? Xt/teS /ie Acai 
 
 TO^? yeiTova^ Kvl<rr] re koL J045 
 
 <f>covj} Toiavra \da-Kcov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 nAPANrM*OS. 
 
 IKAIOnOAI. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 Tt? ovToerl Tt9 ovtoctL ; 
 nAPANTM*OS. 
 
 kirefJLi^e Tt? o-ot vvfi,(f)Co<; ravrl xpia 
 
 €K tS)v lydlMOV, 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 /caXo)? Y€ iTOiS}v, offTL'; rjv. 1050 
 
 nAPANTM*02. 
 
 e'«6\6ue S' ij^eai, cre, t5)v KpeSiv ■y^dpiv, 
 
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 e9 Toj/ aXa^aarov KvaOov elpi]V'r}<; eva. 
 
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@B^a@ [^i^i^ES 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Some honey on the sausages. 
 And toast the jelly-fishes. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 The pompous air in all he says ! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 See that the eels are frying, 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 What with the noise and smell so good, 
 And hunger, all the neighborhood. 
 And we, are almost dying. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And brown them. 
 Enter Bridesman and Bridesmaid. 
 
 BRIDESMAN. 
 
 floh Dikaiopolis ! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Who's there ? who's that ? 
 
 BRIDESMAN. 
 
 A bridegroom that has sent a dish of meat 
 From his marriage feast. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, come ! that's handsome of him ; 
 That's proper whoever he is ; that's as it should be. 
 
 BRIDEGROOM. 
 
 In fact, my friend the bridegroom, he that sent it. 
 Objects to foreign service just at present; 
 He begs you'd favor him with the balsam of peace ; 
 A trifling quantity, in the box I've brought. 
 
 (116) 
 
AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 airoAep a7r6<f>ep6 ra Kpia koX firj fioc SiSov, 
 fc>? ovK av iyxiacfiL ')(l\iS>v BpayQimv. 
 a)OC avTTjl Tt? ia-Tiv ; 
 
 nAPANTM*02. 
 
 ■f] VVfl<j}€VTpla 
 
 Seirai irapa t7)<s vvfi^rj^ ri crol Xe^at, /lova. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 <^ipe Bt], Tt ail Xeyei's ; o)? yeXolov, co 0eoi, 
 TO Zirjp-a Trjt; vvp,<f)T)^, o Belrai fiov a-<f)6Bpa, 
 
 ^epe Bevpo ras airovBd^, Xv avrfj Bw ftovrj, 
 orii] fuvq 'an tov iroKefiov t ovk d^ia. 
 vire')^ &Be Bevpo Tov^aXefTrrpov, St ryvvai. 
 olcrd' «>9 TTOieire rovro ; ttj vvfujij) <j)pda-ov, 
 
 aTTo^epe rai <nrovBd<;^ 4'^P^ "^Vv olvjjpva-iv, 
 'Lv olvov e7%e<a \a^a>v €9 roix; X'"'''^' 
 
 XOP02 AXAPNEHN. 
 
 KoX firjv oBi Tt? Ta? 6<l)pv^ dveairaKO)^ 
 oaa-irep Tt Bekvov ayyeK&v eTretyerai. 
 
 ArrEAOs. 
 to) iTovoi re Kai, p.d'^ai, koI Adfuivpt, 
 
 AAMAX03. 
 
 Tt? a/t^t 'xa\KO<f)d\apa Bd>p,aTa KTVirei ; 
 
 1055 
 
 1060 
 
 1065 
 
 1070 
 
 ("7) 
 
DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 No ! no ! take back the dish ; I can't receive it. 
 Dispose it somewhere else ; take it away. 
 I would not part with a particle of my balsam, 
 For all the world — not for a thousand drachmas. 
 But that young woman there, who's she ? 
 
 BRIDESMAN. 
 
 The bridesmaid, 
 With a particular message from the bride. 
 Wishing to speak a word in private with you. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Well, vrhat have ye got to say ? Let's hear it all ! 
 — Oh bless me, what a capital, comical. 
 Extraordinary string of female reasons, 
 
 * * * * 
 
 — Well, we'll indulge her, since she's only a woman ; 
 She's not obliged to serve ; bring out the balsam. 
 
 (Miter slave bearing Peace.') 
 Come, where's your little vial ? but I say — 
 Do you know the manner of it ? No, not you, 
 
 * * * * 
 4: * * ■ * 
 Now take the balsam back, and bring me a funnel 
 To rack my wine off. I must mix my wine. 
 
 \_Hxeunt all hut Dikaiopolia. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 See yet another ! posting here, it seems 
 With awful tidings anxious and aghast. 
 Enter Messenger. 
 
 MESSENGER. 
 
 Oh ! toils and broils and Lamachos ! 
 Enter Lamachos. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Who thunders at the brazen gates ? who calls on us ? 
 
 ^SSS^S^BS 
 
 (118) 
 
ArrEAos. 
 levai a eKeXevov oi a-rpaTtjyol ri^fiepov 
 Tavew? Xa^ovTa Toii'; Xo-^pv^ koX rov<; Xo^ovi ' 
 KairevTa Trjpeiv vi,<j}6fievov ra? etcr/SoXa?. 1075 
 
 VTTO Tov<; 'Koav yap ical "Kvrpovi; avrourl Tt? 
 ijyyeiXe \r]a-Ta<; i/i/SaXeiv Botwrtov?. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 la> (rrparriyol TrXetoi/e? 7) ySeXr/oi/e?. 
 ov Beiva /J,rj '^elvai fie fiijS' eoprdaai ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Iw crTpdrevfia 7roXefioXa/JUi)(aiKov. 1080 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 o'ifwi KaKoBaificov, KarwyeKa^ rjBrj av fiov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ySovXet fid')(e<T6ai Ttjpvovj} TerpaTrriKat ; 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 aMi, 
 
 olav o Kijpv^ ayyeKiav rjyyeiXe /xoi, 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 alal, riva S' av fiot.7rpocrrpey(ei Tt? ayyeX&v ; 
 ArrEAOS. 
 
 AlKalOTTOXl. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Tt eanv ; 
 
 ArrEAOS. 
 
 €7rl SeHTi/oi/ rap^u 1085 
 
 ^dSi^e, TTjv Kiarrjv Xaficav kcu tov %oa. 
 
 (119) 
 
lUxit. 
 
 MESSEKGEB. 
 
 It is the General's orders that you go to-day, 
 Taking your companies and crests without delay, 
 To watch the passes in the snow ; for it is told 
 That certain thieves from the Boiotian side, made hold 
 By reason of our feast, trouble the neighborhood 
 With lifting prey. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Oh ! Generals more numerous than good ! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS 
 To go and leave the feast ! oh, terrible position ! 
 Oh, lamentable lamachoean expedition ! 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Is it at me you dare to cast such scoffs as these ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Wouldst thou do battle with four- winged Geryones ? 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Ah ! ah ! what heavy tidings did the herald sing me ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Hah ! ha ! what tidings will this coming fellow bring 
 /7~^ me? 
 
 ( \J Unter Messenger. 
 
 MESSENGER. 
 
 X VUa!, 
 
 OOD Dikaiopolis. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 What now ? 
 
 MESSENGER. 
 
 Please you pack up 
 Your pitcher and provision box, and come to sup. 
 
 (120) 
 
aa^i^BiiPi^i^tJI 
 
 o TOW Awvvcrov <ydp <t iepeix; fieTairefiTreTai,. 
 
 aX\' iy/covei • Benrveiv KaraKa>Kvei,<; •n-dXai. 
 
 TO. S' aXXa TrdvT eaTLv irapecrKevaa-fieva, 
 
 KXlvac, rpdire^ai, irpo(TKe(^aXaia, arpcofiara, 1090 
 
 ari^avoi, fivpov, rp(vyTifJLad\ * * * 
 
 afJLvKot., -TrXaKovvre^, o-ijcra/ioCi'Te?, crpia, 
 
 opj^i7<rTptSe9, TO, ^CXrad' ' Ap/ioSiov, KoXai. 
 
 aW' ta? Td')(i<rra airevSe. 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 ' KaKohaifuov eyd>. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Kal yap crv /jteydXrjv eireypd^ov rrjv Vopyova. 1095 
 
 (TvyKXece, Kal Seiirvov Tt? ivaKeva^ero), 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 tral iral, ^ep e^co Sevpo top yvXiov ejioL 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 tral irai, ^ep e^co Bevpo rrjv KitrTtjv ifioi. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 aXa<; 6vfilra<; oicre, Trai, xal Kp6/J,/J,va. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 i/Jbol Se TCfid^T] • Kpofifivoi^ yap d'X^Bo/j.ai,. 1 100 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 Oplov TapL-^ovi olae Bevpo, vai, ffaTrpov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Ka/jiol av Br)fj.ov 6plov • oirrrjam B' ixel. 
 
 \i««<K««««(m<^ 
 
 (121) 
 
mnummitmitum 
 
 The priest of Bacchus begs your company and waits. 
 The feast is all prepared, from tables down to cates ; 
 The cushions, couches, hangings, chaplets for the head, 
 The perfumes, sweetmeats, millet cakes, and wheaten bread. 
 And dancers ; so make haste. {^Exit. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 My evil genius ! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 You chose the Gorgon. Why reproach your fortune thus ? 
 But peace ; get ready. 
 
 (^As Lamaehos calls for the various articles of his military equipment Dikaiopo- 
 lis calls for the corresponding articles of his equipment for the feast.) 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Boy, bring out my havresack. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Boy, bring out the provision box for me to pack. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Some thyme-sauce and some onions for my service chest. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 And me a slice of fish ; for onions I detest ; 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Bring me a leaf of salt fish ; it is soldier's fare. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And me a leaf of stuffing ; I will dress it there. 
 
 WMUMUMUMUiUMUiUMUJ 
 
 (122) 
 
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 eveyKe Bevpo rcb vrepo) to) 'k tov Kpavov^. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 €fio\ he ra<; (f>dTTa<; ye (j>ipe Kal to.? kI'^^Xu^. 
 
 AAMAX03. 
 KoXov ye Koi XevKov to Trj<; aTpovOov iTTepov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 KoXov ye Kal ^avOov to Trj<; <f>dTTr]<; Kpea<;. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 aivBpcoire, iravaai, KaTaye\&v /lov twv oit\(ov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 StvOpca-Tre, ySouXet firj psAireiv eh ra? /ct^Xa? ; 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 TO \o<f>eiov i^eveyxe t&v Tpimv Xo<f)cov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 icd/ju>l Xe/cdviov t&v Xayoicov So? KpeStv. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 aX\' 97 Tpi,')(pPp(OTe<i Toii^ Xo^ov; fiov KaTe<f)ayov ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 aW' ^ Trpo Beiirvov ttjv /j.l/j,apKVv KUTeho/JUii ; 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 &vdp(OTre, ^ovkei fif/ irpocrar^opeveiv ifii ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ovK, dXK eyco j(m iTal<s epl^ofiev irdiXai. 
 
 1 105 
 
 LUil/MUlUMUlUMUMUMUMUi 
 
 (123) 
 
LAKACHOS. 
 
 Bring me the feathers wliich upon my helmet sit. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And me the pigeons and the thrushes from the spit. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 'Tis full and white ! the ostrich is a noble fellow. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 The meat of wood pigeon is very plump and yellow. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 About my arms, my man, I'd have you cease your girds. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Can you refrain, my man, from looking at my birds ? 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Now bring me out the mount which holds the triple crest. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And me the dish of hare so exquisitely dressed. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Alas ! the moths have eat the long hair through and through. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Alas ! I'm eating hare — and supper's yet to do ! 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Will you be pleased, my man, to cease addressing me ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Pooh ! Pooh ! T'is with my slave I venture to make free. 
 
 (124) 
 
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 fiovKec 7repiS6a-6ai, Ka-TnTpi-^ai Aaftdx<Pi 
 iroTepov aKpihef tjBiov i<mv, rj KiyKai ; 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 olfi ca? v/Spt'fct?. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIX 
 
 TO? aKpiBa<! Kpivei iroKv, 
 AAMAX03. 
 irat vat, Ka0eKa>v fioi to Sopv Bevp' €^<o <j>epe. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 iral "Trai, <rv S* oujieXcov Bevpo ttjv 'XPpBrjv <f>epe. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 <l)epe, Tov BopaToii.a<j)£Xicva-<ofuu TovKvTpov, 
 ey^, avri'xpv, iral. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Koi try, iral, toOS* dvri'xpv. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 TOi/? KiXX.lfiavTa<! oilae, nral, 7-^9 affTrt'So?. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 «al T^9 ep-fji; tows Kpi^avira<; cKipepe. 
 
 AAMAX03. 
 
 ^£/}6 Sevpo yopyovcoTov acririSoi kvkXop. . 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Kafioi TrXaKOvvTO'; Tvpovcorov So? kvkXov. 
 
 AAMAX05. 
 
 TOUT on KaTar/eKoD<s ecniv dvOpmvoi^ TrXarv? ; 
 
 ">S 
 
 1 1 25 
 
 ("S) 
 
What ? Locust yield a meat as sweet as thrushes ? Nay, 
 I'll wager you it isa't ; Lamachos shall say. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 You're insolent. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 He says that locusts win the day. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Boy, boy, bring out my spear ; it is above the shelf. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Boy, boy, bring out the string of sausage, stir yourself. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Come, let me get the spear out of its cover ; lend 
 A hand to help me. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Aye, take you the other end. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Bring out the tressels to support my goodly shield. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 To me bring out the rolls, their good support to yield. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 And now the Gorgon-backed, the shield, sir, if you please. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And now a pancake — ^broad and rounder than a cheese. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 If men find this a joke, they'll own 'tis broad enough. 
 
 (126) 
 
Yrrrri i i i i i rr 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ravT ov nrXaKov'i BrJT earlv avOpavoK: r/KvKXx; ; 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 Kardxei av, iral, rovXaiov. ev reS j(aXKia> 
 kvopS) f^epovra heCkiat (fiev^ov/jievov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 /caTd^et ail to fieki. kclvQciK evhrjko<; yipmv 
 icKdeiiV KeXevav Adfiaxov top Topydaov. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 <pepe Bevpo, -Tral, da>paKa •iroXefuaTrjpiov, 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 e^aipe, Trai, OtopaKa Kafiol rov ypa. 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 h> TaBe TT/ao? tou? iroXe/jLlov<; Bmprj^ofuu, 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 kv TwSe 7rpo9 Tou? o-w/iTrora? Oatprj^oput. 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 TO, a-rpco/iar, & tral, Bfja-ov Ik Trj<; doTrtSo?. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 TO BeiTTVov, & TTOt, Brjaov ex t^? ki<ttISo<;. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 670) 3' e/Mavrm tov yvXiov oXafo Xa^div. 
 
 AlKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 €70!) Se 6olp-dTiov \a^a)v k^ep-)(pp.at. 
 
 1130 
 
 "35 
 
 (127) 
 
fiiiiTiifiiifflifiiifni 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 If men find this a pancake — why, 'tis toothsome stuff. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Now pour some oil upon the brass. I see reflected 
 An old man in the act of cowardice detected. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Now pour some honey on. There is an old man here 
 Laughing at Lamachos. Fitz-Gorgonus ; that's clear. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Bring me the martial plate with which I arm my breast. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Bring me the pitcher wherewithal I warm my chest. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Against the enemies thus armed will I go out. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Thus armed am I prepared for any drinking-bout. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Now tie the blankets in the hollow of the shield. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Now shut the box ; so shall the supper be concealed. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 And I myself will bear the wallet to the field. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 And I will take a wrap to go through any weather. 
 
 (128) 
 
AAMAXOS. 
 
 HN uaTrLK aipov, Koi ^dSi^, Si Trat, Xa^cov. 1140 
 vi<f)ei. ^a^aid^ ' 'xetfJ^epia ra irpar/fiaTa. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAI2. 
 
 aipov TO SelTTvov • a-vix,irortKa to, trparffiaTa. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 ire Brj j^alpovret; k-nX a-rparvdv. 
 
 a><s dvofioiav ep-^e<r6ov 686v ' 
 
 TfiS fiev iriveiv <rre<f)avcocrafi€vtp, 1145 
 
 cot Se pfytov Kal 'irpo<f)vXdTTeiv, 
 
 To3 Se KadevSeiv 
 
 fiera "jraiBiaKr)^ o)paiOTdTr}(;. 
 
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 'AvTifia'Xpv rbv '^aKaBot rov ^vyypa<f>fj, rbv fieXeav 
 
 iroiTjT-qv, 
 (u? fiev dirSM Xdyo) KaKoji; e^oXeaeiev 6 Zev<; • 
 OS 7 eyxe rov TXrjfwva Aijvaia y^oprjycSv dire\v<7^ 
 
 dSeiTTvov. 
 ov er eTriSoifit Tev0i8o<; 
 heofievov, 17 S' wTrrrjfjLevrj 
 ai^ovcra irdpdXo<; eTrl rpaTre^rj Keifievr} 
 oKeWoi ' Kara fieXXovTo<i Xa^elv 
 
 avTOv Kvcov dpTrdaacra (jievyoL. ngo 
 
 rovTO fiev avrw kukov ev • Kaff" erepov vvKrepivov yevotTo. 
 rjiriaXSsv yap otKoS" e'f 'nrvacr(,a<; ^aBi^cov, 1165 
 
 eira Kard^eii n<; avrov /j^Ovcov rrjv Ke^aXrjv 'OpecrT?;? 
 fj,aiv6/Mevo<; • o Be Xldov Xafieiv 
 ^ovX6fievo<; ev crKorm Xd^oi 
 
 1150 
 
 "55 
 
 (129) 
 
^l^l^ 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Now take you up the shield and vre will go together. 
 Bless me ! it snows. The night is very dark and stormy. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Pick up the box. A pleasant evening is before me. \_Uxeunt omnes. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 Go ye, each with cheery heart, but your ways lie wide apart ; 
 His to garlands and potation, yours to shiver at your station. 
 We're determined to discuss our difference with Antimachos, 
 
 Calmly, simply, candidly; 
 Praying to the powers above, and the just, almighty Jove, 
 
 To sink and blast him utterly. 
 
 He that sent us all away t'other evening from the play. 
 
 Hungry, thirsty, supperless; 
 Him we shortly trust to see sunk in equal misery, 
 
 In the like distress. 
 With a pennyworth of fish, and a curious eager wish 
 
 To behold it fried; 
 Let him watch, and wait, and turn, with a hungry, deep concern, 
 
 Standing there beside. 
 Let an accident befall, which shall overturn the stall, 
 
 And the fishes frying ; 
 There shall he behold the dish topsy-turvy, with the fish 
 
 In the kennel lying. 
 As he stoops to pick and wipe it, let a greedy greyhound gripe it, 
 
 Snatch and eat it flying. 
 
 For one misfortune that may do — 
 But I will find him number two — 
 With ague fevered, on his way 
 Towards his house some evening may 
 Orestes with a madman's force 
 Surprise and knock him off his horse. 
 Then blindly groping for a stone 
 
 ii)ii)C^x^X'midGmm 
 
 (130) 
 
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 Tji %et/3t veXedov apriax; Ke'^etrfievov ' 
 eva^eiev 8' ej^tov tov fidp/Mapov, 
 Ko/ireid' a/uipTmv ^aXoi K.paTtvov. 
 
 eEPAnnN. 
 w S/iwe? ot KWT oiKov iare A-afuiypv, 
 vScop vhcop iv "xyrpihia OepfiaCvere • 
 odovia, KijpcoTTjv TrapaaKeud^ere, 
 epi' ol<TVirr]pd, Xa/i7rdSiov irepi to cr<f>vpou. 
 dvrip TerpcoTai ■^apaKi, hiatrrjitov Ta<f>pov, 
 KoX TO <r<f)vpov iraXivoppov i^eKOKKi<rev, 
 KdX TJj? Ke<f>a\ri^ KaTeaye irepX \l6ov ireacov, 
 KoX Topyov' i^ijyetpev ix t^9 do'iriZo';. 
 tttLXov Se TO /jLeya KO/iiroTuiKvdov Tretrov 
 •irpo<i Tot? ireTpaiffC, Seivov i^rjvBa /j.e\o<s ' 
 & KXetvbv o/jLfia, vvv irawaTaTov o"' iZoav 
 XeiTTco <j}do<s ye Tovfiov, ovKer eXfi iyco. 
 TOfTavrd '\e^a<s et? vSpoppoav ve<Ta>v 
 dvloTarai re Kal ^vvavTo. BpaTreTai<; 
 Xj^o-ra? ekavvav koX KaTa(y'!rep')(cov Bopi. 
 oSl Be tcavT6<; • aXX' avoiye tj;!/ Bvpav. 
 
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 dTTwrai aTTaToZ, 
 
 (TTvyepa ToBe ye Kpvepa irdOea. TdXa<; eym 
 BioWv/jMi Bopo^ VTTO TToT^^filov Tvjrei<;. 
 ixelvo S* alaKTOv av yevoiTO fioi, 
 AiKcuoiroXt'} av et p! tSot TeTpcofievov, 
 KUT iyxdvoi Toi': epMi<; TV')(auTiv. 
 
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May lie find out — what he has thrown 
 Has left behind a dirty mark ! 
 And may it flying in the dark, 
 Escape the man at whom it sped 
 But hit Kratinus on the head — 
 
 Ihiter Attendant on Lamachos. 
 
 ATTENDANT. 
 
 Here, women, get hot water, towels, lint, and plaster, 
 And ankle bandages for Lamachos your master. 
 A ditch came in his way which he must try to take ; 
 But somehow in the dark he jumped upon a stake ; 
 And got a dislocation of the ankle bone — 
 Then in the fall he broke his head upon a stone. 
 Alas ! the Gorgon's head has tumbled from the shield 
 And, much I fear, is left for dead upon the field — 
 But when the Braggadocio fell among the stones 
 There burst from him a loud lament in tragic tones, 
 " Oh glorious eye, while thus on thee I look my last 
 I take my leave of light; for I am dying fast." 
 Thus having said he fell into an open drain — 
 But then some thieves ran by and he rose up again. 
 And followed with his spear, as they ran on before. 
 But here he comes himself. So, pray undo the door. 
 Enter attendants supporting the wounded Lamachos. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Ahtattah ! Ahtattah ! 
 Anguish thrills me, numbness chills me, 
 Constant bleeding — hope receding — 
 'Tis the foeman's spear that kills me. 
 But that which grieves me most is this — 
 If that Dikaiopolis 
 
 Should behold me. 
 He would mock my dismal plight, 
 He would say it served me right, 
 
 As he told me. 
 
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 Toy 7ap j^oa vpaTOS eKirevmKa, 
 
 AAMAX03. 
 
 w <TV/i(popa TaXaiva r&v ifiwv Kaicav. 
 Iw Im Tpavfiarav eTrcoBvvcov. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 iTf Ir) xcupe Kap-w^Lwinov. 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 aTvyepbi; iym. 
 
 fioyepd<; eym. 
 
 ri fie crv Kvveti; ; 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Ti fie crv Ba.Kvei'! ; 
 
 AAMAX02. 
 
 TaXa? eyft) t^? ev fidy(rj ^vfi^oXrj^ JSapelai. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 Tot? ^ovcrl yap Ti? ^vfi^oXa^ eirpdrreTO ; 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 lu> la> Tiaiav TLaidv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAlS. 
 
 aX\' ov-^L vvvX rrjfiepov Ylatmvia. 
 
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Enter Bikaiopolis and train. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Ahtah-latattah, ahtahtay ! 
 
 I drank the pitcher first to-day. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Oh, for the sorrow of my heart ! 
 
 Oh, for my wounds ! they throb, they smart. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 My Lamachos ! my jovial lad ! 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 I'm sorrowful. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 I'm very sad. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Why kiss you me ? 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Why do you bite ? 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 I've lost my reckoning in the fight. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 But who would call a guest to pay 
 His reckoning upon Pitcher-day '. 
 
 
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 ffvpa^e fi e^evey/car I? rov HittoXov 
 iraKuvCaurt ^epaiv. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 ft)? T0U9 Kpi,rd<! fi €K<f)6p€Te • irov 'crnv 6 0a<riXev<{ ; 
 diroBoTe fwi tov cutkov. 1225 
 
 AAMAXOS. 
 
 y^^Xt ''"*^ €fi7re'jn]ye /u)i Sc ocrricov oSvprd. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIS. 
 
 opare tovtovI kcvov. n^veXXa /coXXtw/eo?. 
 
 XOPO2 AXAPNEnN. 
 
 TijveWa S?}t', etirep /caXet? 7', & irpia-^v, KaXK,iviKO<t. 
 
 AIKAIOnOAIZ. 
 Koi Trpoif y a-Kparov ey)(icv; dp-vcmv e^e\ayjra. 
 XOPOS AXAPNEHN. 
 
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 eTTecrdi vvv aBovTe<! & TTjj/eXXa KaX\lviKO<;.- 
 
 XOPOS AXAPNEHN. 
 
 aXX ei^ofieaOa arjv ydptv 
 T^^veXXa KaWiviKov d- 
 
 BoVT€<} <Xe KOI TOV dcTKOV. 
 
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 LAMACHOS. 
 
 Oh, bear me to the surgeon's ; 
 
 let him take me in. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 Oh, bear me to the judge's ; 
 
 let me have the skin. 
 
 LAMACHOS. 
 
 The spear has touched the bone ; 
 
 I know it by the pains. 
 
 [^JExit Lamachos and fits attendantt. 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 The pitcher was well filled, 
 
 and not a drop remains. 
 For victory ! hurrah ! 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 And so say we, hurrah ! 
 
 DIKAIOPOLIS. 
 
 "x "x 
 
 The wine was neat, I did the feat 
 Without a pause : hurrah ! 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 You justly win ; go, take the skin 
 And our applause. Hurrah ! 
 Hurrah! 
 
 {Exeunt omnes. 
 
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