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                                     400 BC

                                   THE FROGS

                                by Aristophanes



                 Characters in the Play



    XANTHIAS�察�servant of dionysus

    DIONYSUS

    HERACLES

    A CORPSE

    CHARON

    AEACUS

    A MAID SERVANT OF PERSEPHONE

    HOSTESS�察�keeper of cook´shop

    PLATHANE�察�her partner

    EURIPIDES

    AESCHYLUS

    PLUTO

    CHORUS OF FROGS

    CHORUS OF BLESSED MYSTICS





FROGS��

          The scene shows the house of HERACLES in the

 background。 There enter two travellers�此�DIONYSUS on foot�察�in his

customary yellow robe and buskins but also with the club and lion's

skin of Heracles�察�and his servant XANTHIAS on a donkey�察�carrying the

luggage on a pole over his shoulder。



  XANTHIAS

    Shall I crack any of those old jokes�察�master��

    At which the audience never fail to laugh��

  DIONYSUS

    Aye�察�what you will�察�except ;I'm getting crushed;��

    Fight shy of that�此�I'm sick of that already。

  XANTHIAS

    Nothing else smart��

  DIONYSUS

    Aye�察�save ;my shoulder's aching。;

  XANTHIAS

    Come now�察�that comical joke��

  DIONYSUS

    With all my heart。

    Only be careful not to shift your pole��

    And´

  XANTHIAS

    What��

  DIONYSUS

    And vow that you've a belly´ache。

  XANTHIAS

    May I not say I'm overburdened so

    That if none ease me�察�I must ease myself��

  DIONYSUS

    For mercy's sake�察�not till I'm going to vomit。

  XANTHIAS

    What� �must I bear these burdens�察�and not make

    One of the jokes Ameipsias and Lycis

    And Phrynichus�察�in every play they write��

    Put in the mouths of their burden´bearers��

  DIONYSUS

    Don't make them�察�no� �I tell you when I see

    Their plays�察�and hear those jokes�察�I come away

    More than a twelvemonth older than I went。

  XANTHIAS

    O thrice unlucky neck of mine�察�which now

    Is getting crushed�察�yet must not crack its joke��

  DIONYSUS

    Now is not this fine pampered insolence

    When I myself�察�Dionysus�察�son of´Pipkin��

    Toil on afoot�察�and let this fellow ride��

    Taking no trouble�察�and no burden bearing��

  XANTHIAS

    What�察�don't I bear��

  DIONYSUS

    How can you when you're riding��

  XANTHIAS

    Why�察�I bear these。

  DIONYSUS

    How��

  XANTHIAS

    Most unwillingly。

  DIONYSUS

    Does not the donkey bear the load you're bearing��

  XANTHIAS

    Not what I bear myself�此�by Zeus�察�not he。

  DIONYSUS

    How can you bear�察�when you are borne yourself��

  XANTHIAS

    Don't know�此�but anyhow my shoulder's aching。

  DIONYSUS

    Then since you say the donkey helps you not��

    You lift him up and carry him in turn。

  XANTHIAS

    O hang it all� �why didn't I fight at sea��

    You should have smarted bitterly for this。

  DIONYSUS

    Get down�察�you rascal�察�I've been trudging on

    Till now I've reached the portal�察�where I'm going

    First to turn in。 Boy� �Boy� �I say there�察�Boy��



             Enter HERACLES from house。



  HERACLES

    Who banged the door�拭�How like prancing Centaur

    He drove against it Mercy o' me�察�what's this��

  DIONYSUS

    Boy。

  XANTHIAS

    Yes。

  DIONYSUS

    Did you observe��

  XANTHIAS

    What��

  DIONYSUS

    How alarmed he is。

  XANTHIAS

    Aye truly�察�lest you've lost your wits。

  HERACLES

    O by Demeter�察�I can't choose but laugh。

    Biting my lips won't stop me。 Ha� �ha� �ha��

  DIONYSUS

    Pray you�察�come hither�察�I have need of you。

  HERACLES

    I vow I can't help laughing�察�I can't help it。

    A lion's hide upon a yellow silk��

    A club and buskin� �What's it all about��

    Where were you going��

  DIONYSUS

    I was serving lately

    Aboard the´Cleisthenes。

    More than a dozen of the enemy's ships。

  HERACLES

    You two��

  DIONYSUS

    We two。

  HERACLES

    And then I awoke�察�and lo��

  DIONYSUS

    There as�察�on deck�察�I'm reading to myself

    The Andromeda�察�a sudden pang of longing。

    Shoots through my heart�察�you can't conceive how keenly。

  HERACLES

    How big a pang��

  DIONYSUS

    A small one�察�Molon's size。

  HERACLES

    Caused by a woman��

  DIONYSUS

    No。

  HERACLES

    A boy��

  DIONYSUS

    No�察�no。

  HERACLES

    A man��

  DIONYSUS

    Ah� �ah��

  HERACLES

    Was it for Cleisthenes��

  DIONYSUS

    Don't mock me�察�brother�此�on my life I am

    In a bad way�此�such fierce desire consumes me。

  HERACLES

    Aye�察�little brother�拭�how��

  DIONYSUS

    I can't describe it。

    But yet I'll tell you in a riddling way。

    Have you e'er felt a sudden lust for soup��

  HERACLES

    Soup� �Zeus´a´mercy�察�yes�察�ten thousand times。

  DIONYSUS

    Is the thing clear�察�or must I speak again��

  HERACLES

    Not of the soup�此�I'm clear about the soup。

  DIONYSUS

    Well�察�just that sort of pang devours my heart

    For lost Euripides。

  HERACLES

    A dead man too。

  DIONYSUS

    And no one shall persuade me not to go

    After the man。

  HERACLES

    Do you mean below�察�to Hades��

  DIONYSUS

    And lower still�察�if there's a lower still。

  HERACLES

    What on earth for��

  DIONYSUS

    I want a genuine poet��

   ;For some are not�察�and those that are�察�are bad。;

  HERACLES

    What� �does not Iophon live��

  DIONYSUS

    Well�察�he's the sole

    Good thing remaining�察�if even he is good。

    For even of that I'm not exactly certain。

  HERACLES

    If go you must�察�there's Sophocles´he comes

    Before Euripides´why not take him��

  DIONYSUS

    Not till I've tried if Iophon's coin rings true

    When he's alone�察�apart from Sophocles。

    Besides�察�Euripides�察�the crafty rogue��

    Will find a thousand shifts to get away��

    But he was easy here�察�is easy there。

  HERACLES

    But Agathon�察�where is he��

  DIONYSUS

    He has gone and left us。

    A genial poet�察�by his friends much missed。

  HERACLES

    Gone where��

  DIONYSUS

    To join the blessed in their banquets。

  HERACLES

    But what of Xenocles��

  DIONYSUS

    O he be hanged��

  HERACLES

    Pythangelus��

  XANTHIAS

    But never a word of me��

    Not though my shoulder's chafed so terribly。

  HERACLES   But have you not a shoal of little songsters��

    Tragedians by the myriad�察�who can chatter

    A furlong faster than Euripides��

  DIONYSUS

    Those be mere vintage´leavings�察�jabberers�察�choirs

    Of swallow´broods�察�degraders of their art��

    Who get one chorus�察�and are seen no more��

    The Muses' love once gained。 But O�察�my friend��

    Search where you will�察�you'll never find a true

    Creative genius�察�uttering startling things。

  HERACLES

    Creative�拭�how do you mean��

    Who'll dare some novel venturesome conceit��

    ;Air�察�Zeus's chamber�察─�or ;Time's foot�察─�or this��

    ;'Twas not my mind that swore�此�my tongue committed

    A little perjury on its own account。;

  HERACLES

    You like that style��

  DIONYSUS

    Like it�拭�I dote upon it。

  HERACLES

    I vow its ribald nonsense�察�and you know it。

  DIONYSUS

    ;Rule not my mind;�此�you've got a house to mind。

  HERACLES

    Really and truly though 'tis paltry stuff。

  DIONYSUS

    Teach me to dine��

  XANTHIAS

    But never a word of me。

  DIONYSUS

    But tell me truly´'twas for this I came

    Dressed up to mimic you´what friends received

    And entertained you when you went below

    To bring back Cerberus�察�in case I need them。

    And tell me too the havens�察�fountains�察�shops��

    Roads�察�resting´places�察�stews�察�refreshment´rooms��

    Towns�察�lodgings�察�hostesses�察�with whom were found

    The fewest bugs。

  XANTHIAS

    But never a word of me。

  HERACLES

    You are really game to go��

  DIONYSUS

    O drop that�察�can't you��

    And tell me this�此�of all the roads you know

    Which is the quickest way to get to Hades��

    I want one not too warm�察�nor yet too cold。

  HERACLES

    Which shall I tell you first�拭�which shall it be��

    There's one by rope and bench�此�you launch away

    And´hang yourself。

  DIONYSUS

    No thank you�此�that's too stifling。

  HERACLES

    Then there's a track�察�a short and beaten cut��

    By pestle and mortar。

  DIONYSUS

    Hemlock�察�do you mean��

  HERACLES

    Just so。

  DIONYSUS

    No�察�that's too deathly cold a way��

    You have hardly started ere your shins get numbed。

  HERACLES

    Well�察�would you like a steep and swift descent��

  DIONYSUS

    Aye�察�that's the style�此�my walking powers are small。

  HERACLES

    Go down to the Cerameicus。

  DIONYSUS

    And do what��

  HERACLES

    Climb to the tower's top pinnacle´

  DIONYSUS

    And then��

  HERACLES

    Observe the torch´race started�察�and when all

    The multitude is shouting ;Let them go�察�

    Let yourself go。

  DIONYSUS

    Go� �whither��

  HERACLES

    To the ground。

  DIONYSUS

    And lose�察�forsooth�察�two envelopes of brain。

    I'll not try that。

  HERACLES

    Which will you try��

  DIONYSUS

    The way

    You went yourself。

  HERACLES

    A parlous voyage that��

    For first you'll come to an enormous lake

    Of fathomless depth。

  DIONYSUS

    And how am I to cross��

  HERACLES

    An ancient mariner will row you over

    In a wee boat�察�so big。 The fare's two obols。

  DIONYSUS

    Fie� �The power two obols have�察�the whole world through��

    How came they thither��

  HERACLES

    Theseus took them down。

    And next you'll see great snakes and savage monsters

    In tens of thousands。

  DIONYSUS

    You needn't try to scare me��

    I'm going to go。

  HERACLES

    Then weltering seas of filth

    And ever´rippling dung�此�and plunged therein��

    Whoso has wronged the stranger here on earth��

    Or robbed his boylove of the p
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