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  DIONYSUS ��shrieking��

    Apollo� �Lord� 。�calmly�� of Delos

    and of Pytho。

  XANTHIAS

    He flinched� �You heard him��

  DIONYSUS

    Not at all�察�a jolly Verse of Hipponax flashed across my mind。

  XANTHIAS

    You don't half do it�此�cut his flanks to pieces。

  AEACUS

    By Zeus�察�well thought on。 Turn your belly here。

  DIONYSUS ��screaming��

    Poseidon��

  XANTHIAS

    There� �he's flinching。

  DIONYSUS ��singing��

    who dost reign

    Amongst the Aegean peaks and creeks

    And oer the deep blue main。

  AEACUS

    No�察�by Demeter�察�still I can't find out

    Which is the god�察�but come ye both indoors��

    My lord himself and Persephassa there��

    Being gods themselves�察�will soon find out the truth。

  DIONYSUS

    Right� �right� �I only wish you had thought of that

    Before you gave me those tremendous whacks。



            Exeunt DIONYSUS�察�XANTHIAS�察�AEACUS�察�and attendants。



  CHORUS

    Come�察�Muse�察�to our Mystical Chorus��

    O come to the joy of my song��

    O see on the benches before us

    that countless and wonderful throng��

    Where wits by the thousand abide��

    with more than a Cleophon's pride´

    On the lips of that foreigner base��

    of Athens the bane and disgrace��

    There is shrieking�察�his kinsman by race��

    The garrulous swallow of Thrace��

    From that perch of exotic descent��

    Rejoicing her sorrow to vent��

    She pours to her spirit's content��

    a nightingale's woful lament��

    That e'en though the voting be equal��

    his ruin will soon be the sequel。

    Well it suits the holy Chorus

    evermore with counsel wise

    To exhort and teach the city��

    this we therefore now advise´

    End the townsmen's apprehensions��

    equalize the rights of all��

    If by Phrynichus's wrestlings

    some perchance sustained a fall��

    Yet to these 'tis surely open��

    having put away their sin��

    For their slips and vacillations

    pardon at your hands to win。

    Give your brethren back their franchise。

    Sin and shame it were that slaves��

    Who have once with stern devotion

    fought your battle on the waves��

    Should be straightway lords and masters��

    yea Plataeans fully blown´

    Not that this deserves our censure��

    there I praise you�察�there alone

    Has the city�察�in her anguish��

    policy and wisdom shown´

    Nay but these�察�of old accustomed

    on our ships to fight and win��

    ��They�察�their fathers too before them����

    these our very kith and kin��

    You should likewise�察�when they ask you��

    pardon for their single sin。

    O by nature best and wisest��

    O relax your jealous ire��

    Let us all the world as kinsfolk

    and as citizens acquire��

    All who on our ships will battle

    well and bravely by our side。

    If we cocker up our city��

    narrowing her with senseless pride��

    Now when she is rocked and reeling

    in the cradles of the sea��

    Here again will after ages deem we acted brainlessly。

    And O if I'm able to scan

    the habits and life of a man

    Who shall rue his iniquities soon��

    not long shall that little baboon��

    That Cleigenes shifty and small��

    the wickedest bathman of all

    Who are lords of the earth´which is brought

    from the isle of Cimolus�察�and wrought

    With nitre and lye into soap´

    Not long shall he vex us�察�I hope。

    And this the unlucky one knows��

    Yet ventures a peace to oppose��

    And being addicted to blows

    he carries a stick as he goes��

    Lest while he is tipsy and reeling��

    some robber his cloak should be stealing。

    Often has it crossed my fancy��

    that the city loves to deal

    With the very best and noblest

    members of her commonweal��

    just as with our ancient coinage��

    and the newly´minted gold。

    Yea for these�察�our sterling pieces��

    all of pure Athenian mould��

    All of perfect die and metal��

    all the fairest of the fair��

    All of workmanship unequalled��

    proved and valued everywhere

    Both amongst our own Hellenes

    and Barbarians far away��

    These we use not�此�but the worthles

    pinchbeck coins of yesterday��

    Vilest die and basest metal��

    now we always use instead。

    Even so�察�our sterling townsmen��

    nobly born and nobly bred��

    Men of worth and rank and mettle��

    men of honourable fame��

    Trained in every liberal science��

    choral dance and manly game��

    These we treat with scorn and insult��

    but the strangers newliest come��

    Worthless sons of worthless fathers��

    pinchbeck townsmen�察�yellowy scum��

    Whom in earlier days the city

    hardly would have stooped to use

    Even for her scapegoat victims��

    these for every task we choose。

    O unwise and foolish people��

    yet to mend your ways begin��

    Use again the good and useful��

    so hereafter�察�if ye win

    'Twill be due to this your wisdom��

    if ye fall�察�at least 'twill be

    Not a fall that brings dishonour��

    falling from a worthy tree。



              Enter AEACUS�察�XANTHIAS and two attendants。



  AEACUS

    By Zeus the Saviour�察�quite the gentleman

    Your master is。

  XANTHIAS

    Gentleman�拭�I believe you。

    He's all for wine and women�察�is my master。

  AEACUS

    But not to have flogged you�察�when the truth came out

    That you�察�the slave�察�were passing off as master��

  XANTHIAS

    He'd get the worst of that。

  AEACUS

    Bravo� �that's spoken

    Like a true slave�此�that's what I love myself。

  XANTHIAS

    You love it�察�do you��

  AEACUS

    Love it�拭�I'm entranced

    When I can curse my lord behind his back。

  XANTHIAS

    How about grumbling�察�when you have felt the stick��

    And scurry out of doors��

  AEACUS

    That's jolly too。

  XANTHIAS

    How about prying��

  AEACUS

    That beats everything��

  XANTHIAS

    Great Kin´god Zeus� �And what of overhearing

    Your master's secrets��

  AEACUS

    What�拭�I'm mad with joy。

  XANTHIAS

    And blabbing them abroad��

  AEACUS

    O heaven and earth��

    When I do that�察�I can't contain myself。

  XANTHIAS

    Phoebus Apollo� �clap your hand in mine��

    Kiss and be kissed�此�and prithee tell me this��

    Tell me by Zeus�察�our rascaldom's own god��

    What's all that noise within�拭�What means this hubbub

    And row��

  AEACUS

    That's Aeschylus and Euripides。

  XANTHIAS

    Eh��

  AEACUS

    Wonderful�察�wonderful things are going on。

    The dead are rioting�察�taking different sides。

  XANTHIAS

    Why�察�what's the matter��

  AEACUS

    There's a custom here

    With all the crafts�察�the good and noble crafts��

    That the chief master of art in each

    Shall have his dinner in the assembly hall��

    And sit by Pluto's side。

  XANTHIAS

    I understand。

  AEACUS

    Until another comes�察�more wise than he

    In the same art�此�then must the first give way。

  XANTHIAS

    And how has this disturbed our Aeschylus��

  AEACUS

    'Twas he that occupied the tragic chair��

    As�察�in his craft�察�the noblest。

  XANTHIAS

    Who does now��

  AEACUS

    But when Euripides came down�察�he kept

    Flourishing off before the highwaymen��

    Thieves�察�burglars�察�parricides´these form our mob

    In Hades´till with listening to his twists

    And turns�察�and pleas and counterpleas�察�they went

    Mad on the man�察�and hailed him first and wisest��

    Elate with this�察�he claimed the tragic chair

    Where Aeschylus was seated。

  XANTHIAS

    Wasn't he pelted��

  AEACUS

    Not he�此�the populace clamoured out to try

    Which of the twain was wiser in his art。

  XANTHIAS

    You mean the rascals��

  AEACUS

    Aye�察�as high as heaven��

  XANTHIAS

    But were there none to side with Aeschylus��

  AEACUS

    Scanty and sparse the good�察。�regards the

    audience�� the same as here。

  XANTHIAS

    And what does Pluto now propose to do��

  AEACUS

    He means to hold a tournament�察�and bring

    Their tragedies to the proof。

  XANTHIAS

    But Sophocles��

    How came not he to claim the tragic chair��

  AEACUS

    Claim it�拭�Not he� �When he came down�察�he kissed

    With reverence Aeschylus�察�and clasped his hand��

    And yielded willingly the chair to him。

    But now he's going�察�says Cleidemides��

    To sit third´man�此�and then if Aeschylus win��

    He'll stay content�此�if not�察�for his art's sake��

    He'll fight to the death against Euripides。

  XANTHIAS

    Will it come off��

  AEACUS

    O yes�察�by Zeus�察�directly。

    And then�察�I hear�察�will wonderful things be done��

    The art poetic will be weighed in scales。

  XANTHIAS

    What I weigh out tragedy�察�like butcher's meat��

  AEACUS

    Levels they'll bring�察�and measuring´tapes for words��

    And moulded oblongs��

  XANTHIAS

    Is it bricks they are making��

  AEACUS

    Wedges and compasses�此�for Euripides

    Vows that he'll test the dramas�察�word by word。

  XANTHIAS

    Aeschylus chafes at this�察�I fancy。

  AEACUS

    Well�察�He lowered his brows�察�upglaring like a bull。

  XANTHIAS

    And who's to be the judge��

  AEACUS

    There came the rub。

    Skilled men were hard to find�此�for with the Athenians

    Aeschylus�察�somehow�察�did not hit it off��

  XANTHIAS

    Too many burglars�察�I expect�察�he thought。

  AEACUS

    And all the rest�察�he said�察�were trash and nonsense

    To judge poetic wits。 So then at last

    They chose your lord�察�an expert in the art。

    But we go in for when our lords are bent

    On urgent business�察�that means blows for us。

  CHORUS

    O surely with terrible wrath

    will the thunder´voiced monarch be filled��

    When he sees his opponent beside him��

    the tonguester�察�the artifice´skilled��

    Stand�察�whetting his tusks for the fight��

    O surel
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