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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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