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  CLEON

    Is it not shameful�察�that you should dare thus to calumniate me

before Demos�察�me�察�to whom Athens�察�I swear it by Demeter�察�already

owes more than it ever did to Themistocles��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER ��declaiming��

    Oh� �citizens of Argos�察�do you hear what he says�拭。�to CLEON�� You

dare to compare yourself to Themistocles�察�who found our city half

empty and left it full to overflowing�察�who one day gave us the Piraeus

for dinner�察�and added fresh fish to all our usual meals。 You�察�on the

contrary�察�you�察�who compare yourself with Themistocles�察�have only

sought to reduce our city in size�察�to shut it within its walls�察�to

chant oracles to us。 And Themistocles goes into exile�察�while you gorge

yourself on the most excellent fare。

  CLEON

    Oh� �Demos� �Am I compelled to hear myself thus abused�察�and merely

because I love you��

  DEMOS

    Silence� �stop your abuse� �All too long have I been your dupe。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Ah� �my dear little Demos�察�he is a rogue who has played you many

a scurvy trick�察�when your back is turned�察�he taps at the root the

lawsuits initiated by the peculators�察�swallows the proceeds

wholesale and helps himself with both hands from the public funds。

  CLEON

    Tremble�察�knave�察�I will convict you of having stolen thirty

thousand drachmae。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    For a rascal of your kidney�察�you shout rarely� �Well� �I am ready to

die if I do not prove that you have accepted more than forty minae

from the Mitylenaeans。

  SECOND SEMI´CHORUS ��singing��

    This indeed may be termed talking。 Oh�察�benefactor of the human

race�察�proceed and you will be the most illustrious of the Greeks。

You alone shall have sway in Athens�察�the allies will obey you�察�and��

trident in hand�察�you will go about shaking and overturning

everything to enrich yourself。 But�察�stick to your man�察�let him not go��

with lungs like yours you will soon have him finished。

  CLEON

    No�察�my brave friends�察�no�察�you are running too fast�察�I have done

a sufficiently brilliant deed to shut the mouth of all enemies�察�so

long as one of the bucklers of Pylos remains。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Of the bucklers� �Hold� �I stop you there and I hold you fast。 For

if it be true that you love the people�察�you would not allow these to

be hung up with their rings�察�but it's with an intent you have done

this。 Demos�察�take knowledge of his guilty purpose�察�in this way you

no longer can punish him at your pleasure。 Note the swarm of young

tanners�察�who really surround him�察�and close to them the sellers of

honey and cheese�察�all these are at one with him。 Very well� �you have

but to frown�察�to speak of ostracism and they will rush at night to

these bucklers�察�take them down and seize our granaries。

  DEMOS

    Great gods� �what� �the bucklers retain their rings� �Scoundrel��

ah� �to long have you had me for your dupe�察�cheated and plaved with me��

  CLEON

    But�察�dear sir�察�never you believe all he tells you。 Oh� �never

will you find a more devoted friend than me�察�unaided�察�I have known how

to put down the conspiracies�察�nothing that is hatching in the city

escapes me�察�and I hasten to proclaim it loudly。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    You are like the fishers for eels�察�in still waters they catch

nothing�察�but if they thoroughly stir up the slime�察�their fishing is

good�察�in the same way it's only in troublous times that you line

your pockets。 But come�察�tell me�察�you�察�who sell so many skins�察�have you

ever made him a present of a pair of soles for his slippers�拭�and you

pretend to love him��

  DEMOS

    No�察�he has never given me any。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    That alone shows up the man�察�but I�察�I have bought you this pair of

shoes�察�accept them。

                      ��He gives DEMOS the shoes�察�DEMOS puts them on。��

  DEMOS

    None ever�察�to my knowledge�察�has merited so much from the people��

you are the most zealous of all men for our country and for my toes。

  CLEON

    Can a wretched pair of slippers make you forget all that you owe

me�拭�Is it not I who curbed the pederasts by erasing Gryttus' name from

the lists of citizens��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Ah� �noble Inspector of Arses�察�let me congratulate you。 Moreover��

if you set yourself against this form of lewdness�察�this pederasty��

it was for sheer jealousy�察�knowing it to be the school for orators。

But you see this poor Demos without a cloak and that at his age too��

so little do you care for him�察�that in mid´winter you have not given

him a garment with sleeves。 Here�察�Demos�察�here is one�察�take it��

                          ��He gives DEMOS a cloak�察�DEMOS puts it on。��

  DEMOS

    This even Themistocles never thought of�察�the Piraeus was no

doubt a happy idea�察�but I think this tunic is quite as fine an

invention。

  CLEON

    Must you have recourse to such jackanapes' tricks to supplant me��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    No�察�it's your own tricks that I am borrowing�察�just as a drunken

guest�察�when he has to take a crap�察�seizes some other man's shoes。

  CLEON

    Oh� �you shall not outdo me in flattery� �I am going to hand Demos

this garment�察�all that remains to you�察�you rogue�察�is to go and hang

yourself。

  DEMOS ��as CLEON throws a cloak around his shoulders��

    Faugh� �may the plague seize you� �You stink of leather horribly。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Why�察�it's to smother you that he has thrown this cloak around

you on top of the other�察�and it is not the first plot he has planned

against you。 Do you remember the time when silphium was so cheap��

  DEMOS

    Aye�察�to be sure I do��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Very well� �it was Cleon who had caused the price to fall so low��

that all might eat it�察�and the jurymen in the Courts were almost

asphyxiated from farting in each others' faces。

  DEMOS

    Hah� �why�察�indeed�察�a Dungtownite told me the same thing。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Were you not yourself in those days quite red in the gills with

farting��

  DEMOS

    Why�察�it was a trick worthy of Pyrrhandrus��

  CLEON

    With what other idle trash will you seek to ruin me�察�you wretch��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Oh� �I shall be more brazen than you�察�for it's the goddess who

has commanded me。

  CLEON

    No�察�on my honour�察�you will not� �Here�察�Demos�察�feast on this dish��

it is your salary as a dicast�察�which you gain through me for doing

naught。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Wait� �here is a little box of ointment to rub into the sores on

your legs。

  CLEON

    I will pluck out your white hairs and make you young again。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Take this hare's tail to wipe the rheum from your eyes。

  CLEON

    When you wipe your nose�察�clean your fingers on my head。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    No�察�on mine。

  CLEON

    On mine。 ��To the SAUSAGE´SELLER�� I will have you made a

trierarch and you will get ruined through it�察�I will arrange that

you are given an old vessel with rotten sails�察�which you will have

to repair constantly and at great cost。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Our man is on the boil�察�enough�察�enough�察�enough�察�he is boiling

over�察�remove some of the embers from under him and skim off his

threats。

  CLEON


    I will punish your self´importance�察�I will crush you with imposts��

I will have you inscribed on the list of the rich。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    For me no threat´only one simple wish。 That you may be having some

cuttle´fish fried on the stove just as you are going to set forth to

plead the cause of the Milesians�察�which�察�if you gain it�察�means a

talent in your�察�pocket�察�that you hurry over devouring the fish to rush

off to the Assembly�察�suddenly you are called and run off with your

mouth full so as not to lose the talent and choke yourself。 There��

that is my wish。

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    Splendid� �by Zeus�察�Apollo and Demeter��

  DEMOS

    Faith� �here is an excellent citizen indeed�察�such as has not been

seen for a long time。 He's truly a man of the lowest scum� �As for you��

Paphlagonian�察�who pretend to love me�察�you only feed me on garlic。

Return me my ring�察�for you cease to be my steward。

  CLEON

    Here it is�察�but be assured�察�that if you bereave me of my power�察�my

successor will be worse than I am。

  DEMOS

    This cannot be my ring�察�I see another device�察�unless I am going

purblind。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    What was your device��

  DEMOS

    A fig´leaf�察�stuffed with bullock's fat。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    No�察�that is not it。

  DEMOS

    What is it then��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    It's a gull with beak wide open�察�haranguing the people from the

top of a stone。

  DEMOS

    Ah� �great gods��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    What is the matter��

  DEMOS

    Away� �away out of my sight� �It's not my ring he had�察�it was that

of Cleonymus。 ��To the SAUSAGE´SELLER�� Wait�察�I'll give you this one��

you shall be my steward。

  CLEON

    Master�察�I adjure you�察�decide nothing till you have heard my

oracles。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And mine。

  CLEON

    If you believe him�察�you will have to prostitute yourself for him。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    If you listen to him�察�you'll have to let him peel you to the

very stump。

  CLEON

    My oracles say that you are to reign over the whole earth�察�crowned

with chaplets。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And mine say that�察�clothed in an embroidered purple robe�察�you

shall pursue Smicythe and her spouse�察�standing in a chariot of gold

and with a crown on your head。

  DEMOS

    Go�察�fetch me your oracles�察�that the Paphlagonian may hear them。

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    Willingly。

  DEMOS

    And you yours。

  CLEON

    I'll run。

                                 ��He rushes into the house of DEMOS。��

  SAUSAGE´SELLER

    And I'll run too�察�nothing could suit me better��

                                               ��He departs in haste。��

  CHORUS ��singing��

    Oh� �happy day for us and for our children if Cleon perish。 Yet

just now I heard some old cross´grained pleaders on the marketplace

who hold not this opinion discoursing together。 Said they�察 �If Cleon

had not had the power�察�we should 
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