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  STREPSIADES

    Very well� �It will be so much more loss to add to the twelve

minae。 But truly it makes me sad�察�for I do pity a poor simpleton who

says him for a kneading´trough

                                          ��Another creditor arrives。��

  AMYNIAS

    Woe� �ah woe is me��

  STREPSIADES

    Wait� �who is this whining fellow�拭�Can it be one of the gods of

Carcinus��

  AMYNIAS

    Do you want to know who I am�拭�I am a man of misfortune��

  STREPSIADES

    Get on your way then。

  AMYNIAS ��in tragic style��

    Oh� �cruel god� �Oh Fate�察�who hast broken the wheels of my

chariot� �Oh�察�Pallas�察�thou hast undone me��

  STREPSIADES

    What ill has Tlepolemus done you��

  AMYNIAS

    Instead of jeering me�察�friend�察�make your son return me the money

he has had of me�察�I am already unfortunate enough。

  STREPSIADES

    What money��

  AMYNIAS

    The money he borrowed of me。

  STREPSIADES

    You have indeed had misfortune�察�it seems to me。

  AMYNIAS

    Yes�察�by the gods� �I have been thrown from a chariot。

  STREPSIADES

    Why then drivel as if you had fallen off an ass��

  AMYNIAS

    Am I drivelling because I demand my money��

  STREPSIADES

    No�察�no�察�you cannot be in your right senses。

  AMYNIAS

    Why��

  STREPSIADES

    No doubt your poor wits have had a shake。

  AMYNIAS

    But by Hermes� �I will sue you at law�察�if you do not pay me。

  STREPSIADES

    Just tell me�察�do you think it is always fresh water that Zeus lets

fall every time it rains�察�or is ill always the same water that the sun

pumps over the earth��

  AMYNIAS

    I neither know�察�nor care。

  STREPSIADES

    And actually you would claim the right to demand your money��

when you know not an iota of these celestial phenomena��

  AMYNIAS

    If you are short�察�pay me the interest anyway。

  STREPSIADES

    What kind of animal is interest��

  AMYNIAS

    What�拭�Does not the sum borrowed go on growing�察�growing every

month�察�each day as the time slips by��

  STREPSIADES

    Well put。 But do you believe there is more water in the sea now

than there was formerly��

  AMYNIAS

    No�察�it's just the same quantity。 It cannot increase。

  STREPSIADES

    Thus�察�poor fool�察�the sea�察�that receives the rivers�察�never grows��

and yet you would have your money grow�拭�Get you gone�察�away with you��

quick� �Slave� �bring me the ox´goad��

  AMYNIAS

    I have witnesses to this。

  STREPSIADES

    Come�察�what are you waiting for�拭�Will you not budge�察�old nag��

  AMYNIAS

    What an insult��

  STREPSIADES

    Unless you start trotting�察�I shall catch you and stick this in

your arse�察�you sorry packhorse� 。�AMYNIAS runs off。�� Ah� �you start��

do you�拭�I was about to drive you pretty fast�察�I tell you´you and

your wheels and your chariot��

                                               ��He enters his house。��

  CHORUS ��singing��

    Whither does the passion of evil lead� �here is a perverse old man��

who wants to cheat his creditors�察�but some mishap�察�which will speedily

punish this rogue for his shameful schemings�察�cannot fail to

overtake him from to´day。 For a long time he has been burning to

have his son know how to fight against all justice and right and to

gain even the most iniquitous causes against his adversaries every

one。 I think this wish is going to be fulfilled。 But mayhap�察�mayhap��

will he soon wish his son were dumb rather��

  STREPSIADES ��rushing out With PHIDIPPIDES after him��

    Oh� �oh� �neighbours�察�kinsmen�察�fellow´citizens�察�help� �help� �to the

rescue�察�I am being beaten� �Oh� �my head� �oh� �my jaw� �Scoundrel� �Do

you beat your own father��

  PHIDIPPIDES ��calmly��

    Yes�察�father�察�I do。

  STREPSIADES

    See� �he admits he is beating me。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    Of course I do。

  STREPSIADES

    You villain�察�you parricide�察�you gallows´bird��

  PHIDIPPIDES

    Go on�察�repeat your epithets�察�call me a thousand other names�察�if it

please you。 The more you curse�察�the greater my amusement��

  STREPSIADES

    Oh� �you ditch´arsed cynic��

  PHIDIPPIDES

    How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words。

  STREPSIADES

    Do you beat your own father��

  PHIDIPPIDES

    Yes�察�by Zeus� �and I am going to show you that I do right in

beating you。

  STREPSIADES

    Oh�察�wretch� �can it be right to beat a father��

  PHIDIPPIDES

    I will prove it to you�察�and you shall own yourself vanquished。

  STREPSIADES

    Own myself vanquished on a point like this��

  PHIDIPPIDES

    It's the easiest thing in the world。 Choose whichever of the two

reasonings you like。

  STREPSIADES

    Of which reasonings��

  PHIDIPPIDES

    The Stronger and the Weaker。

  STREPSIADES

    Miserable fellow� �Why�察�I am the one who had you taught how to

refute what is right。 and now you would persuade me it is right a

son should beat his father。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    I think I shall convince you so thoroughly that�察�when you have

heard me�察�you will not have a word to say。

  STREPSIADES

    Well�察�I am curious to hear what you have to say。

  CHORUS ��singing��

    Consider well�察�old man�察�how you can best triumph over him。 His

brazenness shows me that he thinks himself sure of his case�察�he has

some argument which gives him nerve。 Note the confidence in his look��

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    But how did the fight begin�拭�tell the Chorus�察�you cannot help

doing that much。

  STREPSIADES

    I will tell you what was the start of the quarrel。 At the end of

the meal�察�as you know�察�I bade him take his lyre and sing me the air of

Simonides�察�which tells of the fleece of the ram。 He replied bluntly��

that it was stupid�察�while drinking�察�to play the lyre and sing�察�like

a woman when she is grinding barley。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    Why�察�by rights I ought to have beaten and kicked you the very

moment you told me to sing I

  STREPSIADES

    That is just how he spoke to me in the house�察�furthermore he

added�察�that Simonides was a detestable poet。 However�察�I mastered

myself and for a while said nothing。 Then I said to him�察�'At least��

take a myrtle branch and recite a passage from Aeschylus to

me。'´'For my own part��' he at once replied�察�'I look upon Aeschylus

as the first of poets�察�for his verses roll superbly�察�they're nothing

but incoherence�察�bombast and turgidity。' Yet still I smothered my

wrath and said�察�'Then recite one of the famous pieces from the

modern poets。' Then he commenced a piece in which Euripides shows�察�oh��

horror� �a brother�察�who violates his own uterine sister。 Then I could

not longer restrain myself�察�and attacked him with the most injurious

abuse�察�naturally he retorted�察�hard words were hurled on both sides��

and finally he sprang at me�察�broke my bones�察�bore me to earth��

strangled and started killing me��

  PHIDIPPIDES

    I was right。 What� �not praise Euripides�察�the greatest of our

poets��

  STREPSIADES

    He the greatest of our poets�拭�Ah� �if I but dared to speak� �but the

blows would rain upon me harder than ever。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    Undoubtedly and rightly too。

  STREPSIADES

    Rightly� �Oh� �what impudence� �to me�察�who brought you up� �when you

could hardly lisp�察�I guessed what you wanted。 If you said broo��

broo�察�well�察�I brought you your milk�察�if you asked for mam mam�察�I

gave you bread�察�and you had no sooner said�察�caca�察�than I took you

outside and held you out。 And just now�察�when you were strangling me�察�I

shouted�察�I bellowed that I was about to crap�察�and you�察�you

scoundrel�察�had not the heart to take me outside�察�so that�察�though

almost choking�察�I was compelled to do my crapping right there。

  CHORUS ��singing��

    Young men�察�your hearts must be panting with impatience。 What is

Phidippides going to say�拭�If�察�after such conduct�察�he proves he has

done well�察�I would not give an obolus for the hide of old men。

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    Come�察�you�察�who know how to brandish and hurl the keen shafts of

the new science�察�find a way to convince us�察�give your language an

appearance of truth。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    How pleasant it is to know these clever new inventions and to be

able to defy the established laws� �When I thought only about horses�察�I

was not able to string three words together without a mistake�察�but now

that the master has altered and improved me and that I live in this

world of subtle thought�察�of reasoning and of meditation�察�I count on

being able to prove satisfactorily that I have done well to thrash

my father。

  STREPSIADES

    Mount your horse� �By Zeus� �I would rather defray the keep of a

four´in´hand team than be battered with blows。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    I revert to what I was saying when you interrupted me。 And

first�察�answer me�察�did you beat me in my childhood��

  STREPSIADES

    Why�察�assuredly�察�for your good and in your own best interest。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    Tell me�察�is it not right�察�that in turn I should beat you for

your good�察�since it is for a man's own best interest to be beaten��

What� �must your body be free of blows�察�and not mine�拭�am I not

free´born too�拭�the children are to weep and the fathers go free�拭�You

will tell me�察�that according to the law�察�it is the lot of children

to be beaten。 But I reply that the old men are children twice over and

that it is far more fitting to chastise them than the young�察�for there

is less excuse for their faults。

  STREPSIADES

    But the law nowhere admits that fathers should be treated thus。

  PHIDIPPIDES

    Was not the legislator who carried this law a man like you and me��

In those days be got men to believe him�察�then why should not I too

have the right to establish for the future a new law�察�allowing

children to beat their fathers in turn�拭�We make you a present of all

the blows which were received before his law�察�and admit that you

thrashed us with impunity。 But look how the cocks and other animals

fight with their fathers�察�and yet what difference is there betwixt

them and ourselves�察�unless it be that they do not propose decrees��

  STREPSIADES
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