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that kind for their chief。
TRYGAEUS
Oh� �we shall not employ him again�察�but the people�察�seeing
themselves without a leader�察�took him haphazard�察�just as a man�察�who is
naked�察�springs upon the first cloak he sees。
HERMES
She asks�察�what will be the result of such a choice by the city��
TRYGAEUS
We shall be more far´seeing in consequence。
HERMES
And why��
TRYGAEUS
Because he is a lamp´maker。 Formerly we only directed our
busines by groping in the dark�察�now we shall only deliberate by
lamplight。
HERMES
Oh� �oh� �what questions she does order me to put to you��
TRYGAEUS
What are they��
HERMES
She wants to have news of a whole heap of old´fashioned things she
left here。 First of all�察�how is Sophocles��
TRYGAEUS
Very well�察�but something very strange has happened to him。
HERMES
What then��
TRYGAEUS
He has turned from Sophocles into Simonides。
HERMES
Into Simonides�拭�How so��
TRYGAEUS
Because�察�though old and broken´down as he is�察�he would put to
sea on a hurdle to gain an obolus。
HERMES
And wise Cratinus�察�is he still alive��
TRYGAEUS
He died about the time of the Laconian invasion。
HERMES
How��
TRYGAEUS
Of a swoon。 He could not bear the shock of seeing one of his casks
full of wine broken。 Ah� �what a number of other misfortunes our city
has suffered� �So�察�dearest mistress�察�nothing can now separate us from
thee。
HERMES
If that be so�察�receive Opora here for a wife�察�take her to the
country�察�live with her�察�and grow fine grapes together。
TRYGAEUS ��to OPORA��
Come�察�my dear one�察�come and accept my kisses。 ��To HERMES�� Tell me��
Hermes�察�my master�察�do you think it would hurt me to love her a little��
after so long an abstinence��
HERMES
No�察�not if you swallow a potion of penny´royal afterwards。 But
hasten to lead Theoria to the Senate�察�that was where she lodged
before。
TRYGAEUS
Oh� �fortunate Senate� �Thanks to Theoria�察�what soups you will
swallow for the space of three days� �how you will devour meats and
cooked tripe� �Come�察�farewell�察�friend Hermes��
HERMES
And to you also�察�my dear sir�察�may you have much happiness�察�and
don't forget me。
TRYGAEUS ��looking around for his dung´beetle��
Come�察�beetle�察�home�察�home�察�and let us fly on a swift wing。
HERMES
Oh� �he is no longer here。
TRYGAEUS
Where has he gone to then��
HERMES
He is 'harnessed to the chariot of Zeus and bears the
thunderbolts。'
TRYGAEUS
But where will the poor wretch get his food��
HERMES
He will eat Ganymede's ambrosia。
TRYGAEUS
Very well then�察�but how am I going to descend��
HERMES
Oh� �never fear�察�there is nothing simpler�察�place yourself beside
the goddess。
TRYGAEUS
Come�察�my pretty maidens�察�follow me quickly�察�there are plenty of
men waiting for you with their tools ready。
��He goes out�察�with OPORA and THEORIA。��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Farewell and good luck be yours� �Let us begin by handing over
all this gear to the care of our servants�察�for no place is less safe
than a theatre�察�there is always a crowd of thieves prowling around it��
seeking to find some mischief to do。 Come�察�keep a good watch over
all this。 As for ourselves�察�let us explain to the spectators what we
have in our minds�察�the purpose of our play。
��The CHORUS turns and faces the audience。��
Undoubtedly the comic poet who mounted the stage to praise himself
in the parabasis would deserve to be handed over to the sticks or
the beadles。 Nevertheless�察�oh Muse�察�if it be right to esteem the
most honest and illustrious of our comic writers at his proper
value�察�permit our poet to say that he thinks he has deserved a
glorious renown。 First of all�察�he is the one who has compelled his
rivals no longer to scoff at rags or to war with lice�察�and as for
those Heracleses�察�always chewing and ever hungry�察�he was the first
to cover them with ridicule and to chase them from the stage�察�he has
also dismissed that slave�察�whom one never failed to set weeping before
you�察�so that his comrade might have the chance of jeering at his
stripes and might ask�察 �Wretch�察�what has happened to your hide�拭�Has
the lash rained an army of its thongs on you and laid your back
waste�拭─�After having delivered us from all these wearisome ineptitudes
and these low buffooneries�察�he has built up for us a great art�察�like a
palace with high towers�察�constructed of fine phrases�察�great thoughts
and of jokes not common on the streets。 Moreover it's not obscure
private persons or women that he stages in his comedies�察�but�察�bold
as Heracles�察�it's the very greatest whom he attacks�察�undeterred by the
fetid stink of leather or the threats of hearts of mud。 He has the
right to say�察 �I am the first ever dared to go straight for that beast
with the sharp teeth and the terrible eyes that flashed lambent fire
like those of Cynna�察�surrounded by a hundred lewd flatterers�察�who
spittle´licked him to his heart's content�察�it had a voice like a
roaring torrent�察�the stench of a seal�察�the unwashed balls of a Lamia
and the arse of a camel。 I did not recoil in horror at the sight of
such a monster�察�but fought him relentlessly to win your deliverance
and that of the islanders。; Such are the services which should be
graven in your recollection and entitle me to your thanks。 Yet I
have not been seen frequenting the wrestling school intoxicated with
success and trying to seduce young boys�察�but I took all my
theatrical gear and returned straight home。 I pained folk but little
and caused them much amusement�察�my conscience rebuked me for
nothing。 ��More and more rapidly from here on�� Hence both grown men and
youths should be on my side and I likewise invite the bald to give
me their votes�察�for�察�if I triumph�察�everyone will say�察�both at table
and at festivals�察 �Carry this to the bald man�察�give these cakes to the
bald one�察�do not grudge the poet whose talent shines as bright as
his own bare skull the share he deserves。;
FIRST SEMI´CHORUS ��singing��
Oh�察�Muse� �drive the war far from our city and come to preside over
our dances�察�if you love me�察�come and celebrate the nuptials of the
gods�察�the banquets of us mortals and the festivals of the fortunate��
these are the themes that inspire thy most poetic songs。 And should
Carcinus come to beg thee for admission with his sons to thy chorus��
refuse all traffic with them�察�remember they are but gelded birds��
stork´necked dancers�察�mannikins about as tall as a goat's turd�察�in
fact machine´made poets。 Contrary to all expectation�察�the father has
at last managed to finish a piece�察�but he admits that a cat
strangled it one fine evening。
SECOND SEMI´CHORUS ��singing��
Such are the songs with which the Muse with the glorious hair
inspires the able poet and which enchant the assembled populace��
when the spring swallow twitters beneath the foliage�察�but the god
spare us from the chorus of Morsimus and that of Melanthius� �Oh��
what a bitter discordancy grated upon my ears that day when the tragic
chorus was directed by this same Melanthius and his brother�察�these two
Gorgons�察�these two Harpies�察�the plague of the seas�察�whose gluttonous
bellies devour the entire race of fishes�察�these followers of old
women�察�these goats with their stinking arm´pits。 Oh� �Muse�察�spit upon
them abundantly and keep the feast gaily with me。
��TRYGAEUS enters�察�limping painfully�察�accompanied by OPORA and
THEORIA。��
TRYGAEUS
Ah� �it's a rough job getting to the gods� �my legs are as good as
broken through it。 ��To the audience�� How small you were�察�to be sure��
when seen from heaven� �you had all the appearance too of being great
rascals�察�but seen close�察�you look even worse。
SERVANT ��coming out of TRYGAEUS' house��
Is that you�察�master��
TRYGAEUS
So I've been told。
SERVANT
What has happened to you��
TRYGAEUS
My legs pain me�察�it was such a damned long journey。
SERVANT
Oh� �tell me。。。。
TRYGAEUS
What��
SERVANT
Did you see any other man besides yourself strolling about in
heaven��
TRYGAEUS
No�察�only the souls of two or three dithyrambic poets。
SERVANT
What were they doing up there��
TRYGAEUS
They were seeking to catch some lyric exordia as they flew by
immersed in the billows of the air。
SERVANT
Is it true�察�what they tell us�察�that men are turned into stars
after death��
TRYGAEUS
Quite true。
SERVANT
Then what star has Ion of Chios turned into��
TRYGAEUS
The Morning Star�察�the one he wrote a poem about�察�as soon as he got
up there�察�everyone called him the Morning Star。
SERVANT
And those stars like sparks�察�that plough up the air as they dart
across the sky。
TRYGAEUS
They are the rich leaving the feast with a lantern and a light
inside it。´But hurry up�察�show this young girl into my house�察。�pointing
to OPORA�� clean out the bath�察�heat some water and prepare the
nuptial couch for herself and me。 When that's done�察�come back here��
meanwhile I am off to present this other one to the Senate。
SERVANT
But where then did you get these girls��
TRYGAEUS
Where�拭�why in heaven。
SERVANT
I would not give more than an obolus for gods who have got to
keeping brothels like us mere mortals。
TRYGAEUS
They are not all like that�察�but there are some up there too who
live by this trade。
SERVANT
Come�察�that's rich� �But tell me�察�shall I give her something to eat��
TRYGAEUS
No�察�for she would touch neither bread nor cake�察�she is used to
licking ambrosia at the table of the gods。
SERVANT
Well�察�we can give her something to lick down here too。
��He takes OPORA into the house。��
CHORUS ��singing��
Here is a truly happy old man�察�as far
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