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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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