...gods, I will pay down to you whatever reward you exact of me. By what gods will you swear? For, in the first place, gods are not a current coin with us. By what do you swear? By iron money, as in Byzantium ? Do you wish to know clearly celestial matters, what they rightly are? Yes, by Jupiter, if it be possible! And to hold converse with the Clouds, our divinities? By all means. Seat yourself...