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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 21 | 21 | Browse | Search |
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Aristophanes, Acharnians (ed. Anonymous), line 263 (search)
DICAEOPOLIS
Oh, Phales,The god of generation, worshipped in the form of a phallus. companion of the orgies
of Bacchus, night reveller, god of adultery, friend of young men, these
past sixA remark which fixes the date of the production of The Acharnians, viz. the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War, 426 B.C. years I have not been able to invoke thee. With what joy I
return to my farmstead, thanks to the truce I have concluded, freed
from cares, from fighting and from Lamachuses!Lamachus was an Athenian general, who figures later in this comedy. How much sweeter,
oh Phales, oh, Phales, is it to surprise Thratta, the pretty woodmaid,
Strymodorus' slave, stealing wood from Mount Phelleus, to catch her
under the arms, to throw her on the ground and possess her, Oh, Phales,
Phales! If thou wilt drink and bemuse thyself with me, we shall
to-morrow consume some good dish in honour of the peace, and I will
hang up my buckler over the smoking hearth.