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Athens (Greece) (search for this): card 1
Cario SCENE: —The Orchestra represents a public square in Athens. In the background is the house of Chremylus. A ragged old blind man enters, followed by Chremylus and his slave Cario. What an unhappy fate, great gods, to be the slave of a fool! A servant may give the best of advice, but if his master does not follow it, the poor slave must inevitably have his share in the disaster; for fortune does not allow him to dispose of his own body, it belongs to his master who has bought it. Alas! 'tis the way of the world. But the god, Apollo,in tragic style whose oracles the Pythian priestess on her golden tripod makes known to us, deserves my censure, for surely he is a physician and a cunning diviner; and yet my master is leaving his temple infected with mere madness and insists on following a blind man. Is this not opposed to all good sense? It is for us, who see clearly, to guide those who don't; whereas he clings to the trail of a blind fellow and compels me to do the same without ans
Eleusis (Greece) (search for this): card 1003
n poor, he would devour anything; now he is rich, he no longer cares for lentils. Old Woman Formerly he came to me every day. Chremylus To see if you were being buried? Old Woman No! he longed to hear the sound of my voice. Chremylus aside And to carry off some present. Old Woman If I was downcast, he would call me his little duck or his little dove in a most tender manner ... Chremylus aside And then would ask for the money to buy a pair of sandals. Old Woman When I was at the Mysteries of Eleusis in a carriage, someone made eyes at me; he was so jealous that he beat me the whole of that day. Chremylus aside That was because he liked to feed alone. Old Woman He told me I had very beautiful hands. Chremylus aside Aye, no doubt, when they handed him twenty drachmae. Old Woman That my whole body breathed a sweet perfume. Chremylus aside Yes, like enough, if you poured him out Thasian wine. Old Woman That my glance was gentle and charming. Chremylus aside He was no fool. He knew how to d
Phyle (Greece) (search for this): card 1135
ell-baked bread and a big hunk of the victims they are sacrificing in your house. Cario That would be stealing. Hermes Do you forget, then, how I used to take care he knew nothing about it when you were stealing something from your master? Cario Because I used to share it with you, you rogue; some cake or other always came your way. Hermes Which afterwards you ate up all by yourself. Cario But then you did not share the blows when I was caught. Hermes Forget past injuries, now you have taken Phyle. Ah! how I should like to live with you! Take pity and receive me. Cario You would leave the gods to stop here? Hermes One is much better off among you. Cario What! you would desert! Do you think that is honest? Hermes “Where I live well, there is my country.” Cario But how could we employ you here? Hermes Place me near the door; I am the watchman god and would shift off the robbers. Cario Shift off! Ah! but we have no love for shifts. Hermes Entrust me with business dealings. Cario But we a
Corinth (Greece) (search for this): card 170
Cario To Chremylus Is it not he who lends the Great King all his pride? Chremylus Is it not he who draws the citizens to the Assembly? Cario And tell me, is it not you who equip the triremes? Chremylus And who feed our mercenaries at Corinth? Cario Are not you the cause of Pamphilus' sufferings? Chremylus And of the needle-seller's with Pamphilus? Cario It is not because of you that Agyrrhius farts so loudly? Chremylus And that Philepsius rolls off his fables? That troops are sent to succour the Egyptians? And that Lais is kept by Philonides? Cario That the tower of Timotheus— Chremylus To Cario May it fall upon your head! To PlutusIn short, Plutus, it is through you that everything is done; you must realize that you are the sole cause both of good and evil. Cario In war, it's the flag under which you serve that victory favours. Plutus What! I can do so many things by myself and unaided? Chremylus And many others besides; wherefore men are never tired of your gifts. They get weary of
Corinth (Greece) (search for this): card 302
Cario I will copy that Circe of Corinth, whose potent philtres compelled the companions of Philonides like swine to swallow balls of dung, which she herself had kneaded with her hands; and do you too grunt with joy and follow your mother, my little pigs.
Athens (Greece) (search for this): card 377
emus What do you say? Is there no chance of sharing? Chremylus Why, no. We must first ... Blepsidemus Do what? Chremylus ... restore him his sight. Blepsidemus Restore whom his sight? Speak! Chremylus Plutus. It must be done, no matter how. Blepsidemus Is he then really blind? Chremylus Yes, undoubtedly. Blepsidemus I am no longer surprised he never came to me. Chremylus If it please the gods, he'll come there now. Blepsidemus Must we not go and seek a physician? Chremylus Seek physicians at Athens? Nay! there's no art where there's no fee. Blepsidemus running his eyes over the audience Let's look carefully. Chremylus after a thorough survey There is not one. Blepsidemus It's a positive fact; I don't know of one. Chremylus But I have thought the matter well over, and the best thing is to make Plutus lie in the Temple of Asclepius. Blepsidemus Unquestionably that's the very best thing. Hurry and lead him away to the temple. Chremylus I am going there. Blepsidemus Then hurry up. Chremylu
Greece (Greece) (search for this): card 418
thousand times, no! Chremylus Could we do anything worse than leave the god in the lurch and fly before this woman without so much as ever offering to fight? Blepsidemus But what weapons have we? Are we in a condition to show fight? Where is the breastplate, the buckler, that this wretch has not pawned? Chremylus Be at ease. Plutus will readily triumph over her threats unaided. Poverty Dare you reply, you scoundrels, you who are caught red-handed at the most horrible crime? Chremylus As for you, you cursed jade, you pursue me with your abuse, though I have never done you the slightest harm. Poverty Do you think it is doing me no harm to restore Plutus to the use of his eyes? Chremylus Is this doing you harm, that we shower blessings on all men? Poverty And what do you think will ensure their happiness? Chremylus Ah! first of all we shall drive you out of Greece. Poverty Drive me out? Could you do mankind a greater harm? Chremylus Yes —if I gave up my intention to deliver them from yo
Thessaly (Greece) (search for this): card 489
rn, cut up leather, bake bricks, bleach linen, tan hides, or break up the soil of the earth with the plough and garner the gifts of Demeter, if he could live in idleness and free from all this work? Chremylus What nonsense all this is! All these trades which you just mention will be plied by our slaves. Poverty Your slaves! And by what means will these slaves be got? Chremylus We will buy them. Poverty But first say, who will sell them, if everyone is rich? Chremylus Some greedy dealer from Thessaly —the land which supplies so many. Poverty But if your system is applied, there won't be a single slave-dealer left. What rich man would risk his life to devote himself to this traffic? You will have to toil, to dig and submit yourself to all kinds of hard labour; so that your life would be more wretched even than it is now. Chremylus May this prediction fall upon yourself! Poverty You will not be able to sleep in a bed, for no more will ever be manufactured; nor no carpets, for who would w
Greece (Greece) (search for this): card 535
them better. Children do the very same; they flee from the wise counsels of their fathers. So difficult is it to see one's true interest. Chremylus Will you say that Zeus cannot discern what is best? Well, he takes Plutus to himself ... Blepsidemus ... and banishes Poverty to the earth. Poverty Ah me! how purblind you are, you old fellows of the days of Cronus! Why, Zeus is poor, and I will clearly prove it to you. In the Olympic games, which he founded, and to which he convokes the whole of Greece every four years, why does he only crown the victorious athletes with wild olive? If he were rich he would give them gold. Chremylus That's the way he shows that he clings to his wealth; he is sparing with it, won't part with any portion of it, only bestows baubles on the victors and keeps his money for himself. Poverty But wealth coupled to such sordid greed is yet more shameful than poverty. Chremylus May Zeus destroy you, both you and your chaplet of wild olive! Poverty Thus you dare to m
Argos (Greece) (search for this): card 598
Chremylus But go and hang yourself and don't breathe another syllable. I will not be convinced against my will. Poverty “Oh! citizens of Argos! do you hear what he says?” Chremylus Invoke Pauson, your boon companion, rather. Poverty Alas! what is to become of me? Chremylus Get you gone, be off quick and a pleasant journey to you. Poverty But where shall I go? Chremylus To gaol; but hurry up, let us put an end to this. Poverty as she departs One day you will recall me. Chremylus Then you can return; but disappear for the present. I prefer to be rich; you are free to knock your head against the walls in your rage. Blepsidemus And I too welcome wealth. I want, when I leave the bath all perfumed with essences, to feast bravely with my wife and children and to fart in the faces of toilers and Poverty. Chremylus So that hussy has gone at last! But let us make haste to put Plutus to bed in the Temple of Asclepius. Blepsidemus Let us make haste; else some bothering fellow may again come to
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