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The stones have been removed and a rope attached to the cover of the pit. The indented portions of the following scene are a sort of chanty.
Hermes
Heave away! Chorus
Heave away, heave, heave, oh! Hermes
Come, pull harder, harder. Chorus
Heave away, heave, heave, oh! Hermes
Still harder, harder still. Chorus
Heave away, heave! Heave away, heave, heave, oh! Trygaeus
Come, come, there is no working together. [465] Come! all pull at the same instant! you Boeotians are only pretending. Beware! Hermes
Come, heave away, heave! Trygaeus
Heave away, heave oh! Chorus
Hi! you two pull as well. Trygaeus
[470] Why, I am pulling, I am hanging on to the rope and straining till I am almost off my feet; I am working with all my might. Chorus
Why does not the work advance then?
Aristophanes. Peace. The Complete Greek Drama, vol. 2. Eugene O'Neill, Jr. New York. Random House. 1938.
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