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Aegina City (Greece) (search for this): card 85
his going out; for his son is broken-hearted over this mania. At first he tried him with gentleness, wanted to persuade him to wear the cloak no longer, to go out no more; unable to convince him, he had him bathed and purified according to the ritual without any greater success, and then handed him over to the Corybantes; but the old man escaped them, and carrying off the kettledrum, rushed right into the midst of the Heliasts. As Cybele could do nothing with her rites, his son took him to Aegina and forcibly made him lie one night in the temple of Asclepius, the God of Healing, but before daylight there he was to be seen at the gate of the tribunal. Since then we let him go out no more, but he escaped us by the drains or by the skylight, so we stuffed up every opening with old rags and made all secure; then he drove short sticks into the wall and sprang from rung to rung like a magpie. Now we have stretched nets all around the court and we keep watch and ward. The old man's name i
Athens (Greece) (search for this): card 1224
Bdelycleon That we shall see. Suppose me to be Cleon. I am the first to begin the song of Harmodius, and you take it up: "There never yet was seen in Athens ... Philocleon ... such a rogue or such a thief." Bdelycleon Why, you wretched man, it will be the end of you if you sing that. He will vow your ruin, your destruction, to chase you out of the country. Philocleon Well! then I shall answer his threats with another song: "With your madness for supreme power, you will end by overthrowing the city, which even now totters towards ruin." Bdelycleon And when Theorus, prone at Cleon's feet, takes his hand and sings, "Like Admetus, love those who are brave," what reply will you make him? Philocleon I shall sing, "I know not how to play the fox, nor call myself the friend of both parties." Bdelycleon Then comes the turn of Aeschines, the son of Sellus, and a well-trained and clever musician, who will sing, "Good things and riches for Clitagora and me and eke for the Thessalia
Athens (Greece) (search for this): card 1091
Second Semi-Chorus Oh! at that time I was terrible, I feared nothing; forth on my galleys I went in search of my foe and subjected him. Then we never thought of rounding fine phrases, we never dreamt of calumny; it was who should prove the strongest rower. And thus we took many a town from the Medes, and 'tis to us that Athens owes the tributes that our young men thieve to-day.
Athens (Greece) (search for this): card 650
Bdelycleon The cure of a disease, so inveterate and so widespread in Athens, is a difficult task and of too great importance for the scope of comedy. Nevertheless, my old father ... Philocleon Cease to call me by that name, for, if you do not prove me a slave and that quickly too, you must die by my hand, even if I must be deprived of my share in the sacred feasts. Bdelycleon Listen to me, dear little father, unruffle that frowning brow and reckon, you can do so without trouble, not with pebbles, but on your fingers, what is the sum-total of the tribute paid by the allied towns; besides this we have the direct imposts, a mass of percentage dues, the fees of the courts of justice, the produce from the mines, the markets, the harbours, the public lands and the confiscations. All these together amount to nearly two thousand talents. Take from this sum the annual pay of the dicasts; they number six thousand, and there have never been more in this town; so therefore it is one hundred a
Athens (Greece) (search for this): card 488
or small. Tyranny! I have not heard the word mentioned once in fifty years, and now it is more common than salt-fish, the word is even current on the market. If you are buying gurnards and don't want anchovies, the huckster next door, who is selling the latter, at once exclaims, "That is a man whose kitchen savours of tyranny!" If you ask for onions to season your fish, the green-stuff woman winks one eye and asks, "Ha, you ask for onions! are you seeking to tyrannize, or do you think that Athens must pay you your seasonings as a tribute?" Xanthias Yesterday I went to see a whore about noon and told her to get on top; she flew into a rage, pretending I wanted to restore the tyranny of Hippias. Bdelycleon That's the talk that pleases the people! As for myself, I want my father to lead a joyous life like Morychus instead of going away before dawn basely to calumniate and condemn; and for this I am accused of conspiracy and tyrannical practice! Philocleon And quite right too, by Zeu
Athens (Greece) (search for this): card 281
Chorus But I be-think me, an accused man escaped us yesterday through his false pretence that he loved Athens and had been the first to unfold the Samian plot. Perhaps his acquittal has so distressed Philocleon that he is abed with fever — he is quite capable of such a thing. —Friend, arise, do not thus vex your heart, but forget your wrath. To-day we have to judge a man made wealthy by treason, one of those who set Thrace free; we have to prepare him a funeral urn ... so march on, my boy, get go
Byzantium (Turkey) (search for this): card 230
Enter the Chorus, composed of old men costumed as wasps. Leader of the Chorus March on, advance boldly and bravely! Comias, your feet are dragging; once you were as tough as a dog-skin strap and now even Charinades walks better than you. Ha! Strymodorus of Conthyle, you best of mates, where is Euergides and where is Chabes of Phlya? Ha, ha, bravo! there you are, the last of the lads with whom we mounted guard together at Byzantium. Do you remember how, one night, prowling round, we noiselessly stole the kneading-trough of a baker's wife; we split it in two and cooked our green-stuff with it.— But let us hasten, for the case of Laches comes on to-day, and they all say he has embezzled a pot of money. Hence Cleon, our protector, advised us yesterday to come early and with a three days' stock of fiery rage so as to chastise him for his crimes. Let us hurry, comrades, before it is light; come, let us search every nook with our lanterns to see whether those who wish us ill have not s
Delphi (Greece) (search for this): card 868
Bdelycleon And first let there be a sacred silence. Chorus Oh! god of Delphi! oh! Phoebus Apollo! convert into the greatest blessing for us all what is now happening before this house, and cure us of our error, oh, Paean, our helper!
Delphi (Greece) (search for this): card 136
But am I not the most unfortunate of men? Henceforward I shall only be called the son of Capnius. Sosias He is pushing the door. Bdelycleon Throw your weight upon it, come, put heart into the work. I will come and help you. Watch both lock and bolt. Take care he does not gnaw through the peg. Philocleon from within What are you doing, you wretches? Let me go out; it is imperative that I go and judge, or Dracontides will be acquitted. Bdelycleon Would you mind that? Philocleon Once at Delphi, the god, whom I was consulting, foretold, that if an accused man escaped me, I should die of consumption. Bdelycleon Apollo the Saviour, what a prophecy! Philocleon Ah! I beseech you, if you do not want my death, let me go. Bdelycleon No, Philocleon, no never, by Poseidon! Philocleon Well then, I shall gnaw through the net with my teeth. Bdelycleon But you have no teeth. Philocleon Oh! you rascal, how can I kill you? How? Give me a sword, quick, or a conviction tablet. Bdelycleon O
Delphi (Greece) (search for this): card 1417
ake a note of his reply.They start to leave. Philocleon Listen, instead of going off so abruptly. A woman at Sybaris broke a box. Accuser to his witness I again ask you to witness this. Philocleon The box therefore had the fact attested, but the woman said, "Never worry about witnessing the matter, but hurry off to buy a cord to tie it together with; that will be the more sensible course." Accuser Oh! go on with your ribaldry until the Archon calls the case. He and his witness depart. Bdelycleon to Philocleon By Demeter! you'll stay here no longer! I am going to take you and carry you off. Philocleon And what for? Bdelycleon What for? I am going to carry you into the house, so that the accusers will not run out of witnesses. Philocleon One day at Delphi, Aesop ... Bdelycleon I don't care a fig for that. Philocleon ... was accused of having stolen a sacred vase. But he replied, that the horn-beetle ... Bdelycleon Oh, dear, dear! You'll drive me crazy with your horn-beetle.
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