ARISTOPHANES' FROGS
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Dionysus.
Cuckoo! Let go.—Ah, down comes Aeschylus
Far lower.
Euripides.
Why, what can be the explanation?
Dionysus.
That river he put in, to wet his wares
The way wool-dealers do, and make them heavier!
Besides, you know, the verse you gave had wings!
Aeschylus.
Well, let him speak another and we'll see.
Dionysus.
Take hold again then.
Aeschylus and Euripides.
There you are.
Dionysus.
Now speak.
Euripides (quoting his "Antigone").
"Persuasion, save in speech, no temple hath."
Aeschylus (quoting his "Niobe").
"Lo, one god craves no offering, even Death."
Dionysus.
Let go, let go!
Euripides.
Why, his goes down again!
