24
ARISTOPHANES' FROGS
Dionysus.
Would you have me row till my shoulder cracks?
Frogs.
Brekekekex co-äx, co-äx!
Dionysus.
Brekekekex co-äx, co-äx!
Groan away till you burst your backs.
It's nothing to me.
Frogs.
Just wait till you see.
Dionysus.
I don't care how you scold.
Frogs.
Then all day long
We will croak you a song
As loud as our throats can hold.
Brekekekex co-äx, co-äx!
Dionysus.
Brekekekex co-äx, co-äx!!
I'll see you don't outdo me in that.
Frogs.
Well, you shall never beat us—that's flat!
Dionysus.
I'll make you cease your song
If I shout for it all day long;
My lungs I'll tax
With co-äx, co-äx
—I assure you they're thoroughly strong—
