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ἐκ τῶν ὀλῶν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου μεμαγμένην.

The phrase τῶν ἐκ Πύλου refers specifically to the Athenian expeditionary force that landed at Pylos in 425 BCE and was subsequently trapped by the Spartans. The participle μεμαγμένην (perfect passive participle of μείγνυμι, 'to mix') is used here to describe the olives as having been 'mixed' or 'blended' with the provisions of the Pylos soldiers, a detail that relies on the audience's knowledge of the specific logistical hardship and the unique dietary circumstances of the trapped garrison, which became a stock topic of comic exaggeration regarding the scarcity of food in Athens during the later years of the war.

Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Editions (1)

Ἱππῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1151 focus

Κλέων

ἄπαγʼ ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

σύ γʼ ὦ φθόρε.

Κλέων

ὦ Δῆμʼ ἐγὼ μέντοι παρεσκευασμένος

τρίπαλαι κάθημαι βουλόμενός σʼ εὐεργετεῖν.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐγὼ δὲ δεκάπαλαί γε καὶ δωδεκάπαλαι

καὶ χιλιόπαλαι καὶ προπαλαιπαλαίπαλαι.
1155

Δῆμος

ἐγὼ δὲ προσδοκῶν γε τρισμυριόπαλαι

βδελύττομαί σφω καὶ προπαλαιπαλαίπαλαι.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

οἶσθʼ οὖν ὃ δρᾶσον;

Δῆμος

εἰ δὲ μή, φράσεις γε σύ.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ τε καὶ τουτονί,

ἵνα σʼ εὖ ποιῶμεν ἐξ ἴσου.
1160

Δῆμος

δρᾶν ταῦτα χρή.

ἄπιτον.

Κλέων καὶ Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἰδού.

Δῆμος

θέοιτʼ ἄν.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ὑποθεῖν οὐκ ἐῶ.

Δῆμος

ἀλλʼ ἢ μεγάλως εὐδαιμονήσω τήμερον

ὑπὸ τῶν ἐραστῶν νὴ Δίʼ ἢ ʼγὼ θρύψομαι.

Κλέων

ὁρᾷς; ἐγώ σοι πρότερος ἐκφέρω δίφρον.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἀλλʼ οὐ τράπεζαν, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ προτεραίτερος.
1165

Κλέων

ἰδοὺ φέρω σοι τήνδε μαζίσκην ἐγὼ

ἐκ τῶν ὀλῶν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου μεμαγμένην.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐγὼ δὲ μυστίλας μεμυστιλημένας

ὑπὸ τῆς θεοῦ τῇ χειρὶ τἠλεφαντίνῃ.

Δῆμος

ὡς μέγαν ἄρʼ εἶχες ὦ πότνια τὸν δάκτυλον.
1170

Κλέων

ἐγὼ δʼ ἔτνος γε πίσινον εὔχρων καὶ καλόν·

ἐτόρυνε δʼ αὔθʼ ἡ Παλλὰς ἡ Πυλαιμάχος.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ὦ Δῆμʼ ἐναργῶς ἡ θεός σʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

καὶ νῦν ὑπερέχει σου χύτραν ζωμοῦ πλέαν.

Δῆμος

οἴει γὰρ οἰκεῖσθʼ ἂν ἔτι τήνδε τὴν πόλιν,
1175

εἰ μὴ φανερῶς ἡμῶν ὑπερεῖχε τὴν χύτραν;

Κλέων

τουτὶ τέμαχός σοὔδωκεν ἡ Φοβεσιστράτη.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἡ δʼ Ὀβριμοπάτρα γʼ ἑφθὸν ἐκ ζωμοῦ κρέας

καὶ χόλικος ἠνύστρου τε καὶ γαστρὸς τόμον.

Δῆμος

καλῶς γʼ ἐποίησε τοῦ πέπλου μεμνημένη.
1180

Κλέων

ἡ Γοργολόφα σʼ ἐκέλευε τουτουὶ φαγεῖν

ἐλατῆρος, ἵνα τὰς ναῦς ἐλαύνωμεν καλῶς.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

λαβὲ καὶ ταδί νυν.

Δῆμος

καὶ τί τούτοις χρήσομαι

τοῖς ἐντέροις;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐπίτηδες αὔτʼ ἔπεμψέ σοι

ἐς τὰς τριήρεις ἐντερόνειαν ἡ θεός·
1185

ἐπισκοπεῖ γὰρ περιφανῶς τὸ ναυτικόν.

ἔχε καὶ πιεῖν κεκραμένον τρία καὶ δύο.

Δῆμος

ὡς ἡδὺς ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ τὰ τρία φέρων καλῶς.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἡ Τριτογενὴς γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐνετριτώνισεν.

Κλέων

λαβέ νυν πλακοῦντος πίονος παρʼ ἐμοῦ τόμον.
1190

Translations (2)

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Cleon comes out of the house with a bench and a large basket; at the same moment the Sausage-Seller arrives with another basket; the two are placed beside one another.

Cleon

Get out of here!

Sausage-Seller

Get out yourself!

Cleon

Demos, all is ready these three hours; I await your orders and I burn with desire to load you with benefits.

Sausage-Seller

And I ten, twelve, 1155 a thousand hours, a long, long while, an infinitely long, long, long while.

Demos

As for me, it's thirty thousand hours that I have been impatient; very long, infinitely long, long, long that I have cursed you.

Sausage-Seller

Do you know what you had best do?

Demos

I will, if you tell me.

Sausage-Seller

Declare the lists open 1160 and we will contend abreast to determine who shall treat you the best.

Demos

Splendid! Draw back in line!

Cleon and Sausage-Seller

Ready.

Demos

Off you go!

Sausage-Seller
to Cleon

I shall not let you get to the tape.

Demos

What fervent lovers! If I am not to-day the happiest of men, it will be because I am the most disgusted.

Cleon
Putting down the bench for Demos

Look! I am the first to bring you a seat.

Sausage-Seller

1165 And I a table.

He places his sausage-tray in front of Demos

Cleon

Wait, here is a cake kneaded of Pylos barley.

Sausage-Seller

Here are crusts, which the ivory hand of the goddess has hallowed.

Demos

1170 Oh! Mighty Athena! How large are your fingers!

Cleon

This is pea-soup, as exquisite as it is fine; Pallas the victorious goddess at Pylos is the one who crushed the peas herself.

Sausage-Seller

Oh, Demos! the goddess watches over you; she is stretching forth over your head ... a stew-pan full of broth.

Demos

1175 And should we still be dwelling in this city without this protecting stew-pan?

Cleon

Here are some fish, given to you by her who is the terror of our foes.

Sausage-Seller

The daughter of the mightiest of the gods sends you this meat cooked in its own gravy, along with this dish of tripe and some paunch.

Demos

1180 That's to thank me for the peplus I offered to her; good.

Cleon

The goddess with the terrible plume invites you to eat this long cake; you will row the harder on it.

Sausage-Seller

Take this also.

Demos

And what shall I do with this tripe?

Sausage-Seller

She sends it you 1185 to belly out your galleys, for she is always showing her kindly anxiety for our fleet. Now drink this drink composed of three parts of water to two of wine.

Demos

Ah! what delicious wine, and how well it stands the water.

Sausage-Seller

The goddess who came from the head of Zeus mixed this liquor with her own hands.

Cleon

1190 Hold, here is a piece of good rich cake.

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Cleon: Get out of here, away to the blessed island.

Sausage-seller: But you, oh ruin!

Cleon: O Demos, I, for my part, am ready.

Cleon: I sit here three times old, wishing to do you a favor.

Sausage-seller: As for me, I have ten hands and twelve hands.

Sausage-Seller: And very old, and extremely old, and super-duper old.

1155

Demos: But as for me, I was expecting for three years.

Demus: I loathe you both, and have loathed you for a very, very long time.

Sausage-Seller: Do you know then what to do?

Demos: if not, then at least explain yourself.

Sausage-seller: Let go of me and this fellow from the bellows,

Sausage-Seller: So that we may treat you well on an equal footing.

1160

Demos: I must do these things.

Demus: 'Go away.'

Cleon and the Sausage-seller: Behold.

Demos: May the gods wish it.

Sausage-Seller: I won't let you do it.

Demus: but shall I be greatly happy today

Demos: By Zeus, either I will be crushed by the lovers or [something else implied, but strictly: I will be crushed by the lovers].

Cleon: Do you see? I bring out a chair first for you.

Sausage-Seller: But not a table, but rather I am the more senior.

1165

Cleon: Look, I bring you this little loaf.

Cleon: [It is] mixed from the olives from Pylos.

Sausage-seller: But I [have] pickled pickled pickled things.

Sausage-seller: by the hand of the goddess, the ivory one.

Demos: Indeed, mistress, you had a large finger.

1170

Cleon: I, however, am a dark-skinned, handsome, and good man;

Cleon: Then again, Pallas, the spear-bearer, sharpened it.

Sausage-seller: Oh Demeas, the goddess is watching you clearly,

Sausage-seller: And now he surpasses you in having a full pot of broth.

Demus: For do you think that this city would still be inhabited,

1175

Demos: if it did not openly hold over us the pot?

Cleon: This piece Phobesistratos gave you.

Sausage-seller: And the Obri-mopatra has boiled meat from the broth.

Sausage-seller: And he is a cholick-greedy man and a belly-greedy man.

Demos: She has done well in remembering the robe.

1180

Cleon: Gorgolophos ordered you to eat this.

Cleon: a steersman, so that we may steer the ships well.

Sausage-seller: Take this too, now.

Demos: And what shall I do with these men?

Demos: to the dead?

Sausage-seller: He sent it to you on purpose.

Sausage-seller: May the goddess be a bowel-woman for the triremes.

1185

Sausage-Seller: for he is inspecting the navy conspicuously.

Sausage-seller: Take it and drink it, mixed, for three and two.

Demus: Oh how sweet, Zeus, and bringing the three things well.

Sausage-seller: for the Tritogeneia [Athena] made him a third-rate man.

Cleon: Now take a slice of rich cake from me.

1190

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ἐκ τῶν ὀλῶν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου μεμαγμένην.

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Κλέων ἄπαγʼ ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης σύ γʼ ὦ φθόρε.

Κλέων ὦ Δῆμʼ ἐγὼ μέντοι παρεσκευασμένος τρίπαλαι κάθημαι βουλόμενός σʼ εὐεργετεῖν.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἐγὼ δὲ δεκάπαλαί γε καὶ δωδεκάπαλαι καὶ χιλιόπαλαι καὶ προπαλαιπαλαίπαλαι. 1155

Δῆμος ἐγὼ δὲ προσδοκῶν γε τρισμυριόπαλαι βδελύττομαί σφω καὶ προπαλαιπαλαίπαλαι.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης οἶσθʼ οὖν ὃ δρᾶσον;

Δῆμος εἰ δὲ μή, φράσεις γε σύ.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ τε καὶ τουτονί, ἵνα σʼ εὖ ποιῶμεν ἐξ ἴσου. 1160

Δῆμος δρᾶν ταῦτα χρή. ἄπιτον.

Κλέων καὶ Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἰδού.

Δῆμος θέοιτʼ ἄν.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ὑποθεῖν οὐκ ἐῶ.

Δῆμος ἀλλʼ ἢ μεγάλως εὐδαιμονήσω τήμερον ὑπὸ τῶν ἐραστῶν νὴ Δίʼ ἢ ʼγὼ θρύψομαι.

Κλέων ὁρᾷς; ἐγώ σοι πρότερος ἐκφέρω δίφρον.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἀλλʼ οὐ τράπεζαν, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ προτεραίτερος. 1165

Κλέων ἰδοὺ φέρω σοι τήνδε μαζίσκην ἐγὼ ἐκ τῶν ὀλῶν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου μεμαγμένην.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἐγὼ δὲ μυστίλας μεμυστιλημένας ὑπὸ τῆς θεοῦ τῇ χειρὶ τἠλεφαντίνῃ.

Δῆμος ὡς μέγαν ἄρʼ εἶχες ὦ πότνια τὸν δάκτυλον. 1170

Κλέων ἐγὼ δʼ ἔτνος γε πίσινον εὔχρων καὶ καλόν· ἐτόρυνε δʼ αὔθʼ ἡ Παλλὰς ἡ Πυλαιμάχος.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ὦ Δῆμʼ ἐναργῶς ἡ θεός σʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ, καὶ νῦν ὑπερέχει σου χύτραν ζωμοῦ πλέαν.

Δῆμος οἴει γὰρ οἰκεῖσθʼ ἂν ἔτι τήνδε τὴν πόλιν, 1175 εἰ μὴ φανερῶς ἡμῶν ὑπερεῖχε τὴν χύτραν;

Κλέων τουτὶ τέμαχός σοὔδωκεν ἡ Φοβεσιστράτη.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἡ δʼ Ὀβριμοπάτρα γʼ ἑφθὸν ἐκ ζωμοῦ κρέας καὶ χόλικος ἠνύστρου τε καὶ γαστρὸς τόμον.

Δῆμος καλῶς γʼ ἐποίησε τοῦ πέπλου μεμνημένη. 1180

Κλέων ἡ Γοργολόφα σʼ ἐκέλευε τουτουὶ φαγεῖν ἐλατῆρος, ἵνα τὰς ναῦς ἐλαύνωμεν καλῶς.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης λαβὲ καὶ ταδί νυν.

Δῆμος καὶ τί τούτοις χρήσομαι τοῖς ἐντέροις;

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἐπίτηδες αὔτʼ ἔπεμψέ σοι ἐς τὰς τριήρεις ἐντερόνειαν ἡ θεός· 1185 ἐπισκοπεῖ γὰρ περιφανῶς τὸ ναυτικόν. ἔχε καὶ πιεῖν κεκραμένον τρία καὶ δύο.

Δῆμος ὡς ἡδὺς ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ τὰ τρία φέρων καλῶς.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης ἡ Τριτογενὴς γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐνετριτώνισεν.

Κλέων λαβέ νυν πλακοῦντος πίονος παρʼ ἐμοῦ τόμον. 1190

Cleon comes out of the house with a bench and a large basket; at the same moment the Sausage-Seller arrives with another basket; the two are placed beside one another.

Cleon Get out of here!

Sausage-Seller Get out yourself!

Cleon Demos, all is ready these three hours; I await your orders and I burn with desire to load you with benefits.

Sausage-Seller And I ten, twelve, 1155 a thousand hours, a long, long while, an infinitely long, long, long while.

Demos As for me, it's thirty thousand hours that I have been impatient; very long, infinitely long, long, long that I have cursed you.

Sausage-Seller Do you know what you had best do?

Demos I will, if you tell me.

Sausage-Seller Declare the lists open 1160 and we will contend abreast to determine who shall treat you the best.

Demos Splendid! Draw back in line!

Cleon and Sausage-Seller Ready.

Demos Off you go!

Sausage-Seller to Cleon I shall not let you get to the tape.

Demos What fervent lovers! If I am not to-day the happiest of men, it will be because I am the most disgusted.

Cleon Putting down the bench for Demos Look! I am the first to bring you a seat.

Sausage-Seller 1165 And I a table.

Cleon Wait, here is a cake kneaded of Pylos barley.

Sausage-Seller Here are crusts, which the ivory hand of the goddess has hallowed.

Demos 1170 Oh! Mighty Athena! How large are your fingers!

Cleon This is pea-soup, as exquisite as it is fine; Pallas the victorious goddess at Pylos is the one who crushed the peas herself.

Sausage-Seller Oh, Demos! the goddess watches over you; she is stretching forth over your head ... a stew-pan full of broth.

Demos 1175 And should we still be dwelling in this city without this protecting stew-pan?

Cleon Here are some fish, given to you by her who is the terror of our foes.

Sausage-Seller The daughter of the mightiest of the gods sends you this meat cooked in its own gravy, along with this dish of tripe and some paunch.

Demos 1180 That's to thank me for the peplus I offered to her; good.

Cleon The goddess with the terrible plume invites you to eat this long cake; you will row the harder on it.

Sausage-Seller Take this also.

Demos And what shall I do with this tripe?

Sausage-Seller She sends it you 1185 to belly out your galleys, for she is always showing her kindly anxiety for our fleet. Now drink this drink composed of three parts of water to two of wine.

Demos Ah! what delicious wine, and how well it stands the water.

Sausage-Seller The goddess who came from the head of Zeus mixed this liquor with her own hands.

Cleon 1190 Hold, here is a piece of good rich cake.

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Κλέων

ἄπαγʼ ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

σύ γʼ ὦ φθόρε.

Κλέων

ὦ Δῆμʼ ἐγὼ μέντοι παρεσκευασμένος

τρίπαλαι κάθημαι βουλόμενός σʼ εὐεργετεῖν.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐγὼ δὲ δεκάπαλαί γε καὶ δωδεκάπαλαι

καὶ χιλιόπαλαι καὶ προπαλαιπαλαίπαλαι.
1155

Δῆμος

ἐγὼ δὲ προσδοκῶν γε τρισμυριόπαλαι

βδελύττομαί σφω καὶ προπαλαιπαλαίπαλαι.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

οἶσθʼ οὖν ὃ δρᾶσον;

Δῆμος

εἰ δὲ μή, φράσεις γε σύ.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ τε καὶ τουτονί,

ἵνα σʼ εὖ ποιῶμεν ἐξ ἴσου.
1160

Δῆμος

δρᾶν ταῦτα χρή.

ἄπιτον.

Κλέων καὶ Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἰδού.

Δῆμος

θέοιτʼ ἄν.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ὑποθεῖν οὐκ ἐῶ.

Δῆμος

ἀλλʼ ἢ μεγάλως εὐδαιμονήσω τήμερον

ὑπὸ τῶν ἐραστῶν νὴ Δίʼ ἢ ʼγὼ θρύψομαι.

Κλέων

ὁρᾷς; ἐγώ σοι πρότερος ἐκφέρω δίφρον.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἀλλʼ οὐ τράπεζαν, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ προτεραίτερος.
1165

Κλέων

ἰδοὺ φέρω σοι τήνδε μαζίσκην ἐγὼ

ἐκ τῶν ὀλῶν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου μεμαγμένην.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἐγὼ δὲ μυστίλας μεμυστιλημένας

ὑπὸ τῆς θεοῦ τῇ χειρὶ τἠλεφαντίνῃ.

Δῆμος

ὡς μέγαν ἄρʼ εἶχες ὦ πότνια τὸν δάκτυλον.
1170

Κλέων

ἐγὼ δʼ ἔτνος γε πίσινον εὔχρων καὶ καλόν·

ἐτόρυνε δʼ αὔθʼ ἡ Παλλὰς ἡ Πυλαιμάχος.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ὦ Δῆμʼ ἐναργῶς ἡ θεός σʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ,

καὶ νῦν ὑπερέχει σου χύτραν ζωμοῦ πλέαν.

Δῆμος

οἴει γὰρ οἰκεῖσθʼ ἂν ἔτι τήνδε τὴν πόλιν,
1175

εἰ μὴ φανερῶς ἡμῶν ὑπερεῖχε τὴν χύτραν;

Κλέων

τουτὶ τέμαχός σοὔδωκεν ἡ Φοβεσιστράτη.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἡ δʼ Ὀβριμοπάτρα γʼ ἑφθὸν ἐκ ζωμοῦ κρέας

καὶ χόλικος ἠνύστρου τε καὶ γαστρὸς τόμον.

Δῆμος

καλῶς γʼ ἐποίησε τοῦ πέπλου μεμνημένη.
1180

Κλέων

ἡ Γοργολόφα σʼ ἐκέλευε τουτουὶ φαγεῖν

ἐλατῆρος, ἵνα τὰς ναῦς ἐλαύνωμεν καλῶς.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

λαβὲ καὶ ταδί νυν.

Δῆμος

καὶ τί τούτοις χρήσομαι

τοῖς ἐντέροις;

Δῆμος

ὡς ἡδὺς ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ τὰ τρία φέρων καλῶς.

Ἀλλαντοπώλης

ἡ Τριτογενὴς γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐνετριτώνισεν.

Κλέων

λαβέ νυν πλακοῦντος πίονος παρʼ ἐμοῦ τόμον.
1190

Cleon

Get out of here!

Sausage-Seller

Get out yourself!

Cleon

Demos, all is ready these three hours; I await your orders and I burn with desire to load you with benefits.

Sausage-Seller

And I ten, twelve, 1155 a thousand hours, a long, long while, an infinitely long, long, long while.

Demos

As for me, it's thirty thousand hours that I have been impatient; very long, infinitely long, long, long that I have cursed you.

Sausage-Seller

Do you know what you had best do?

Demos

I will, if you tell me.

Sausage-Seller

Declare the lists open 1160 and we will contend abreast to determine who shall treat you the best.

Demos

Splendid! Draw back in line!

Cleon and Sausage-Seller

Ready.

Demos

Off you go!

Sausage-Seller
to Cleon

I shall not let you get to the tape.

Demos

What fervent lovers! If I am not to-day the happiest of men, it will be because I am the most disgusted.

Cleon
Putting down the bench for Demos

Look! I am the first to bring you a seat.

Sausage-Seller

1165 And I a table.

Cleon

Wait, here is a cake kneaded of Pylos barley.

Sausage-Seller

Here are crusts, which the ivory hand of the goddess has hallowed.

Demos

1170 Oh! Mighty Athena! How large are your fingers!

Cleon

This is pea-soup, as exquisite as it is fine; Pallas the victorious goddess at Pylos is the one who crushed the peas herself.

Sausage-Seller

Oh, Demos! the goddess watches over you; she is stretching forth over your head ... a stew-pan full of broth.

Demos

1175 And should we still be dwelling in this city without this protecting stew-pan?

Cleon

Here are some fish, given to you by her who is the terror of our foes.

Sausage-Seller

The daughter of the mightiest of the gods sends you this meat cooked in its own gravy, along with this dish of tripe and some paunch.

Demos

1180 That's to thank me for the peplus I offered to her; good.

Cleon

The goddess with the terrible plume invites you to eat this long cake; you will row the harder on it.

Sausage-Seller

Take this also.

Demos

And what shall I do with this tripe?

Sausage-Seller

She sends it you 1185 to belly out your galleys, for she is always showing her kindly anxiety for our fleet. Now drink this drink composed of three parts of water to two of wine.

Demos

Ah! what delicious wine, and how well it stands the water.

Sausage-Seller

The goddess who came from the head of Zeus mixed this liquor with her own hands.

Cleon

1190 Hold, here is a piece of good rich cake.