Philocleon
But what? Try to find some way. For myself, I am ready for anything, so much do I burn to run along the tiers of the tribunal with my voting-pebble in my hand.
But what? Try to find some way. For myself, I am ready for anything, so much do I burn to run along the tiers of the tribunal with my voting-pebble in my hand.
Leader of the Chorus
350
There is surely some hole through which you could manage to squeeze from within, and escape dressed in rags, like the crafty Odysseus.
350
There is surely some hole through which you could manage to squeeze from within, and escape dressed in rags, like the crafty Odysseus.
Philocleon
Everything is sealed fast; not so much as a gnat could get through. Think of some other plan; there is no possible hole of escape.
Everything is sealed fast; not so much as a gnat could get through. Think of some other plan; there is no possible hole of escape.
Leader of the Chorus
Do you recall how, when you were with the army at the taking of
Naxos
,
355
you descended so readily from the top of the wall by means of the spits you had stolen?
Do you recall how, when you were with the army at the taking of
Naxos
,
355
you descended so readily from the top of the wall by means of the spits you had stolen?
Philocleon
I remember that well enough, but what connection is there with present circumstances? I was young, clever at thieving, I had all my strength,
I remember that well enough, but what connection is there with present circumstances? I was young, clever at thieving, I had all my strength,
Wasps. Aristophanes. ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.. New York. 1938.
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