Chorus of old men: Walk on, Drakes, lead the way, even if your shoulder aches.
Chorus of old men: bearing a weight of this size from a green olive branch.
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Lysistrata. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.
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LAMPITO and some go off; the others go up into the Acropolis.
Chorus of OLD MEN enter to attack the captured Acropolis.
Chorus of MEN
Make room, Draces, move ahead; why your shoulder's chafed, I see,
With lugging uphill these lopped branches of the olive-tree.
Make room, Draces, move ahead; why your shoulder's chafed, I see,
With lugging uphill these lopped branches of the olive-tree.
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