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Kinésias: May it turn to me; do not worry about any oath.

915

Myrrhine: Bring now a small couch for us.

Kinesias: By no means.

Kinesias: It is enough for us to lie here on the ground.

Myrrhine: by Apollo, I will not...

Myrrhine: Although he is such a person, I will lay him down on the ground.

Kinesias: This woman certainly loves me; it is quite clear.

Myrrhine: See, he is reclining after finishing something, and I am undressing.

920

Myrrhine: Still, what a horror, a reed-mat must be carried out!

Kinésias: What is a psithos? Not on your life.

Myrrhine: By Artemis,

Myrrhine: for it is shameful to be on a high pitch.

Kinesias: Give me a kiss now.

Myrrhine: Behold.

Kinesias: Hush! Come here now very quickly.

Myrrhine: Here is a mat; lie down, and now I am undressing.

925

Myrrhine: And yet, what a terrible thing, you have no pillow.

Kinesias: But I am not in need at all.

Myrrhine: By Zeus, but I.

Kinesias: But is it this penis that Heracles is visiting?

Myrrhine: rise up, leap up.

Kinesias: I already have everything.

Myrrhine: All things then.

930

Kinesias: Come here now, my gold.

Myrrhine: I am already untying the headband. Remember now:

Myrrhine: Do not deceive me about the negotiations.

Kinesias: By Zeus, may I perish, I wonder.

Myrrhine: You do not have a sistrum.

Cinesias: By Zeus, I am not even in need, but I want to be beaten.

Myrrhine: Indeed, you will do this; for I am coming quickly.

935

Kinesias: A man will wear me out over the mattresses.

Myrrhine: Lift yourself up.

Kinesias: But this has been lifted, at least.

Myrrhine: Do you want me to perfume you?

Kinesias: By Apollo, not by me.

Myrrhine: By Aphrodite, whether you wish it or not.

Kinésias: Oh master Zeus, I wish the perfume had been poured out!

940

Myrrhine: now hold out your hand and anoint yourself with it.

Kinesias: Isn't the perfume sweet, by Apollo, right here?

Kinesias: if it is not a delaying tactic and does not smell of marriage.

Myrrhine: Alas for me, what I have brought from Rhodes!

Cinesias: Good; leave her alone, you demon.

945

Myrrhine: You are talking nonsense.

Kinesias: May the first person to cook the perfume rot away most miserably.

Myrrhine: Take this alabaster jar.

Kinesias: But I have another.

Kinésias: But lie on your back and don't bring it to me.

Kinesias: Nothing.

Myrrhine: I will do these things, by Artemis.

Myrrhine: I will certainly loosen it. But as you are dearest...

950

Myrrhine: let us make the treaty by vote.

Kinesias: I will deliberate.

Kinesias: My wife has ruined me and has worn me out.

Kinesias: As for the rest, she has gone off having shorn herself.

Lysistrata. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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Editions (1)

Λυσιστράτη Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 915 focus

Κινησίας

εἰς ἐμὲ τράποιτο· μηδὲν ὅρκου φροντίσῃς.
915

Μυρρίνη

φέρε νυν ἐνέγκω κλινίδιον νῷν.

Κινησίας

μηδαμῶς.

ἀρκεῖ χαμαὶ νῷν.

Μυρρίνη

μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω μή σʼ ἐγὼ

καίπερ τοιοῦτον ὄντα κατακλινῶ χαμαί.

Κινησίας

ἥ τοι γυνὴ φιλεῖ με, δήλη ʼστὶν καλῶς.

Μυρρίνη

ἰδοὺ κατάκεισʼ ἀνύσας τι, κἀγὼ ʼκδύομαι.
920

καίτοι, τὸ δεῖνα, ψίαθός ἐστʼ ἐξοιστέα.

Κινησίας

ποία ψίαθος; μὴ μοί γε.

Μυρρίνη

νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν,

αἰσχρὸν γὰρ ἐπὶ τόνου γε.

Κινησίας

δός μοί νυν κύσαι.

Μυρρίνη

ἰδού.

Κινησίας

παπαιάξ· ἧκέ νυν ταχέως πάνυ.

Μυρρίνη

ἰδοὺ ψίαθος· κατάκεισο, καὶ δὴ ʼκδύομαι.
925

καίτοι, τὸ δεῖνα, προσκεφάλαιον οὐκ ἔχεις.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ δέομʼ ἔγωγε.

Μυρρίνη

νὴ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ ἐγώ.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸ πέος τόδʼ Ἡρακλῆς ξενίζεται.

Μυρρίνη

ἀνίστασʼ, ἀναπήδησον.

Κινησίας

ἤδη πάντʼ ἔχω.

Μυρρίνη

ἅπαντα δῆτα.
930

Κινησίας

δεῦρό νυν ὦ χρύσιον.

Μυρρίνη

τὸ στρόφιον ἤδη λύομαι. μέμνησό νυν·

μή μʼ ἐξαπατήσῃς τὰ περὶ τῶν διαλλαγῶν.

Κινησίας

νὴ Δίʼ ἀπολοίμην ἆρα.

Μυρρίνη

σισύραν οὐκ ἔχεις.

Κινησίας

μὰ Δίʼ οὐδὲ δέομαί γʼ, ἀλλὰ βινεῖν βούλομαι.

Μυρρίνη

ἀμέλει ποιήσεις τοῦτο· ταχὺ γὰρ ἔρχομαι.
935

Κινησίας

ἅνθρωπος ἐπιτρίψει με διὰ τὰ στρώματα.

Μυρρίνη

ἔπαιρε σαυτόν.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ ἐπῆρται τοῦτό γε.

Μυρρίνη

βούλει μυρίσω σε;

Κινησίας

μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω μὴ μέ γε.

Μυρρίνη

νὴ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἤν τε βούλῃ γʼ ἤν τε μή.

Κινησίας

εἴθʼ ἐκχυθείη τὸ μύρον ὦ Ζεῦ δέσποτα.
940

Μυρρίνη

πρότεινέ νυν τὴν χεῖρα κἀλείφου λαβών.

Κινησίας

οὐχ ἡδὺ τὸ μύρον μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω τουτογί,

εἰ μὴ διατριπτικόν γε κοὐκ ὄζον γάμων.

Μυρρίνη

τάλαινʼ ἐγὼ τὸ Ῥόδιον ἤνεγκον μύρον.

Κινησίας

ἀγαθόν· ἔα αὔτʼ ὦ δαιμονία.
945

Μυρρίνη

ληρεῖς ἔχων.

Κινησίας

κάκιστʼ ἀπόλοιθʼ ὁ πρῶτος ἑψήσας μύρον.

Μυρρίνη

λαβὲ τόνδε τὸν ἀλάβαστον.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ ἕτερον ἔχω.

ἀλλʼ ᾠζυρὰ κατάκεισο καὶ μή μοι φέρε

μηδέν.

Μυρρίνη

ποιήσω ταῦτα νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν.

ὑπολύομαι γοῦν. ἀλλʼ ὅπως ὦ φίλτατε
950

σπονδὰς ποιεῖσθαι ψηφιεῖ.

Κινησίας

βουλεύσομαι.

ἀπολώλεκέν με κἀπιτέτριφεν ἡ γυνὴ

τά τʼ ἄλλα πάντα κἀποδείρασʼ οἴχεται.

Translations (1)

Lysistrata (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Jack Lindsay). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 915 focus

CINESIAS

Leave that to me,

I'll take all risk.
1120

MYRRHINE

Well, I'll make you comfortable.

CINESIAS

Don't worry. I'd as soon lie on the grass.

MYRRHINE

No, by Apollo, in spite of all your faults

I won't have you lying on the nasty earth.

(From here MYRRHINE keeps on going off to fetch things.)

CINESIAS

Ah, how she loves me.
1125

MYRRHINE

Rest there on the bench,

While I arrange my clothes. O what a nuisance,

I must find some cushions first.

CINESIAS

Why some cushions?

Please don't get them!
1130

MYRRHINE

What? The plain, hard wood?

Never, by Artemis! That would be too vulgar.

CINESIAS

Open your arms!

MYRRHINE

No. Wait a second.

CINESIAS

O....
1135

Then hurry back again.

MYRRHINE

Here the cushions are.

Lie down while I—O dear! But what a shame,

You need more pillows.

CINESIAS

I don't want them, dear.
1140

MYRRHINE

But I do.

CINESIAS

Thwarted affection mine,

They treat you just like Heracles at a feast

With cheats of dainties, O disappointing arms!

MYRRHINE

Raise up your head.
1145

CINESIAS

There, that's everything at last.

MYRRHINE

Yes, all.

CINESIAS

Then run to my arms, you golden girl.

MYRRHINE

I'm loosening my girdle now. But you've not forgotten?

You're not deceiving me about the Treaty?
1150

CINESIAS

No, by my life, I'm not.

MYRRHINE

Why, you've no blanket.

CINESIAS

It's not the silly blanket's warmth but yours I want.

MYRRHINE

Never mind. You'll soon have both. I'll come straight back.

CINESIAS

The woman will choke me with her coverlets.
1155

MYRRHINE

Get up a moment.

CINESIAS

I'm up high enough.

MYRRHINE

Would you like me to perfume you?

CINESIAS

By Apollo, no!

MYRRHINE

By Aphrodite, I'll do it anyway.
1160

CINESIAS

Lord Zeus, may she soon use up all the myrrh.

MYRRHINE

Stretch out your hand. Take it and rub it in.

CINESIAS

Hmm, it's not as fragrant as might be; that is,

Not before it's smeared. It doesn't smell of kisses.

MYRRHINE

How silly I am: I've brought you Rhodian scents.
1165

CINESIAS

It's good enough, leave it, love.

MYRRHINE

You must be jesting.

CINESIAS

Plague rack the man who first compounded scent!

MYRRHINE

Here, take this flask.

CINESIAS

I've a far better one.
1170

Don't tease me, come here, and get nothing more.

MYRRHINE

I'm coming.... I'm just drawing off my shoes....

You're sure you will vote for Peace?

CINESIAS

I'll think about it.

She runs off.

I'm dead: the woman's worn me all away.
1175

She's gone and left me with an anguished pulse.

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ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸ πέος τόδʼ Ἡρακλῆς ξενίζεται.

The verb ξενίζεται is in the passive voice, but here it functions as a middle with a reflexive or deponent sense ('is made a guest-friend' or 'is treated as a guest-friend'), a usage characteristic of Aristophanic comedy where the passive form often absorbs the middle's nuance of personal interest or benefit. This construction, while attested, requires the reader to distinguish the semantic weight of the passive form from a standard passive meaning 'to be hosted by someone else' in order to grasp the speaker's ironic suggestion that the phallus is being accorded the status of a guest-friend.

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Κινησίας εἰς ἐμὲ τράποιτο· μηδὲν ὅρκου φροντίσῃς. 915

Μυρρίνη φέρε νυν ἐνέγκω κλινίδιον νῷν.

Κινησίας μηδαμῶς. ἀρκεῖ χαμαὶ νῷν.

Μυρρίνη μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω μή σʼ ἐγὼ καίπερ τοιοῦτον ὄντα κατακλινῶ χαμαί.

Κινησίας ἥ τοι γυνὴ φιλεῖ με, δήλη ʼστὶν καλῶς.

Μυρρίνη ἰδοὺ κατάκεισʼ ἀνύσας τι, κἀγὼ ʼκδύομαι. 920 καίτοι, τὸ δεῖνα, ψίαθός ἐστʼ ἐξοιστέα.

Κινησίας ποία ψίαθος; μὴ μοί γε.

Μυρρίνη νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν, αἰσχρὸν γὰρ ἐπὶ τόνου γε.

Κινησίας δός μοί νυν κύσαι.

Μυρρίνη ἰδού.

Κινησίας παπαιάξ· ἧκέ νυν ταχέως πάνυ.

Μυρρίνη ἰδοὺ ψίαθος· κατάκεισο, καὶ δὴ ʼκδύομαι. 925 καίτοι, τὸ δεῖνα, προσκεφάλαιον οὐκ ἔχεις.

Κινησίας ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ δέομʼ ἔγωγε.

Μυρρίνη νὴ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ ἐγώ.

Κινησίας ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸ πέος τόδʼ Ἡρακλῆς ξενίζεται.

Μυρρίνη ἀνίστασʼ, ἀναπήδησον.

Κινησίας ἤδη πάντʼ ἔχω.

Μυρρίνη ἅπαντα δῆτα. 930

Κινησίας δεῦρό νυν ὦ χρύσιον.

Μυρρίνη τὸ στρόφιον ἤδη λύομαι. μέμνησό νυν· μή μʼ ἐξαπατήσῃς τὰ περὶ τῶν διαλλαγῶν.

Κινησίας νὴ Δίʼ ἀπολοίμην ἆρα.

Μυρρίνη σισύραν οὐκ ἔχεις.

Κινησίας μὰ Δίʼ οὐδὲ δέομαί γʼ, ἀλλὰ βινεῖν βούλομαι.

Μυρρίνη ἀμέλει ποιήσεις τοῦτο· ταχὺ γὰρ ἔρχομαι. 935

Κινησίας ἅνθρωπος ἐπιτρίψει με διὰ τὰ στρώματα.

Μυρρίνη ἔπαιρε σαυτόν.

Κινησίας ἀλλʼ ἐπῆρται τοῦτό γε.

Μυρρίνη βούλει μυρίσω σε;

Κινησίας μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω μὴ μέ γε.

Μυρρίνη νὴ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἤν τε βούλῃ γʼ ἤν τε μή.

Κινησίας εἴθʼ ἐκχυθείη τὸ μύρον ὦ Ζεῦ δέσποτα. 940

Μυρρίνη πρότεινέ νυν τὴν χεῖρα κἀλείφου λαβών.

Κινησίας οὐχ ἡδὺ τὸ μύρον μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω τουτογί, εἰ μὴ διατριπτικόν γε κοὐκ ὄζον γάμων.

Μυρρίνη τάλαινʼ ἐγὼ τὸ Ῥόδιον ἤνεγκον μύρον.

Κινησίας ἀγαθόν· ἔα αὔτʼ ὦ δαιμονία. 945

Μυρρίνη ληρεῖς ἔχων.

Κινησίας κάκιστʼ ἀπόλοιθʼ ὁ πρῶτος ἑψήσας μύρον.

Μυρρίνη λαβὲ τόνδε τὸν ἀλάβαστον.

Κινησίας ἀλλʼ ἕτερον ἔχω. ἀλλʼ ᾠζυρὰ κατάκεισο καὶ μή μοι φέρε μηδέν.

Μυρρίνη ποιήσω ταῦτα νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν. ὑπολύομαι γοῦν. ἀλλʼ ὅπως ὦ φίλτατε 950 σπονδὰς ποιεῖσθαι ψηφιεῖ.

Κινησίας βουλεύσομαι. ἀπολώλεκέν με κἀπιτέτριφεν ἡ γυνὴ τά τʼ ἄλλα πάντα κἀποδείρασʼ οἴχεται.

CINESIAS Leave that to me, I'll take all risk. 1120

MYRRHINE Well, I'll make you comfortable.

CINESIAS Don't worry. I'd as soon lie on the grass.

MYRRHINE No, by Apollo, in spite of all your faults I won't have you lying on the nasty earth.

CINESIAS Ah, how she loves me. 1125

MYRRHINE Rest there on the bench, While I arrange my clothes. O what a nuisance, I must find some cushions first.

CINESIAS Why some cushions? Please don't get them! 1130

MYRRHINE What? The plain, hard wood? Never, by Artemis! That would be too vulgar.

CINESIAS Open your arms!

MYRRHINE No. Wait a second.

CINESIAS O.... 1135 Then hurry back again.

MYRRHINE Here the cushions are. Lie down while I—O dear! But what a shame, You need more pillows.

CINESIAS I don't want them, dear. 1140

MYRRHINE But I do.

CINESIAS Thwarted affection mine, They treat you just like Heracles at a feast With cheats of dainties, O disappointing arms!

MYRRHINE Raise up your head. 1145

CINESIAS There, that's everything at last.

MYRRHINE Yes, all.

CINESIAS Then run to my arms, you golden girl.

MYRRHINE I'm loosening my girdle now. But you've not forgotten? You're not deceiving me about the Treaty? 1150

CINESIAS No, by my life, I'm not.

MYRRHINE Why, you've no blanket.

CINESIAS It's not the silly blanket's warmth but yours I want.

MYRRHINE Never mind. You'll soon have both. I'll come straight back.

CINESIAS The woman will choke me with her coverlets. 1155

MYRRHINE Get up a moment.

CINESIAS I'm up high enough.

MYRRHINE Would you like me to perfume you?

CINESIAS By Apollo, no!

MYRRHINE By Aphrodite, I'll do it anyway. 1160

CINESIAS Lord Zeus, may she soon use up all the myrrh.

MYRRHINE Stretch out your hand. Take it and rub it in.

CINESIAS Hmm, it's not as fragrant as might be; that is, Not before it's smeared. It doesn't smell of kisses.

MYRRHINE How silly I am: I've brought you Rhodian scents. 1165

CINESIAS It's good enough, leave it, love.

MYRRHINE You must be jesting.

Κινησίας

εἰς ἐμὲ τράποιτο· μηδὲν ὅρκου φροντίσῃς.
915

Μυρρίνη

φέρε νυν ἐνέγκω κλινίδιον νῷν.

Κινησίας

μηδαμῶς.

ἀρκεῖ χαμαὶ νῷν.

Μυρρίνη

μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω μή σʼ ἐγὼ

καίπερ τοιοῦτον ὄντα κατακλινῶ χαμαί.

Κινησίας

ἥ τοι γυνὴ φιλεῖ με, δήλη ʼστὶν καλῶς.

Μυρρίνη

ἰδοὺ κατάκεισʼ ἀνύσας τι, κἀγὼ ʼκδύομαι.
920

καίτοι, τὸ δεῖνα, ψίαθός ἐστʼ ἐξοιστέα.

Κινησίας

ποία ψίαθος; μὴ μοί γε.

Μυρρίνη

νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν,

αἰσχρὸν γὰρ ἐπὶ τόνου γε.

Κινησίας

δός μοί νυν κύσαι.

Μυρρίνη

ἰδού.

Κινησίας

παπαιάξ· ἧκέ νυν ταχέως πάνυ.

Μυρρίνη

ἰδοὺ ψίαθος· κατάκεισο, καὶ δὴ ʼκδύομαι.
925

καίτοι, τὸ δεῖνα, προσκεφάλαιον οὐκ ἔχεις.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ δέομʼ ἔγωγε.

Μυρρίνη

νὴ Δίʼ ἀλλʼ ἐγώ.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸ πέος τόδʼ Ἡρακλῆς ξενίζεται.

Μυρρίνη

ἀνίστασʼ, ἀναπήδησον.

Κινησίας

ἤδη πάντʼ ἔχω.

Μυρρίνη

ἅπαντα δῆτα.
930

Κινησίας

δεῦρό νυν ὦ χρύσιον.

Μυρρίνη

τὸ στρόφιον ἤδη λύομαι. μέμνησό νυν·

μή μʼ ἐξαπατήσῃς τὰ περὶ τῶν διαλλαγῶν.

Κινησίας

νὴ Δίʼ ἀπολοίμην ἆρα.

Μυρρίνη

σισύραν οὐκ ἔχεις.

Κινησίας

μὰ Δίʼ οὐδὲ δέομαί γʼ, ἀλλὰ βινεῖν βούλομαι.

Μυρρίνη

ἀμέλει ποιήσεις τοῦτο· ταχὺ γὰρ ἔρχομαι.
935

Κινησίας

ἅνθρωπος ἐπιτρίψει με διὰ τὰ στρώματα.

Μυρρίνη

ἔπαιρε σαυτόν.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ ἐπῆρται τοῦτό γε.

Μυρρίνη

βούλει μυρίσω σε;

Κινησίας

μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω μὴ μέ γε.

Μυρρίνη

νὴ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἤν τε βούλῃ γʼ ἤν τε μή.

Κινησίας

εἴθʼ ἐκχυθείη τὸ μύρον ὦ Ζεῦ δέσποτα.
940

Μυρρίνη

πρότεινέ νυν τὴν χεῖρα κἀλείφου λαβών.

Κινησίας

οὐχ ἡδὺ τὸ μύρον μὰ τὸν Ἀπόλλω τουτογί,

εἰ μὴ διατριπτικόν γε κοὐκ ὄζον γάμων.

Μυρρίνη

τάλαινʼ ἐγὼ τὸ Ῥόδιον ἤνεγκον μύρον.

Κινησίας

ἀγαθόν· ἔα αὔτʼ ὦ δαιμονία.
945

Μυρρίνη

ληρεῖς ἔχων.

Κινησίας

κάκιστʼ ἀπόλοιθʼ ὁ πρῶτος ἑψήσας μύρον.

Μυρρίνη

λαβὲ τόνδε τὸν ἀλάβαστον.

Κινησίας

ἀλλʼ ἕτερον ἔχω.

ἀλλʼ ᾠζυρὰ κατάκεισο καὶ μή μοι φέρε

μηδέν.

Μυρρίνη

ποιήσω ταῦτα νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν.

ὑπολύομαι γοῦν. ἀλλʼ ὅπως ὦ φίλτατε
950

σπονδὰς ποιεῖσθαι ψηφιεῖ.

Κινησίας

βουλεύσομαι.

ἀπολώλεκέν με κἀπιτέτριφεν ἡ γυνὴ

τά τʼ ἄλλα πάντα κἀποδείρασʼ οἴχεται.

CINESIAS

Leave that to me,

I'll take all risk.
1120

MYRRHINE

Well, I'll make you comfortable.

CINESIAS

Don't worry. I'd as soon lie on the grass.

MYRRHINE

No, by Apollo, in spite of all your faults

I won't have you lying on the nasty earth.

CINESIAS

Ah, how she loves me.
1125

MYRRHINE

Rest there on the bench,

While I arrange my clothes. O what a nuisance,

I must find some cushions first.

CINESIAS

Why some cushions?

Please don't get them!
1130

MYRRHINE

What? The plain, hard wood?

Never, by Artemis! That would be too vulgar.

CINESIAS

Open your arms!

MYRRHINE

No. Wait a second.

CINESIAS

O....
1135

Then hurry back again.

MYRRHINE

Here the cushions are.

Lie down while I—O dear! But what a shame,

You need more pillows.

CINESIAS

I don't want them, dear.
1140

MYRRHINE

But I do.

CINESIAS

Thwarted affection mine,

They treat you just like Heracles at a feast

With cheats of dainties, O disappointing arms!

MYRRHINE

Raise up your head.
1145

CINESIAS

There, that's everything at last.

MYRRHINE

Yes, all.

CINESIAS

Then run to my arms, you golden girl.

MYRRHINE

I'm loosening my girdle now. But you've not forgotten?

You're not deceiving me about the Treaty?
1150

CINESIAS

No, by my life, I'm not.

MYRRHINE

Why, you've no blanket.

CINESIAS

It's not the silly blanket's warmth but yours I want.

MYRRHINE

Never mind. You'll soon have both. I'll come straight back.

CINESIAS

The woman will choke me with her coverlets.
1155

MYRRHINE

Get up a moment.

CINESIAS

I'm up high enough.

MYRRHINE

Would you like me to perfume you?

CINESIAS

By Apollo, no!

MYRRHINE

By Aphrodite, I'll do it anyway.
1160

CINESIAS

Lord Zeus, may she soon use up all the myrrh.

MYRRHINE

Stretch out your hand. Take it and rub it in.

CINESIAS

Hmm, it's not as fragrant as might be; that is,

Not before it's smeared. It doesn't smell of kisses.

MYRRHINE

How silly I am: I've brought you Rhodian scents.
1165

CINESIAS

It's good enough, leave it, love.

MYRRHINE

You must be jesting.

CINESIAS

Plague rack the man who first compounded scent!

MYRRHINE

Here, take this flask.

CINESIAS

I've a far better one.
1170

Don't tease me, come here, and get nothing more.