Carion: O you who are most initiated into the mysteries of the Theseia!
Charon: old men, on very little barley flour,
Carion: How you have fared happily, how blessedly!
Charon: Others, too, as many as have a share of the good character.
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Chorus: But what is it, best of your own friends?
Chorus: for a messenger seems to be arriving from some good man.
Charon: The master has sold most successfully,
Carion: rather, Wealth himself; for instead of being blind,
Carion: He has gone barefoot and his hair is shining.
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Carion: Having obtained a gracious hymn of Asclepius.
Chorus: You speak joy to me, you speak a shout to me.
Charon: I am well, whether you wish it or not.
Chorus: I will shout out the well-fathered man and
Chorus: a great light for mortals is Asclepius.
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Woman: Whose shout is this, I wonder? Is it being announced?
Woman: Something good? For this is what I have long desired.
Woman: I am sitting inside, waiting for this man.
Carion: Quickly, quickly, bring wine, mistress, so that
Carion: And you drink that too; you certainly enjoy doing it very much.
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Charon: as good things, all of them together, I bring to you.
Woman: And where is he?
Carion: You will soon enter among those who are spoken of.
Woman: then, finish what you are saying, once you have completed it.
Charon: listen then, how I [manage] the affairs
Carion: I will tell you everything from your feet to your head.
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Wealth. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.