THE ACHARNIANS. “Eg

Hon. “No, no; it must be some one far more
wretched than CEneus.”

&. “The blind Phoenix, then?”

Hon. “No, not Phoenix; far worse off than he.”

&. “What does the man want? The rags of the
beggar Philoctetes?”

Hon. “No; ten times more of a beggar than Phi-
loctetes.”

£. “Bellerophon, then, the blind Bellerophon?”

Hon. “No, not Bellerophon, though it is true that
he was a blind beggar and a terrible fellow to talk.”

E. “I know the man you mean — Telephus of
Mysia.”

Hon, “Exactly; it is Telephus’s rags I want.”

E. (to his servant). “ Boy, give this gentleman the
rags of Telephus. They are on the top of Thyestes’s |
and below Ino’s.”

Flon. “You have been very kind, Euripides, but if
you would give me also the Mysian hat.”

&. “Here it is.”

Hon. “ And the beggar’s staff.’’ é

E. “Take it, and vanish from my marble halls.”

Hon. “O my soul! see how hard he is on me, and

neighbourhood and put him ashore on the island of Lemnos, then unin-
habited. :

4. Bellerophon, exiled on account of a false accusation, and after-
wards lamed by a fall from his winged horse Pegasus.

5. Telephus, Prince of Mysia, wounded by Achilles and afterwards
cured by the rust from the spear which had pierced him. The circum-
stances under which he appeared clothed in rags are not known to us,