"32 ARISTOPHANES.

a “Well, I have thought of earrees Say‘ run.’
“Very good. IT say it: a

- “ Now say ‘away.’”

“ Quite so: ‘away.’ ”

V “Now both together very quick: first ‘run,’
then ‘away.’”’

Hf. “Here you have it: ‘run away.’ ”

_V. “Well, doesn’t that sound sweet?”

ff, “T-don’t know. -I seem to hear the crack of a
whip somewhere about.”

2 “Then we must think of something else.”’

“Shall I tell the state of things to our friends
an ?” pointing to a little crowd of people that had
gathered round.!

V. “You could not do. better.”

Hf, “Listen, then, my good friends. We have a
master at home here, a rough, passionate old gentle-
man, and just a little deaf. The first of last month
he bought a new slave, Bluster by. name, who had .
worked in a tanner’s yard. A more wicked, lying
fellow there never was. Well, he got to know our
master’s ways, and flattered and wheedled him with
this kind of thing —‘ You'll take a bath, sir; you’ve
done business enough for one day, and here’s a little
trifle of money that has just come in for you,’?.and,
‘Can I serve .you with anything, sir?’ And as sure

« 1In the play Hearty addresses the spectators. :
2 Lit. “Take your three odo/s.” This was the sum which an Athe-

nian citizen received for acting as a juror. _The custom was introduced
by Pericles, :