THE FROGS. 201

Plu. “Now, Zéschylus, in peace depart ;
And with thy nobler poet’s art
Enrich thy country as before,
And teach the fools —for many more
There are than were in days of yore.”
4esth. “So be it; and this seat of mine
To Sophocles, I pray, assign,
Till I return, if this should be;
He holds the second place to me.
And, mark me, keep that villain there
From sitting in my sacred chair.”