This text is part of:
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
Table of Contents:
Philocleon
But what? Try to find some way. For myself, I am ready for anything, so much do I burn to run along the tiers of the tribunal with my voting-pebble in my hand. Leader of the Chorus
[350] There is surely some hole through which you could manage to squeeze from within, and escape dressed in rags, like the crafty Odysseus. Philocleon
Everything is sealed fast; not so much as a gnat could get through. Think of some other plan; there is no possible hole of escape. Leader of the Chorus
Do you recall how, when you were with the army at the taking of Naxos, [355] you descended so readily from the top of the wall by means of the spits you had stolen? Philocleon
I remember that well enough, but what connection is there with present circumstances? I was young, clever at thieving, I had all my strength,
Aristophanes. Wasps. The Complete Greek Drama, vol. 2. Eugene O'Neill, Jr. New York. Random House. 1938.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.