is going to construct the
framework
of a drama.
Aristophanes
.
.
MNESILOCHUS. . . . to be pedicated?
SERVANT. Whose voice is that?
MNESILOCHUS. 'Tis the silent Ether.
SERVANT. . . .
is going to construct the framework of a drama. He is
rounding fresh poetical forms, he is polishing them in the lathe and is
welding them; he is hammering out sentences and metaphors; he is working
up his subject like soft wax. First he models it and then he casts it in
bronze . . .
MNESILOCHUS. . . . and sways his buttocks amorously.
SERVANT. Who is the rustic who approaches this sacred enclosure?
MNESILOCHUS. Take care of yourself and of your sweet-voiced poet! I have
a strong instrument here both well rounded and well polished, which will
pierce your enclosure and penetrate your bottom.
SERVANT.
MNESILOCHUS. . . . to be pedicated?
SERVANT. Whose voice is that?
MNESILOCHUS. 'Tis the silent Ether.
SERVANT. . . .
is going to construct the framework of a drama. He is
rounding fresh poetical forms, he is polishing them in the lathe and is
welding them; he is hammering out sentences and metaphors; he is working
up his subject like soft wax. First he models it and then he casts it in
bronze . . .
MNESILOCHUS. . . . and sways his buttocks amorously.
SERVANT. Who is the rustic who approaches this sacred enclosure?
MNESILOCHUS. Take care of yourself and of your sweet-voiced poet! I have
a strong instrument here both well rounded and well polished, which will
pierce your enclosure and penetrate your bottom.
SERVANT.
