But what do all these insults
betoken?
Aristophanes
You must say whence you come.
[317]
IRIS. I come from the abode of the Olympian gods.
PISTHETAERUS. What's your name, ship or cap? [318]
IRIS. I am swift Iris.
PISTHETAERUS. Paralus or Salaminia? [319]
IRIS. What do you mean?
PISTHETAERUS. Let a buzzard rush at her and seize her. [320]
IRIS. Seize me!
But what do all these insults betoken?
PISTHETAERUS. Woe to you!
IRIS. 'Tis incomprehensible.
PISTHETAERUS. By which gate did you pass through the wall, wretched
woman?
IRIS. By which gate? Why, great gods, I don't know.
PISTHETAERUS. You hear how she holds us in derision. Did you present
yourself to the officers in command of the jays? You don't answer. Have
you a permit, bearing the seal of the storks?
IRIS.
IRIS. I come from the abode of the Olympian gods.
PISTHETAERUS. What's your name, ship or cap? [318]
IRIS. I am swift Iris.
PISTHETAERUS. Paralus or Salaminia? [319]
IRIS. What do you mean?
PISTHETAERUS. Let a buzzard rush at her and seize her. [320]
IRIS. Seize me!
But what do all these insults betoken?
PISTHETAERUS. Woe to you!
IRIS. 'Tis incomprehensible.
PISTHETAERUS. By which gate did you pass through the wall, wretched
woman?
IRIS. By which gate? Why, great gods, I don't know.
PISTHETAERUS. You hear how she holds us in derision. Did you present
yourself to the officers in command of the jays? You don't answer. Have
you a permit, bearing the seal of the storks?
IRIS.
