Do you want some other
drollery?
Aristophanes
AEACUS.
FEMALE ATTENDANT OF PERSEPHONE.
INKEEPERS' WIVES.
EURIPIDES.
AESCHYLUS.
PLUTO.
CHORUS OF FROGS.
CHORUS OF INITIATES.
SCENE: In front of the temple of Heracles, and on the banks of Acheron in
the Infernal Regions.
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THE FROGS
XANTHIAS. Now am I to make one of those jokes that have the knack of
always making the spectators laugh?
DIONYSUS. Aye, certainly, any one you like, excepting "I am worn out. "
Take care you don't say that, for it gets on my nerves.
XANTHIAS.
Do you want some other drollery?
DIONYSUS. Yes, only not, "I am quite broken up. "
XANTHIAS. Then what witty thing shall I say?
DIONYSUS. Come, take courage; only . . .
XANTHIAS. Only what?
DIONYSUS. . . . don't start saying as you shift your package from shoulder
to shoulder, "Ah!
