Come, get
yourself
to the temple.
Aristophanes
He wants slippers.
AGATHON. Here are mine.
MNESILOCHUS. Will they fit me? You like a loose fit. [566]
AGATHON. Try them on. Now that you have all you need, let me be taken
inside. [567]
EURIPIDES. You look for all the world like a woman. But when you talk,
take good care to give your voice a woman's tone.
MNESILOCHUS. I'll try my best.
EURIPIDES.
Come, get yourself to the temple.
MNESILOCHUS. No, by Apollo, not unless you swear to me . . .
EURIPIDES. What?
MNESILOCHUS. . . . that, if anything untoward happen to me, you will leave
nothing undone to save me.
EURIPIDES Very well! I swear it by the Ether, the dwelling-place of the
king of the gods. [568]
MNESILOCHUS. Why not rather swear it by the disciples of
Hippocrates?
AGATHON. Here are mine.
MNESILOCHUS. Will they fit me? You like a loose fit. [566]
AGATHON. Try them on. Now that you have all you need, let me be taken
inside. [567]
EURIPIDES. You look for all the world like a woman. But when you talk,
take good care to give your voice a woman's tone.
MNESILOCHUS. I'll try my best.
EURIPIDES.
Come, get yourself to the temple.
MNESILOCHUS. No, by Apollo, not unless you swear to me . . .
EURIPIDES. What?
MNESILOCHUS. . . . that, if anything untoward happen to me, you will leave
nothing undone to save me.
EURIPIDES Very well! I swear it by the Ether, the dwelling-place of the
king of the gods. [568]
MNESILOCHUS. Why not rather swear it by the disciples of
Hippocrates?
