I'll have you
condemned
to a fine of ten thousand
drachmae.
drachmae.
Aristophanes
I summon Pisthetaerus for outrage for the month
of Munychion. [302]
PISTHETAERUS. Ha! my friend! are you still there?
DEALER IN DECREES. "Should anyone drive away the magistrates and not
receive them, according to the decree duly posted. . . "
PISTHETAERUS. What! rascal! you are there too?
INSPECTOR. Woe to you!
I'll have you condemned to a fine of ten thousand
drachmae.
PISTHETAERUS. And I'll smash your urns. [303]
INSPECTOR. Do you recall that evening when you stooled against the column
where the decrees are posted?
PISTHETAERUS. Here! here! let him be seized. (_The inspectors run off. _)
Well! don't you want to stop any longer?
PRIEST. Let us get indoors as quick as possible; we will sacrifice the
goat inside. [304]
CHORUS. Henceforth it is to me that mortals must address their sacrifices
and their prayers.
of Munychion. [302]
PISTHETAERUS. Ha! my friend! are you still there?
DEALER IN DECREES. "Should anyone drive away the magistrates and not
receive them, according to the decree duly posted. . . "
PISTHETAERUS. What! rascal! you are there too?
INSPECTOR. Woe to you!
I'll have you condemned to a fine of ten thousand
drachmae.
PISTHETAERUS. And I'll smash your urns. [303]
INSPECTOR. Do you recall that evening when you stooled against the column
where the decrees are posted?
PISTHETAERUS. Here! here! let him be seized. (_The inspectors run off. _)
Well! don't you want to stop any longer?
PRIEST. Let us get indoors as quick as possible; we will sacrifice the
goat inside. [304]
CHORUS. Henceforth it is to me that mortals must address their sacrifices
and their prayers.
