Theagenes
wife[396] at any rate is sure to come; she has
actually been to consult Hecate.
Aristophanes
CALONICE. Why, they should have _flown_ here!
LYSISTRATA. Ah! my dear, you'll see that like true Athenians, they will
do everything too late[393].... Why, there's not a woman come from the
shoreward parts, not one from Salamis.[394]
CALONICE. But I know for certain they embarked at daybreak.
LYSISTRATA. And the dames from Acharnae![395] why, I thought they would
have been the very first to arrive.
CALONICE. Theagenes
wife[396] at any rate is sure to come; she has
actually been to consult Hecate.
... But look! here are some arrivals--and
there are more behind. Ah! ha! now what countrywomen may they be?
LYSISTRATA. They are from Anagyra.[397]
CALONICE. Yes! upon my word, 'tis a levy _en masse_ of all the female
population of Anagyra!
