Let me first finish the opening verse: "Oeneus in the fields
one day, having made an abundant harvest and
sacrificed
the first-fruits
to the gods .
Aristophanes
D'ye see? Again he has popped in his little bottle. Come,
Aeschylus, he is going to buy it of you at any price, and you can have a
splendid one for an obolus.
EURIPIDES. By Zeus, no, not yet! I have plenty of other prologues.
"Oeneus in the fields one day[512] ..."
AESCHYLUS. ... lost his little bottle.
EURIPIDES.
Let me first finish the opening verse: "Oeneus in the fields
one day, having made an abundant harvest and
sacrificed
the first-fruits
to the gods .
.."
AESCHYLUS. ... lost his little bottle.
DIONYSUS. During the sacrifice? And who was the thief?
EURIPIDES. Allow him to try with this one: "Zeus, as even Truth has
said[513] ..."
