DEMOS. Great gods! how charming they are! Can I do with them as I wish? where did you discover them, pray? AGORACRITUS. 'Twas that Paphlagonian who kept them locked up in his house, so that you might not enjoy them. As for myself, I give them to you; take them with you into the country. DEMOS. And what punishment will you inflict upon this Paphlagonian, the cause of all my troubles? AGORACRITUS. 'Twill not be over-terrible. I condemn him to follow my old trade; posted near the gates, he must sell sausages of asses' and dogs'-meat; perpetually drunk, he will exchange foul language with prostitutes and will drink nothing but the dirty water from the baths. DEMOS. Well conceived! he is indeed fit to wrangle with harlots and bathmen; as for you, in return for so many blessings, I invite you to take the place at the Prytaneum which this rogue once occupied. Put on this frog-green mantle and follow me. As for the other, let 'em take him away; let him go sell his sausages in full view of the foreigners, whom he used formerly so wantonly to insult. * * * * * FINIS OF "THE KNIGHTS" * * * * * Footnotes: [4] Mitchell's "Aristophanes." Preface to "The Knights." [5] A generic name, used to denote a slave, because great numbers came from Paphlagonia, a country in Asia Minor. Aristophanes also plays upon the word, [Greek: Paphlag_on], Paphlagonian, and the verb, [Greek: pathlazein], to boil noisily, thus alluding to Cleon's violence and bluster when speaking. [6] A musician, belonging to Phrygia, who had composed melodies intended to describe pain. [7] Line 323 of the 'Hyppolytus,' by Euripides. [8] Euripides' mother was said to have sold vegetables on the market. [9] The whole of this passage seems a satire on the want of courage shown by these two generals. History, however, speaks of Nicias as a brave soldier. [10] i.e. living on his salary as a judge. The Athenians used beans for recording their votes. [11] Place where the Public Assembly of Athens, the [Greek: ekkl_esia], was held. [12] This was the salary paid to the Ecclesiasts, the jury of citizens who tried cases. It was one obol at first, but Cleon had raised it to three. [13] A town in Messina, opposite the little island of Sphacteria; Demosthenes had seized it, and the Spartans had vainly tried to retake it, having even been obliged to leave four hundred soldiers shut up in Sphacteria. Cleon, sent out with additional forces, had forced the Spartans to capitulate and had thus robbed Demosthenes of the glory of the capture. (_See_ Introduction.) [14] Literally, his rump is among the Chaonians ([Greek: chain_o], to gape open), because his anus is distended by pederastic practices; his hands with the Aetolians ([Greek: aite_o], to ask, to beg); his mind with the Clopidians ([Greek: klept_o], to steal). [15] The versions of his death vary. He is said to have taken poison in order to avoid fighting against Athens.