[41] Archeptolemus, a resident alien, who lived in Piraeus. He had loaded Athens with gifts and was nevertheless maltreated by Cleon. [42] This was easier than against a citizen because of the inferiority, in which the pride of the Athenian held those born on other soil. [43] When drunk he conceives himself rich and the man to buy up the rich silver mines of Laurium, in south-east Attica. [44] The Chorus throws itself between Cleon and Agoracritus to protect the latter. [45] An iron collar, an instrument of torture and of punishment. [46] A disease among swine. [47] Cleon wanted the Spartans to purchase the prisoners of Sphacteria from him. [48] With piss--the result of his drunken habits. [49] A tragic poet, apparently proverbial for feebleness of style. [50] Beginning of a song of Simonides. [51] A miser. [52] Guests used pieces of bread to wipe their fingers at table. [53] 'Dog's head,' a vicious species of ape. [54] They were allowed to remain in the ground throughout the winter so that they might grow tender. [55] An allusion to the pederastic habits ascribed to some of the orators by popular rumour. [56] He imputes the crime to Agoracritus of which he is guilty himself. [57] A town in Thrace and subject to Athens. It therefore paid tribute to the latter. It often happened that the demagogues extracted considerable sums from the tributaries by threats or promises. [58] It was customary in Athens for the plaintiff himself to fix the fine to be paid by the defendant. [59] Athené, the tutelary divinity of Athens. [60] And wife of Pisistratus. Anything belonging to the ancient tyrants was hateful to the Athenians. [61] An allusion to the language used by the democratic orators, who, to be better understood by the people, constantly affected the use of terms belonging to the different trades. [62] He accuses Cleon of collusion with the enemy. [63] Cleon retorts upon his adversary the charge brought against himself. The Boeotians were the allies of Sparta. [64] Allusion to cock-fighting. [65] The tripping metre usually employed in the _parabasis_. [66] Hitherto Aristophanes had presented his pieces under an assumed name. [67] A comic poet, who had carried off the prize eleven times; not a fragment of his works remains to us. [68] An allusion to the titles of some of his pieces, viz. "the Flute Players, the Birds, the Lydians, the Gnats, the Frogs." [69] The Comic Poet, rival of Aristophanes, several times referred to above. [70] These were the opening lines of poems by Cratinus, often sung at festivities. [71] A poet, successful at the Olympic games, and in old age reduced to extreme misery. [72] The place of honour in the Dionysiac Theatre, reserved for distinguished citizens. [73] A Comic Poet, who was elegant but cold; he had at first played as an actor in the pieces of Cratinus.