[110] The pun--rather a far-fetched one--is between the words [Greek: D_orh_osti] (in the Dorian mode) and [Greek: d_orhon] (a bribe). [111] A Boeotian soothsayer. [112] A name invented by the Sausage-seller on the spur of the moment, to cap Cleon's boast. [113] That is, Athenian; Erectheus was an ancient mythical King of Athens. [114] That is, the tributes paid to Athens by the Aegaean Islands, whether allies or subjects. [115] The Lacedaemonian prisoners from Sphacteria, so often referred to. [116] That is, Athenian; Cecrops was the first King of Athens, according to the legends. [117] There were three towns of this name in different parts of Greece. [118] There is a pun here which it is impossible to render in English; the Greek [Greek: Pylos](Pylos) differs by only one letter from the word meaning a bath-tub ([Greek: Pyelos]). [119] Cleon was reproached by his enemies with paying small attention to the regular payment of the sailors. [120] Another poetical term to signify Athenian; Aegeus, an ancient mythical King of Athens, father of Theseus. [121] Impudent as a dog and cunning as a fox. [122] An orator and statesman of the day; practically nothing is known about him. [123] Another orator and statesman, accused apparently of taking bribes. [124] As pointed out before, the orators were fond of dragging Athené continually into their speeches. [125] One of Cleon's protégés and flatterers. The scholiasts say he was his secretary. [126] Terms borrowed from the circus races. [127] That is, at the expense of other folk. [128] Pieces of bread, hollowed out, which were filled with mincemeat or soup. [129] Both Greeks and Romans drank their wine mixed with water. [130] After his success in the Sphacteria affair Cleon induced the people to vote him a chaplet of gold. [131] That is, by means of the mechanical device of the Greek stage known as the [Greek: ekkukl_ema]. [132] Parody of a well-known verse from Euripides' 'Alcestis.' [133] The name Agoracritus is compounded: cf. [Greek: agora], a market-place, and [Greek: krinein], to judge. [134] This grandiloquent opening is borrowed from Pindar. [135] Mentioned in the 'Acharnians.' [136] A soothsayer. [137] A flute-player. [138] An allusion to the vice of the 'cunnilingue,' apparently a novel form of naughtiness at Athens in Aristophanes' day. [139] As well known for his gluttony as for his cowardice. [140] One of the most noisy demagogues of Cleon's party; he succeeded him, but was later condemned to ostracism. [141] A town in Bithynia, situated at the entrance of the Bosphorus and nearly opposite Byzantium. It was one of the most important towns in Asia Minor. Doubtless Hyperbolus only demanded so large a fleet to terrorize the towns and oppress them at will. [142] These temples were inviolable places of refuge, where even slaves were secure. [143] A rocky cleft at the back of the Acropolis into which criminals were hurled.