A Realist of the Aegean : Being a Verse-Translation of the Mimes of Herodas
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How many ? I declare — Metrotime.
As many as your wretched hide will bear.
KOTTALOS.
Stop ! Stop, Lampriskos ! That's enough !
Lampriskos.
Well then, You stop being naughty.
KoTTALOS.
Never, never again, Will I be naughty : never, never more, I swear it by the Muses we adore.
Lampriskos.
Why, what a ready tongue you seem to have found.
I'll gag you, if you make another sound.
THE SCHOOLMASTER 21 KOTTALOS.
Well, now I'm dumb ! Please, please, don't kill me quite !
Lampriskos.
Kokkalos, and you, ...release him.
Metrotime.
'Tisn't right To stop yet. Flog him till the sun goes down.
Lampriskos.
He's like a snake already, green and brown : And there's a little reckoning yet to pay.
Some twenty strokes or so another day.
Due on his book, — though he read better far Than Kleio's self could do it.
KoTTALOS.
{Jt a distance) Yah ! yah ! yah !
Lampriskos.
You go and wash your mouth in honey.
22 HERODAS Metrotime.
Well, I'll go oiF home. There's all this tale to tell To my old husband, — and it's time he knew ; And then I'll bring the anklets here to you.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
How many ? I declare — Metrotime.
As many as your wretched hide will bear.
KOTTALOS.
Stop ! Stop, Lampriskos ! That's enough !
Lampriskos.
Well then, You stop being naughty.
KoTTALOS.
Never, never again, Will I be naughty : never, never more, I swear it by the Muses we adore.
Lampriskos.
Why, what a ready tongue you seem to have found.
I'll gag you, if you make another sound.
THE SCHOOLMASTER 21 KOTTALOS.
Well, now I'm dumb ! Please, please, don't kill me quite !
Lampriskos.
Kokkalos, and you, ...release him.
Metrotime.
'Tisn't right To stop yet. Flog him till the sun goes down.
Lampriskos.
He's like a snake already, green and brown : And there's a little reckoning yet to pay.
Some twenty strokes or so another day.
Due on his book, — though he read better far Than Kleio's self could do it.
KoTTALOS.
{Jt a distance) Yah ! yah ! yah !
Lampriskos.
You go and wash your mouth in honey.
22 HERODAS Metrotime.
Well, I'll go oiF home. There's all this tale to tell To my old husband, — and it's time he knew ; And then I'll bring the anklets here to you.
What to read after A Realist of the Aegean : Being a Verse-Translation of the Mimes of Herodas?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Herodas to read onlineMoreLess
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