The Frogs of Aristophanes
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The man was talking to the dead, you dog, Who are always called three times — and then don't hear.
Aeschylus.
Come, how did you write prologues ?
Euripides.
Oh, I'll show you.
And if you find there any repetitions Or any irrelevant padding, — spit upon me !
ARISTOPHANES' FROGS 87 Dionysus.
Oh, do begin. I mustn't miss those prologues In all their exquisite exactitude !
Euripides.
" At first was Oedipus in happy state." Aeschylus.
He wasn't ! He was born and bred in misery.
Did not Apollo doom h...im still unborn To slay his father ? . . .
Dionysus {aside).
His poor unborn father ?
Aeschylus.
" A happy state at first," you call it, do you ?
Euripides {contemptuously resuming).
" At first was Oedipus in happy state, Then changed he, and became most desolate." Aeschylus.
He didn't. He was never anything else !
Why, he was scarcely born when they exposed him In winter, in a pot, that he might never Grow up and be his father's murderer.
Then off he crawled to Polybus with sore feet.
Then married an old woman, twice his age, Who further chanced to be his mother, then Tore out his eyes : the lucky dog he was 1 88 ARISTOPHANES' FROGS Dionysus.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The man was talking to the dead, you dog, Who are always called three times — and then don't hear.
Aeschylus.
Come, how did you write prologues ?
Euripides.
Oh, I'll show you.
And if you find there any repetitions Or any irrelevant padding, — spit upon me !
ARISTOPHANES' FROGS 87 Dionysus.
Oh, do begin. I mustn't miss those prologues In all their exquisite exactitude !
Euripides.
" At first was Oedipus in happy state." Aeschylus.
He wasn't ! He was born and bred in misery.
Did not Apollo doom h...im still unborn To slay his father ? . . .
Dionysus {aside).
His poor unborn father ?
Aeschylus.
" A happy state at first," you call it, do you ?
Euripides {contemptuously resuming).
" At first was Oedipus in happy state, Then changed he, and became most desolate." Aeschylus.
He didn't. He was never anything else !
Why, he was scarcely born when they exposed him In winter, in a pot, that he might never Grow up and be his father's murderer.
Then off he crawled to Polybus with sore feet.
Then married an old woman, twice his age, Who further chanced to be his mother, then Tore out his eyes : the lucky dog he was 1 88 ARISTOPHANES' FROGS Dionysus.
What to read after The Frogs of Aristophanes?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Murray Gilbert to read onlineMoreLess
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