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    Aristophanes, Peace (ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.)

    Chorus

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart) | English (ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.)
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    Trygaeus
    to the Servant who has returned with a sheep and a vase of water.

    Come, seize the basket and take the lustral water and hurry to circle round the altar to the right.

    Servant

    There! that's done. What is your next bidding?

    Trygaeus

    Wait. I take this fire-brand first and plunge it into the water. [960] Now quick, quick, you sprinkle the altar. Give me some barley-seed, purify yourself and hand me the basin; then scatter the rest of the barley among the audience.

    Servant

    Done.

    Trygaeus

    You have thrown it?

    Servant

    Yes, by Hermes! [965] and all the spectators have had their share.

    Trygaeus

    At least the women got none.

    Servant

    Oh! their husbands will give them some this evening.

    Trygaeus

    Let us pray! Who is here? Are there any good men?

    Servant

    Come, give me the water, so that I may sprinkle these people. Faith! they are indeed good, brave men.

    He throws the lustral water on them.
    Trygaeus

    [970] You believe so?

    Servant

    I am sure, and the proof of it is that we have flooded them with lustral water and they have not budged an inch.

    Trygaeus

    Let us pray, then, as soon as we can.

    Servant

    Yes, let us pray.

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    Aristophanes. Peace. The Complete Greek Drama, vol. 2. Eugene O'Neill, Jr. New York. Random House. 1938.
    OCLC: 32280428


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