Dionysus.
He put in Death, a monstrous heavy thing!
Euripides.
But my Persuasion made a lovely line!
Dionysus.
Persuasion has no bulk and not much weight.
Do look about you for some ponderous line
To force the scale down, something large and strong.
Euripides.
Where have I such a thing, now? Where?
Dionysus
(mischievously, quoting some unknown play of Euripides).
I'll tell you;
"Achilles has two aces and a four!"—
(Aloud) Come, speak your lines; this is the final bout.
Euripides (quoting his "Meleager").
"A mace of weighted iron his right hand sped."
Aeschylus (quoting his "Glaucus").
"Chariot on chariot lay, dead piled on dead."
Dionysus (as the scale turns).
He beats you this time too!
Euripides.
How does he do it?
Dionysus.
Two chariots and two corpses in the scale—
Why, ten Egyptians couldn't lift so much!
