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ARISTOPHANES' FROGS
Heracles.
Then watch
And see them start the torch-race down below;
Lean over till you hear the men say "Go,"
And then, go.
Dionysus.
Where?
Heracles.
Why, over.
Dionysus.
Not for me.
It'd cost me two whole sausage bags of brains,
I won't go that way.
Heracles.
Well, how will you go?
Dionysus.
The way you went that time.
Heracles (impressively).
The voyage is long.
You first come to a great mere, fathomless
And very wide.
Dionysus (unimpressed).
How do I get across?
Heracles. (with a gesture).
In a little boat, like that; an aged man
Will row you across the ferry . . . for two obols.