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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.