Dionysus.
A what?
Aeschylus.
The 'Seven against Thebes.'
Dionysus.
Pray explain.
Aeschylus.
There wasn't a man could see that play but he hungered for havoc and gore.
Dionysus.
I'm afraid that tells in the opposite way. For the Thebans profited more,
It urged them to fight without flinching or fear, and they did so; and long may you rue it!
Aeschylus.
The same thing was open to all of you here, but it didn't amuse you to do it!
Then next I taught you for glory to long, and against all odds stand fast;
That was "The Persians," which bodied in song the noblest deed of the past.
Dionysus.
Yes, yes! When Darius arose from the grave it gave me genuine joy,
And the Chorus stood with its arms a- wave, and observed, "Yow—oy, Yow—oy!"
Aeschylus.
Yes, that's the effect for a play to produce! For observe, from the world's first start
