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speech�察�all she has just said is full of good sense and to the
point�察�it is clever�察�clear and well calculated to convince。 Yes� �we
must have striking vengeance on the insults of Euripides。
MNESILOCHUS
Oh�察�women� �I am not astonished at these outbursts of fiery rage��
how could your bile not get inflamed against Euripides�察�who has spoken
so ill of you�拭�As for myself�察�I hate the man�察�I swear it by my
children�察�it would be madness not to hate him� �Yet�察�let us reflect a
little�察�we are alone and our words will not be repeated outside。 Why
be so bent on his ruin�拭�Because he has known and shown up two or three
of our faults�察�when we have a thousand�拭�As for myself�察�not to speak of
other women�察�I have more than one great sin upon my conscience�察�but
this is the blackest of them。 I had been married three days and my
husband was asleep by my side�察�I had a lover�察�who had seduced me
when I was seven years old�察�impelled by his passion�察�he came
scratching at the door�察�I understood at once he was there and was
going down noiselessly。 ;Where are you going�拭─�asked my husband。 ;I am
suffering terribly with colic�察─�I told him�察 �and am going to the can。;
;Go ahead�察─�he replied�察�and started pounding together juniper berries��
aniseed�察�and sage。 As for myself�察�I moistened the door´hinge and
went to find my lover�察�who laid me�察�half´reclining upon Apollo's altar
and holding on to the sacred laurel with one hand。 Well now� �Consider��
that is a thing of which Euripides has never spoken。 And when we
bestow our favours on slaves and muleteers for want of better�察�does he
mention this�拭�And when we eat garlic early in the morning after a
night of wantonness�察�so that our husband�察�who has been keeping guard
upon the city wall�察�may be reassured by the smell and suspect nothing��
has Euripides ever breathed a word of this�拭�Tell me。 Neither has he
spoken of the woman who spreads open a large cloak before her
husband's eyes to make him admire it in full daylight to conceal her
lover by so doing and afford him the means of making his escape。 I
know another�察�who for ten whole days pretended to be suffering the
pains of labour until she had secured a child�察�the husband hurried
in all directions to buy drugs to hasten her deliverance�察�and
meanwhile an old woman brought the infant in a stew´pot�察�to prevent
its crying she had stopped up its mouth with honey。 With a sign she
told the wife that she was bringing a child for her�察�who at once began
exclaiming�察 �Go away�察�friend�察�go away�察�I think I am going to be
delivered�察�I can feel him kicking his heels in the belly 。。。。of the
stew´pot。; The husband goes off full of joy�察�and the old wretch
quickly takes the honey out of the child's mouth�察�which starts crying��
then she seizes the baby�察�runs to the father and tells him with a
smile on her face�察 �It's a lion�察�a lion�察�that is born to you�察�it's
your very image。 Everything about it is like you�察�even his little
tool�察�curved like the sky。; Are these not our everyday tricks�拭�Why
certainly�察�by Artemis�察�and we�察�are angry with Euripides�察�who assuredly
treats us no worse than we deserve��
CHORUS ��singing��
Great gods� �where has she unearthed all that�拭�What country gave
birth to such an audacious woman�拭�Oh� �you wretch� �I should not have
thought ever a one of us could have spoken in public with such
impudence。 'Tis clear�察�however�察�that we must expect everything and�察�as
the old proverb says�察�must look beneath every stone�察�lest it conceal
some orator ready to sting us。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
There is but one thing in the world worse than a shameless
woman�察�and that's another woman。
FIRST WOMAN
By Aglaurus� �you have lost your wits�察�friends� �You must be
bewitched to suffer this plague to belch forth insults against us all。
Is there no one has any spirit at all�拭�If not�察�we and our
maid´servants will punish her。 Run and fetch coals and let's
depilate her in proper style�察�to teach her not to speak ill of her
sex。
MNESILOCHUS
Oh no no� �not that part of me�察�my friends。 Have we not the right
to speak frankly at this gathering�拭�And because I have uttered what
I thought right in favour of Euripides�察�do you want to depilate me for
my trouble��
FIRST WOMAN
What� �we ought not to punish you�察�who alone have dared to defend
the man who has done so much harm�察�whom it pleases to put all the vile
women that ever were upon the stage�察�who only shows us Melanippes
and Phaedras�拭�But of Penelope he has never said a word�察�because she
was reputed chaste and good。
MNESILOCHUS
I know the reason。 It's because not a single Penelope exists among
the women of to´day�察�but all without exception are Phaedras。
FIRST WOMAN
Women�察�you hear how this creature still dares to speak of us all。
MNESILOCHUS
And�察�Heaven knows�察�I have not said all that I know。 Do you want
any more��
FIRST WOMAN
You cannot tell us any more�察�you have crapped out all you know。
MNESILOCHUS
Why�察�I have not told the thousandth part of what we women do。 Have
I said how we use the hollow bandles of our brooms to draw up wine
unbeknown to our husbands��
FIRST WOMAN
The cursed jade��
MNESILOCHUS
And how we give meats to our pimps at the feast of the Apaturia
and then accuse the cat。。。。
FIRST WOMAN
You're crazy��
MNESILOCHUS
。。。。Have I mentioned the woman who killed her husband with a
hatchet�拭�Of another�察�who caused hers to lose his reason with her
potions�拭�And of the Acharnian woman。。。。
FIRST WOMAN
Die�察�you bitch��
MNESILOCHUS
。。。。who buried her father beneath the bath��
FIRST WOMAN
And yet we listen to such things��
MNESILOCHUS
Have I told how you attributed to yourself the male child your
slave had just borne and gave her your little daughter��
FIRST WOMAN
This insult calls for vengeance。 Look out for your hair��
MNESILOCHUS
By Zeus� �don't touch me。
FIRST WOMAN ��slapping him��
There��
MNESILOCHUS ��hitting back��
There� �tit for tat��
FIRST WOMAN
Hold my cloak�察�Philista��
MNESILOCHUS
Come on then�察�and by Demeter。。。。
FIRST WOMAN
Well� �what��
MNESILOCHUS
I'll make you crap forth the sesame´cake you have eaten。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Stop wrangling� �I see a woman running here in hot haste。 Keep
silent�察�so that we may hear the better what she has to say。
��Enter CLISTHENES�察�dressed as a woman。��
CLISTHENES
Friends�察�whom I copy in all things�察�my hairless chin
sufficiently evidences how dear you are to me�察�I am women´mad and make
myself their champion wherever I am。 Just now on the market´place I
heard mention of a thing that is of the greatest importance to you��
I come to tell it to you�察�to let you know it�察�so that you may watch
carefully and be on your guard against the danger which threatens you。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
What is it�察�my child�拭�I can well call you child�察�for you have so
smooth a skin。
CLISTHENES
They say that Euripides has sent an old man here to´day�察�one of
his relations。。。。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
With what object�拭�What is his idea��
CLISTHENES
。。。。so that he may hear your speeches and inform him of your
deliberations and intentions。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
But how would a man fail to be recognized amongst women��
CLISTHENES
Euripides singed and depilated him and disguised him as a woman。
MNESILOCHUS
This is pure invention� �What man is fool enough to let himself
be depilated�拭�As for myself�察�I don't believe a word of it。
CLISTHENES
Nonsense� �I should not have come here to tell you�察�if I did not
know it on indisputable authority。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Great gods� �what is it you tell us� �Come�察�women�察�let us not lose a
moment�察�let us search and rummage everywhere� �Where can this man
have hidden himself to escape our notice�拭�Help us to look�察�Clisthenes��
we shall thus owe you double thanks�察�dear friend。
CLISTHENES
Well then� �let us see。 To begin with you�察�who are you��
MNESILOCHUS ��aside��
Wherever am I to stow myself��
CLISTHENES
Each and every one must pass the scrutiny。
MNESILOCHUS ��aside��
Oh� �great gods��
FIRST WOMAN
You ask me who I am�拭�I am the wife of Cleonynus。
CLISTHENES ��to the LEADER OF THE CHORUS��
Do you know this woman��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Yes�察�yes�察�pass on to the rest。
CLISTHENES
And she who carries the child��
FIRST WOMAN
Surely�察�she's my nurse。
MNESILOCHUS ��aside��
This is the end。
��He runs off。��
CLISTHENES
Hi� �you there� �where are you going�拭�Stop。 What are you running
away for��
MNESILOCHUS ��dancing on one leg��
I want to take a pee�察�you brazen thing。
CLISTHENES
Well�察�be quick about it�察�I shall wait for you here。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Wait for her