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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

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