Lysistrata
Lysistrata
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MEN Burn off her hair for her.
WOMEN Now forward, water, quench their furies!
MEN O dear, O dear!
WOMEN So . .. Was it hot?
MEN Hot! . .. Enough, O hold.
WOMEN Watered, perhaps you'll bloom again--why not?
MEN Brrr, I'm wrinkled up from shivering with cold.
WOMEN Next time you've fire you'll warm yourself and leave us to our lot.
MAGISTRATE _enters with attendant_ SCYTHIANS.
MAGISTRATE Have the luxurious rites of the women glitteredTheir libertine show, their drumming tapped out crowds, The Sab...azian Mysteries summoned their mob, Adonis been wept to death on the terraces, As I could hear the last day in the Assembly?For Demostratus--let bad luck befoul him--Was roaring, "We must sail for Sicily, "While a woman, throwing herself about in a danceLopsided with drink, was shrilling out "Adonis, Woe for Adonis. " Then Demostratus shouted, "We must levy hoplites at Zacynthus, "And there the woman, up to the ears in wine, Was screaming "Weep for Adonis" on the house-top, The scoundrelly politician, that lunatic ox, Bellowing bad advice through tipsy shrieks:Such are the follies wantoning in them.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
MEN Burn off her hair for her.
WOMEN Now forward, water, quench their furies!
MEN O dear, O dear!
WOMEN So . .. Was it hot?
MEN Hot! . .. Enough, O hold.
WOMEN Watered, perhaps you'll bloom again--why not?
MEN Brrr, I'm wrinkled up from shivering with cold.
WOMEN Next time you've fire you'll warm yourself and leave us to our lot.
MAGISTRATE _enters with attendant_ SCYTHIANS.
MAGISTRATE Have the luxurious rites of the women glitteredTheir libertine show, their drumming tapped out crowds, The Sab...azian Mysteries summoned their mob, Adonis been wept to death on the terraces, As I could hear the last day in the Assembly?For Demostratus--let bad luck befoul him--Was roaring, "We must sail for Sicily, "While a woman, throwing herself about in a danceLopsided with drink, was shrilling out "Adonis, Woe for Adonis. " Then Demostratus shouted, "We must levy hoplites at Zacynthus, "And there the woman, up to the ears in wine, Was screaming "Weep for Adonis" on the house-top, The scoundrelly politician, that lunatic ox, Bellowing bad advice through tipsy shrieks:Such are the follies wantoning in them.
What to read after Lysistrata?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Aristophanes to read onlineMoreLess
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