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happened。       It   was   no   miracle�察  �but   a   natural   event。  How   could   it   be 

otherwise�拭      �It is true that much good wine has been made this year。                 But 

who would send it in for thy rewards�拭               �Thou knowest Ascobaruch who 

hath the great vineyards in the north�察 �and   Cohahiroth who   sendeth   wine 

every   year   from   the   south   over   the   Persian   Golf。     Their   wines   are   so 

delicious that ten measures thereof are sold for an hundred talents of silver。 

Thinkest thou that they will exchange them for thy slaves and thine asses�拭�

What would thy prize profit any who have vineyards in rich soils�拭─�

     ;Who then�察─�said one of the judges�察 �are the wretches who sent us this 

poison�拭─�

     ;Blame      them   not�察─   �said  the   sage�察   �seeing   that   you   have    been   the 

authors of the evil。       They are men whose lands are poor�察�and have never 

yielded   them   any   returns   equal   to   the   prizes   which   the   king   proposed。 

Wherefore�察  �knowing   that   the   lords   of   the   fruitful   vineyards   would   not 

enter into competition with them they planted vines�察�some on rocks�察�and 

some in light sandy soil�察�and some in deep clay。                  Hence their wines are 

bad。    For   no   culture   or   reward   will   make   barren   land   bear   good   vines。 

Know therefore�察�assuredly�察�that your prizes have increased the quantity of 

bad but not of good wine。; 

     There was a long silence。          At length the king spoke。           ;Give him the 

purple robe and the chain of gold。             Throw the wines into the Euphrates�察�

and proclaim that the Royal Society of Wines is dissolved。; 

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          SCENES FROM ;ATHENIAN 

                              REVELS。; 



                                  ��January 1824�� 



                                A DRAMA 



                                            I。 

    SCENEA Street in Athens。 

    Enter CALLIDEMUS and SPEUSIPPUS�察�

    CALLIDEMUS。 So�察�you young reprobate�               �You must be a man of wit�察�

forsooth�察�and a man of quality�       �You must spend as if you were as rich as 

Nicias�察�and prate   as if   you   were   as   wise   as   Pericles� �You   must   dangle 

after sophists and pretty women�         �And I must pay for all� �I must sup on 

thyme and onions�察�while you are swallowing thrushes and hares�               �I must 

drink    water�察 �that  you  may   play   the  cottabus   ��This  game   consisted   in 

projecting   wine   out   of   cups�察  �it   was   a diversion  extremely  fashionable   at 

Athenian     entertainments。��    with  Chian   wine�   �I   must   wander   about   as 

ragged   as   Pauson   ��Pauson   was   an   Athenian   painter�察  �whose   name   was 

synonymous   with   beggary。       See   Aristophanes�察  �Plutus�察  �602。   From   his 

poverty�察�I am inclined to suppose that he painted historical pictures。���察�that 

you may be as fine as Alcibiades�        �I must lie on bare boards�察�with a stone 

��See Aristophanes�察  �Plutus�察  �542。��   for   my  pillow�察 �and   a   rotten   mat   for   my 

coverlid�察�by the light of a wretched winking lamp�察�while you are marching 

in state�察�with as many torches as one sees at the feast of Ceres�察�to thunder 

with your hatchet ��See Theocritus�察�Idyll ii。 128。�� at the doors of half the 

Ionian ladies in Peiraeus。     ��This was the most disreputable part of Athens。 

See Aristophanes�此�Pax�察�165。�� 

    SPEUSIPPUS。         Why�察   �thou    unreasonable     old  man�     �Thou     most 

shameless of fathers� � ´ 

    CALLIDEMUS。  Ungrateful   wretch�察�dare   you   talk   so�拭        �Are   you   not 

afraid of the thunders of Jupiter�拭�



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     SPEUSIPPUS。         Jupiter   thunder�   �nonsense�     �Anaxagoras       says�察  �that 

thunder is only an explosion produced by 

     CALLIDEMUS。 He does�              �Would that it had fallen on his head   for 

his pains� �

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Nay�此          �talk rationally。 

     CALLIDEMUS。   Rationally�            �You   audacious   young   sophist�     �I   will 

talk rationally。    Do you know that I am your father�拭            �What quibble can 

you make upon that�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。   Do   I   know   that   you   are   my   father�拭   �Let   us   take   the 

question     to  pieces�察 �as  Melesigenes     would    say。   First�察  �then�察 �we   must 

inquire    what    is  knowledge�拭       �Secondly�察    �what    is  a  father�拭    �Now�察�

knowledge�察     �as  Socrates    said  the  other   day  to  Theaetetus    ��See   Plato's 

Theaetetus。�� 

     CALLIDEMUS。 Socrates� �what� �the ragged flat´nosed old dotard�察�who 

walks about   all day  barefoot�察 �and filches   cloaks�察 �and dissects   gnats�察 �and 

shoes ��See Aristophanes�察�Nubes�察�150。�� fleas with wax�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 All fiction�          �All trumped up by Aristophanes� �

     CALLIDEMUS。 By Pallas�察�if he is in the habit of putting shoes on his 

fleas�察�he is kinder to them than to himself。          But listen to me�察�boy�察�if you 

go on in this way�察�you will be ruined。         There is an argument for you。        Go 

to   your   Socrates   and   your   Melesigenes�察    �and   tell  them  to  refute   that。 

Ruined�     �Do you hear�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Ruined� �

     CALLIDEMUS。 Ay�察 �by Jupiter�             �Is such   a show  as   you   make   to   be 

supported on nothing�拭        �During all the last war�察�I made not an obol from 

my    farm�察  �the  Peloponnesian      locusts   came    almost   as  regularly   as  the 

Pleiades��corn      burnt��olives    stripped��fruit   trees   cut  down�察    �wells 

stopped up��and�察�just when peace came�察�and I hoped that all would turn 

out well�察�you must begin to spend as if you had all the mines of Thasus at 

command。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Now�察�by Neptune�察�who delights in horses 

     CALLIDEMUS。 If Neptune delights in horses�察�he does not resemble 

me。    You must ride at the Panathenaea on a horse fit for the great king�此�

four acres of my best vines went for that folly。         You must retrench�察�or you 



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will have nothing to eat。        Does not Anaxagoras mention�察�among his other 

discoveries�察�that when a man has nothing to eat he dies�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 You are deceived。              My friends 

     CALLIDEMUS。           Oh�察  �yes�   �your   friends   will  notice   you�察  �doubtless�察�

when   you   are   squeezing   through   the   crowd�察  �on   a   winter's   day�察  �to   warm 

yourself at the fire of the baths��or when   you are  fighting with   beggars 

and beggars' dogs for the scraps of a sacrifice��or when you are glad to 

earn    three   wretched    obols   ��The    stipend   of  an  Athenian     juryman。��    by 

listening all day to lying speeches and crying children。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 There are other means of support。 

     CALLIDEMUS。   What�             �I   suppose   you   will   wander   from   house   to 

house�察�like that wretched buffoon Philippus ��Xenophon�察�Convivium。���察�and 

beg everybody who has asked a supper´party to be so kind as to feed you 

and   laugh   at   you�察  �or   you   will   turn   sycophant�察  �you   will   get   a   bunch   of 

grapes�察�or a pair of shoes�察�now and then�察�by frightening some rich coward 

with   a   mock   prosecution。      Well�   �that   is   a   task   for   which   your   studies 

under the sophists may have fitted you。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 You are wide of the mark。 

     CALLIDEMUS。   Then   what�察  �in   the   name   of   Juno�察  �is   your   scheme�拭�

Do you intend to join Orestes ��A celebrated highwayman of Attica。                     See 

Aristophanes�察�Aves

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