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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