唄診窮徨慕 > 哂猟圻广窮徨慕 > misc writings and speeches(致帽針傍嚥亟) >

及11嫗

misc writings and speeches(致帽針傍嚥亟)-及11嫗

弌傍�� misc writings and speeches(致帽針傍嚥亟) 忖方�� 耽匈4000忖

梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈��梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈��梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何��
!!!!隆堋響頼��紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響��




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

Aristophanes�察�Aves�察�711�察�and in several other passages。���察�and rob on the 

highway�拭      �Take     care�察 �beware     of  the   eleven   ��The    police   officers   of 

Athens。���察�beware of the hemlock。           It may be very pleasant to live at other 

people's expense�察�but not very pleasant�察�I should think�察�to hear the pestle 

give its last bang against the mortar�察�when the cold dose is ready。              Pah� �

     SPEUSIPPUS。         Hemlock�拭      �Orestes�   �folly��I   aim   at  nobler   objects。 

What say you to politics��the general assembly�拭�

     CALLIDEMUS。 You an orator��oh no� �no�                  �Cleon was worth twenty 

such   fools   as   you。  You have   succeeded�察  �I   grant�察  �to his   impudence�察  �for 

which�察�if there be justice in Tartarus�察�he is now soaking up to the eyes in 

his own tanpickle。       But the Paphlagonian had parts。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 And you mean to imply 

     CALLIDEMUS。 Not I。 You are a Pericles in embryo�察�doubtless。                     Well�此�

and when are you to make your first speech�拭             �O Pallas� �



                                            31 


´ Page 32´

             THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF LORD MACAULAY 



     SPEUSIPPUS。   I   thought   of   speaking�察  �the   other   day�察  �on   the   Sicilian 

expedition�察�but Nicias ��See Thucydides�察�vi。 8。�� got up before me。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 Nicias�察�poor honest man�察�might just as well have sate 

still�察  �his  speaking     did   but   little  good。     The    loss   of   your   oration    is�察�

doubtless�察�an irreparable public calamity。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。           Why�察    �not  so�察  �I  intend    to  introduce     it  at  the  next 

assembly�察�it will suit any subject。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 That is to say�察�it will suit none。                   But pray�察�if it be not 

too presumptuous a request�察�indulge me with a specimen。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。            Well�察   �suppose     the    agora    crowded��an        important 

subject   under   discussion��an   ambassador   from Argos�察  �or   from   the   great 

king�察�the tributes from the islands��an impeachment��in short�察�anything 

you    please。     The    crier   makes     proclamation。;Any         citizen   above    fifty 

years   old   may   speakany   citizen   not   disqualified   may   speak。;          Then   I 

rise��a great murmur of curiosity while I am mounting the stand。 

     CALLIDEMUS。  Of   curiosity�   �yes�察 �and   of something   else   too。                 You 

will   infallibly   be   dragged   down   by   main   force�察  �like   poor   Glaucon   ��See 

Xenophon Memorabilia�察�iii。�� last year。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。           Never     fear。   I   shall   begin    in  this  style�此   �When      I 

consider�察    �Athenians�察     �the  importance      of   our  city��when      I  consider    the 

extent     of   its  power�察    �the   wisdom       of  its   laws�察  �the    elegance     of   its 

decorations��when   I   consider   by   what   names   and   by   what   exploits   its 

annals     are   adorned�察    �when    I  think   on   Harmodius       and    Aristogiton�察    �on 

Themistocles and Miltiades�察�on Cimon and Pericles��when I contemplate 

our pre´eminence in arts and letters��when I observe so many flourishing 

states    and   islands    compelled      to  own    the   dominion�察     �and   purchase     the 

protection of the City of the Violet Crown; ��A favourite epithet of Athens。 

See Aristophanes�察�Acharn。 637。�� 

     CALLIDEMUS。             I  shall   choke     with   rage。     Oh�察   �all  ye   gods    and 

goddesses�察  �what   sacrilege�察  �what   perjury   have   I   ever   committed�察  �that   I 

should   be   singled   out   from   among   all   the   citizens   of   Athens   to   be   the 

father of this fool�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 What now�拭                �By Bacchus�察�old man�察�I would not advise 

you   to   give   way   to   such   fits   of   passion   in   the   streets。 If Aristophanes 



                                               32 


´ Page 33´

            THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF LORD MACAULAY 



were to see you�察�you would infallibly be in a comedy next spring。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 You have more reason to fear Aristophanes than any 

fool living。 Oh�察�that he could but hear you trying to imitate the slang of 

Straton   ��See   Aristophanes�察     �Equites�察  �1375。��   and   the   lisp  of   Alcibiades� �

��See Aristophanes�察�Vespae�察�44。��           You would be an inexhaustible subject。 

You would console him for the loss of Cleon。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。          No�察  �no。    I   may    perhaps    figure   at   the  dramatic 

representations before long�察�but in a very different way。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 What do you mean�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 What say you to a tragedy�拭�

     CALLIDEMUS。 A tragedy of yours�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Even so。 

     CALLIDEMUS。           Oh    Hercules�    �Oh     Bacchus�     �This    is  too  much。 

Here    is  an  universal    genius�察  �sophist��orator��poet。     To   what    a  three´ 

headed monster have I given birth� �a perfect Cerberus of intellect�                 �And 

pray   what   may   your   piece   be   about�拭   �Or   will   your   tragedy�察  �like   your 

speech�察�serve equally for any subject�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。         I  thought    of  several   plots��Oedipus��Eteocles       and 

Polynices�察�the war of Troy��the murder of Agamemnon。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 And what have you chosen�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。  You   know   there   is   a   law   which   permits   any   modern 

poet   to   retouch   a   play   of   Aeschylus�察  �and   bring   it   forward   as   his   own 

composition。 And�察  �as   there   is   an   absurd   prejudice�察  �among   the   vulgar�察  �in 

favour of his extravagant pieces�察�I have selected one of them�察�and altered 

it。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 Which of them�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Oh� �that mass of barbarous absurdities�察�the Prometheus。 

But I have framed it anew upon the model of Euripides。                  By Bacchus�察�I 

shall   make   Sophocles   and   Agathon   look   about   them。        You   would   not 

know the play again。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 By Jupiter�察�I believe not。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。         I  have    omitted   the   whole    of  the   absurd   dialogue 

between Vulcan and Strength�察�at the beginning。 

     CALLIDEMUS。 That   may be�察�on the whole�察�an improvement。                        The 



                                            33 


´ Page 34´

            THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF LORD MACAULAY 



play will then open with that grand soliloquy of Prometheus�察�when he is 

chained to the rock。 

     ;Oh�   �ye   eternal   heavens�   �ye   rushing     winds�   �Ye   fountains   of   great 

streams�      �Ye    ocean    waves�察   �That    in  ten  thousand     sparkling    dimples 

wreathe Your   azure   smiles�        �All´generating   earth� �All´seeing   sun�        �On 

you�察�on you�察�I call。;      ��See Aeschylus�察�Prometheus�察�88。�� 

     Well�察�I allow that will be striking�察�I did not think you capable of that 

idea。    Why do you laugh�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Do you seriously suppose that one who has studied the 

plays of that great man�察�Euripides�察�would ever begin a tragedy in such a 

ranting style�拭�

     CALLIDEMUS。   What�察  �does   not   your   play   open   with   the   speech   of 

Prometheus�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。 No doubt。 

     CALLIDEMUS。   Then   what�察  �in   the   name   of   Bacchus�察  �do   you   make 

him say�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。  You   shall   hear�察  �and�察  �if   it   be   not   in   the   very   style   of 

Euripides�察�call me a fool。 

     CALLIDEMUS。            That   is  a  liberty   which    I  shall  venture    to  take�察�

whether it be or no。       But go on。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Prometheus begins thus�此�

     ;Coelus   begat   Saturn   and   Briareus   Cottus   and   Creius   and   Iapetus�察�

Gyges   and   Hyperion�察  �Phoebe�察  �Tethys�察  �Thea   and   Rhea   and   Mnemosyne。 

Then   Saturn   w

卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 壘��1�� 家��2��

低辛嬬浪散議