Opening The Knights — Aristophanes in Plato Scroll…
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Aristophanes · Anonymous (Athenian Society, 1912)
An ancient Greek depiction of a Knight – a member of the Athenian upper classes OH! Alas! alas! Oh! woe! oh! woe! Miserable Paphlagonian! may the gods destroy both him and his cursed advice! Since that evil day when this new slave entered the house he has never ceased belabouring us with blows. May the plague seize him, the arch-fiend — him and his lying tales! Hah! my poor fellow, what is your condition? Very wretched, just like your own. Then come, let us sing a duet of groans in the style of Olympus. Boo, hoo! boo, hoo! boo, hoo! boo, hoo! boo, hoo! boo, hoo!! Bah! ’tis lost labour to weep! Enough of groaning! Let us consider how to save our pelts. But how to do it! Can you suggest anything? Nay! you begin. I cede you the honour. By Apollo! no, not I. Come, have courage! Speak, and then I will say what I think. “Ah! would you but tell me what I should tell you!” I dare not. How could …
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