Aristophanes' LYSISTRATA Complete

A Literal Translation, with Notes.

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CINESIAS. Nothing easier! you can wash at the Clepsydra.[448]

MYRRHINE. But my oath? Do you want me to perjure myself?

CINESIAS. I take all responsibility; never make yourself anxious.

MYRRHINE. Well, I'll be off, then, and find a bed for us.

CINESIAS. Oh! 'tis not worth while; we can lie on the ground surely.

MYRRHINE. No, no! bad man as you are, I don't like your lying on the bare earth.

CINESIAS. Ah! how the dear girl loves me!

MYRRHINE (coming back with a bed). Come, get to bed quick; I am going to undress. But, plague take it, we must get a mattress.

CINESIAS. A mattress! Oh! no, never mind!

MYRRHINE. No, by Artemis! lie on the bare sacking, never! That were too squalid.

CINESIAS. A kiss!

[448] A spring so named within the precincts of the Acropolis.

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