It is very cold and Mnesilochus feels it more so than the others. She is carrying a basket with a small, wrapped cake inside it. Thrata, his female slave, walks behind him. Next to the altar and nearer to the audience, is a small bench.Enter Euripides who’s anxiously checking each house, searching for the one belonging to Agathon.īehind Euripides comes his elderly father- in-law, Mnesilochus who’s exhausted, badly limping and looking for a place to sit and rest. These will be used by Mnesilochus to scratch S.O.S. Next to this house is an altar upon which sits a “sacrificial bowl,” used to catch the blood of the victim and a stack of three or four flat wooden, votive shingles. One is that of the poet Agathon the other is the Temple of Demeter. There are two houses opposite each other. Mnesilochus (Euripides’ elderly father-in-law)Ĭhorus of Athenian Women (Celebrants of the Festival)Ī street in Athens. Under no circumstances should any of this work be used as part of a collage, which includes the work of other writers or translators. For use by any theatrical, educational or cinematic organisation, however, including a non-commercial one, permission must be sought. This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose. Translated by George Theodoridis © Copyright 2007, all rights reserved - Bacchicstage ‘Aristophanes’ - "Greek Dramas" (p355, 1900): Internet Archive Book Images Produced at the City Dionysia in 411 B.C.
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