>> myrrh myrrh myrrh MYRRH myrrh myrrh myrrh myrrh myrrh myrrh MYRRH myrrh
MYRRHINE
"Coming, coming; I'm just slipping off my shoes.
Dear boy, will you vote for peace?"
from: Lysistrata by Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC)
http://www.litrix.com/lysis/lysis001.htm
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Characters in the Play:
Lysistrata
Cleonice
Myrrhine <------------------------------------
Lampito
Magistrates
Cinesias
Child of Cinesias
Herald of the Lacedæmonians
Envoys of the Lacedæmonians
An Athenian Citizen
Chorus of Old Men
Chorus of Women
LYSISTRATA
A man! a man! I see him approaching all afire with
the flames of love. Oh! divine Queen of Cyprus, Paphos
and Cythera, I pray you still be propitious to our
enterprise.
WOMAN
Where is he, this unknown foe?
LYSISTRATA
Over there-beside the Temple of Demeter.
WOMAN
Yes, indeed, I see him; but who is he?
LYSISTRATA
Look, look! do any of you recognize him?
MYRRHINE (joyfully)
I do, I do! it's my husband Cinesias.
LYSISTRATA
To work then! Be it your task to inflame and
torture and torment him. Seductions, caresses,
provocations, refusals, try every means! Grant every
favour,-always excepting what is forbidden by our oath
on the wine-bowl.
MYRRHINE
Have no fear, I'll do it.
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"We came whirling out of Nothingness scattering stars like dust."
--Rumi
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