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The Cyclops (480-536)

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And yet I might escape; I am clear of the caverns depths already; but no! to desert the friends with whom I journeyed hither and only save myself is not a righteous course. [Re-enters the cave.
483
First Half-Chorus
Come, who will be the first and who the next to him upon the list to grip the handle of the brand,
and, thrusting it into the Cyclops eye, gouge out the light thereof?
Second Half-Chorus
Hush! hush! Behold the drunkard leaves his rocky home, trolling loud some hideous lay,
a clumsy tuneless clown, whom tears await. Come, let us give this boor a lesson in revelry. Ere long will he be blind at any rate.
495
First Half-Chorus
Happy he who plays the Bacchanal amid the precious streams distilled from grapes, stretched at full length for a revel, his arm around the friend he loves,
and some fair dainty damsel on his couch, his hair perfumed with nard and glossy, the while he calls, Oh! who will ope the door for me?
503
Cyclops
Ha! ha! full of wine and merry with the feasts good cheer[*] am I,
my hold freighted like a merchant-ship up to my bellys very top. This turf graciously invites me to seek my brother Cyclopes for a revel in the spring-tide.
Come, stranger, bring the wine-skin hither and hand it over to me.
511
Second Half-Chorus
Forth from the house its fair lord comes, casting his fair glance round him. We have some one to befriend us.[*] A hostile brand is awaiting thee,
no tender
bride in dewy grot. No single colour will those garlands have, that soon shall cling so close about thy brow.
519
Odysseus
(Returning with the wineskin.) Hearken, Cyclops; for I am well versed in the ways of Bacchus,
whom I have given thee to drink.
Cyclops
And who is Bacchus? some reputed god?
Odysseus
The greatest god men know to cheer their life.
Cyclops
I like his after-taste at any rate.
Odysseus
This is the kind of god he is; he harmeth no man.
Cyclops
But how does a god like being housed in a wine-skin?
Odysseus
Put him where one may, he is content there.
Cyclops
It is not right that gods should be clad in leather.
Odysseus
What of that, provided he please thee? does the leather hurt thee?
Cyclops
I hate the wine-skin, but the liquor we have here I love.
Odysseus
Stay, then, Cyclops; drink and be merry.
Cyclops
Must I not give my brethren a share in this liquor?
Odysseus
No, keep it thyself and thou wilt appear of more honour.
Cyclops
Give it my friends and I shall appear of more use.
Odysseus
Revelling is apt to end in blows, abuse, and strife.
Cyclops
I may be drunk, but no man will lay hands on me for all that.
Odysseus
Better stay at home, my friend, after a carouse.

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