going to persuade me of this, that it is just and honourable for a father to be beaten by his sons! Phidippides. I think I shall certainly persuade you; so that, when you have heard, not even you yourself will say anything against it. Strepsiades. Well, now, I am willing to hear what you have to say. Chorus. It is your business, old man, to consider in what way you shall conquer the man; for if he were not relying upon something, he would not be so licentious. But he is emboldened by something; the boldness of the man