Come, now, pay us your fares, all of you, the first thing you do. (To Micyllus) You there, pay yours too; I have it from everybody now. I say, Micyllus, pay your obol too.

You’re joking, Charon, or if not, you might as well write in water as look for an obol from Micyllus. I haven’t the slightest idea whether an obol is round or square.

What a fine, profitable cruise this has been to-day! Ashore with you, all the same. I am going after horses and cattle and dogs and the rest of the animals, for they have to cross now.

Take them in charge, Hermes, and lead them off. I myself will go back to the other side to bring over the Chinamen Indopates and Heramithras, for they have just died fighting with one another over boundaries.

Let’s move on, good people—or better, all follow me in order.