HERMES Now you may get in. You, the fat and fleshy one, who are you? DAMASIAS Damasias, the athlete. HERMES Yes, you look like him. I know you, having often seen you in the ring. DAMASIAS Yes, Hermes; but let me in; I’m stripped to the skin. HERMES No, you’re not, my good fellow, not while you have all that flesh on you. Well, take it off, for you’ll sink the boat, if you only put one foot aboard. Off too with those wreaths and proclamations of your prowess. DAMASIAS There you are; I’m really stripped now, as you see, and no heavier than the other dead.