f(1) The pun here cannot be kept. The word (in Greek),
Paean, resembles (that for) to strike; hence the word, as
recalling the blows and wounds of the war, seems of ill omen
to Trygaeus.
HERMES Very well, then! Io! Io! I'll simply say, Io!
TRYGAEUS To Hermes, the Graces, Hora, Aphrodite, Eros!
CHORUS But not to Ares?
TRYGAEUS No.
CHORUS Nor doubtless to Enyalius?
TRYGAEUS No.
CHORUS Come, all strain at the ropes to tear away the stones. Pull!
HERMES Heave away, heave, heave, oh!
CHORUS Come, pull harder, harder.