CALONICÉ. I'll run and put on a flowing gown.
LYSISTRATA. … or draw a sword.
CALONICÉ. I'll haste and buy a pair of slippers this instant.
LYSISTRATA. Now tell me, would not the women have done best to come?
CALONICÉ. Why, they should have flown here!
LYSISTRATA. Ah! my dear, you'll see that like true Athenians, they will do everything too late[393]…. Why, there's not a woman come from the shoreward parts, not one from Salamis.[394]
CALONICÉ. But I know for certain they embarked at daybreak.
LYSISTRATA. And the dames from Acharnae![395] why, I thought they would have been the very first to arrive.
CALONICÉ. Theagenes wife[396] at any rate is sure to come; she has actually been to consult Hecaté…. But look! here are some arrivals—and there are more behind. Ah! ha! now what countrywomen may they be?
LYSISTRATA. They are from Anagyra.[397]