The largest elephant that I ever saw was in the grounds of Teribazus, near Susa. I wish that I had measured him.
ALCIBIADES.
I wish that he had trod upon you. Come, come, Chariclea, we shall soon return, and then——
CHARICLEA.
Yes; then, indeed.
ALCIBIADES.
Yes, then—
Then for revels; then for dances,
Tender whispers, melting glances.
Peasants, pluck your richest fruits:
Minstrels, sound your sweetest flutes:
Come in laughing crowds to greet us,
Dark-eyed daughters of Miletus;
Bring the myrtles, bring the dice,
Floods of Chian, hills of spice.
SPEÜSIPPÜS.
Whose lines are those, Alcibiades?