HIPPOMACHUS.
When a guest who is asked to sing at a Persian banquet refuses——
SPEÜSIPPÜS.
In the name of Bacchus——
ALCIBIADES.
I am absolute. Sing.
SPEÜSIPPÜS.
Well, then, I will sing you a chorus, which, I think, is a tolerable imitation of Euripides.
CHARICLEA.
Of Euripides?—Not a word!