Fine weather for the games! Ho, Maximus!
I’ll race you to the city gate and back!
Maximus [the Sleeper].
[Coming forth.]
Wait, Dion, till I get my breath! [Yawns.] How stiff
My muscles! [Stretching.]
Dion and Maximus [the Schoolboys].
[Advancing with outstretched hands.]
Dion and Maximus,
Even as we, come to the stadion! [But the others fail to see them or to heed the invitation.]