Dio. Hail, son of Thetis, champion of the Greeks!

Ach. Anon, anon. What dost thou here? Wert thou1141

Sat in an ambush or arrived by chance,

As thou didst say?

Dio.By heaven I cannot tell.

I serve Ulysses, and he serves the gods:

If thou’rt displeased with them, gibe not at me.

Ach. I see the plan—The pedlar here in front,

The lion behind. And so ye thought to seize me.

Ul. Have we not done it?