Frogs

• “Should i tell one of the usual sir?”
• Dionysus

  “whenever i go to the theatre and see one of these jokes, i come away with a year off my life “
• “Here am I, Dionysus son Of Flagon… and i am doing all the hard work”

  ”yes because i’m no walk-aholic”
• “Why didnt i fight in that sea-battle , then i could tell you to bugger off”

  battle of Arginusae 406- slaves could receive manumission
• Herakles

  ”who the…say what is all this?”

  ”look at that lionskin on top of your little yellow number”

  ”where on earth were you heading”
• “ I was sailing with Cleisthenes”
• desire “just a little one-the size of Molon” - TOPICAL HUMOUR
• “Under underworld”
• “ i need a good poet. Those that arent dead are dreadful”
• “Euripides is a complete crook”
• “I want the following, ports, bakeries, porn shops, rest areas”
• ”the universal power of 2 obols”
• “Happy bands of men and Women”…

  ”the initiates of the mysteries”

  ”they live right next to the road that goes straight to the gates of pluto”
• ”it’ll cost two drachmas”

  ” too much…maybe we can come to an arrangement” proceeds to offer less than worth of 2 drachmas- 9 obols
• “Who wants to go hell or damnation”

  ”oh, yes, me!”
• “I dont carry slaves not if they didnt fight for their lives in that sea battle”

  ” i happened to have a bit of an eye infection at the time”

  "poor me what did i do this morning to deserve this"
• “Your seats here fatty”

  ”stop being an idiot”
• Melodies of swan frogs

  ”sweetest melodies”
• “To hell with you coax, youre nothing but coax”

  "for i will co-ax all day if i must til i get the better of your co-ax"
• “Priest save me- i’ll get you a drink after the show”
• “Tunics turned brown”

  ”which god should i blame for my undoing”
• “The old mens knees are flying, as they shake off the years”
• “The politician who takes a bite out of a comic playwrights earnings when mocked in our traditional worship of Dionysus”
• ”i’ve lots good Jokes to tell and much to say in earnest too”
• “You disgusting, shameless, arrogant, brutal, totally brutal, most brutallest man”
• ”you are the most cowardly of gods and men”
• "Sophocles is completely easy going, wherever he is"
• "a disgrace to their profession"

  • there is value and a significance to their work and effect of their work for Athens
• H: "but its obviously complete and utter rubbish"

  D: " stick to what you know"
• "what is the quickest route to the underworld? nothing too hot or cold"

  • demanding- prone to luxury
• "alas poor me... which god should i blame for my undoing?"

  • paratragedy -
• "yes it's you i am speaking to, stand aside from our mystic dance.... the rest of you start up the singing"
• "you're dressed like Herakles now act like him"
• " i'll just run off and get them"

  • bathos - anticlimactic
• "you ridiculous fool, get up quickly before someone sees you"
• "just look not Herakles but Xanthankles"
• " i need a witness, i appeal to the gods"
• "how could i be the son of Alcmene ? i, a slave and a mere mortal"
• chorus to Xanthias

  "remember the god you've made yourself look like"
• Parabasis

  • " a clever audience"