Epeisodion 1
Epops
By Zeus! it's no longer
the time to delay and loiter like Nicias; let us act as promptly as possible.... In the first place, come, enter my nest built of brushwood and blades of straw, and tell me your names.
640
Pisthetaerus
That is soon done; my name is Pisthetaerus, and his,
Euelpides, of the deme Crioa.
645
Epops
Good! and good luck to you.
645
Pisthetaerus
We accept the omen.
Pisthetaerus
Very well, you are the one who must lead us and introduce us.
Pisthetaerus
Oh! my god! do come back here. Hi! tell us how
we are to follow you. You can fly, but we cannot.
650
Pisthetaerus
Remember Aesop's fables. It is told there that the fox fared very badly, because he had made an alliance with the eagle.
Epops
Be at ease. You shall eat a certain root
and wings will grow on your shoulders.
655
Pisthetaerus
Then let us enter. Xanthias and Manodorus, pick up our baggage.
