CHARON AEACUS, _house porter to Pluto_

A CORPSE

A MAIDSERVANT OF PERSEPHONE

A LANDLADY IN HADES

PLATHANE, _her servant_

A CHORUS OP FROGS

A CHORUS OF INITIATED PERSONS

_Attendants at a Funeral;

Women worshipping Iacchus;

Servants of Pluto, &c._


_Xanthias_

Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master,
At which the audience never fail to laugh?

DIONYSUS. Aye, what you will, except _I'm getting crushed:_ Fight shy
of that: I'm sick of that already.

XAN. Nothing else smart?