of Athens. See Aristophanes; Acharn. 637.)--

CALLIDEMUS.
I shall choke with rage. Oh, all ye gods and goddesses, what
sacrilege, what perjury have I ever committed, that I should be
singled out from among all the citizens of Athens to be the
father of this fool?

SPEUSIPPUS.
What now? By Bacchus, old man, I would not advise you to give
way to such fits of passion in the streets. If Aristophanes were
to see you, you would infallibly be in a comedy next spring.

CALLIDEMUS.
You have more reason to fear Aristophanes than any fool living.
Oh, that he could but hear you trying to imitate the slang of
Straton (See Aristophanes; Equites, 1375.) and the lisp of
Alcibiades! (See Aristophanes; Vespae, 44.) You would be an
inexhaustible subject. You would console him for the loss of
Cleon.

SPEUSIPPUS.
No, no. I may perhaps figure at the dramatic representations
before long; but in a very different way.

CALLIDEMUS.
What do you mean?

SPEUSIPPUS.
What say you to a tragedy?