METON
Then I'm off.

PISTHETAERUS
I fear 'tis too late. The thunder growls already. (BEATS HIM.)

METON
Oh, woe! oh, woe!

PISTHETAERUS
I warned you. Now, be off, and do your surveying somewhere else.
(METON TAKES TO HIS HEELS.)

AN INSPECTOR
Where are the Proxeni?[1]

f[1] Officers of Athens, whose duty was to protect strangers who came
on political or other business, and see to their interests generally.

PISTHETAERUS
Who is this Sardanapalus?[1]

f[1] He addresses the inspector thus because of the royal
and magnificent manners he assumes.

INSPECTOR
I have been appointed by lot to come to Nephelococcygia.
as inspector.[1]

f[1] Magistrates appointed to inspect the tributary towns.