财神__ARISTOPHANES.pdf

英文名著3000 本 PLUTUS by Aristophanes anonymous translator 1 英文名著3000 本 CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY 380 BC CHREMYLUS CARIO, Servant of Chremylus PLUTUS, God of Riches BLEPSIDEMUS, friend of Chremylus POVERTY WIFE OF CHREMYLUS A JUST MAN AN INFORMER AN OLD WOMAN A YOUTH HERMES A PRIEST OF ZEUS CHORUS OF RUSTICS 2 英文名著3000 本 PLUTUS (SCENE:-The Orchestra represents a public square in Athens. In the background is the house of CHREMYLUS. A ragged old blind man enters, followed by CHREMYLUS and his slave CARIO.) CARIO What an unhappy fate, great gods, to be the slave of a fool! A servant may give the best of advice, but if his master does not follow it, the pool slave must inevitably have his share in the disaster; for fortune does not allow him to dispose of his own body, it belongs to his master who has bought it. Alas! tis the way of the world. But the god, Apollo (in tragic style), whose oracles the Pythian priestess on her golden tripod makes known to us, deserves my censure, for surely he is a physician and a 3 英文名著3000 本 cunning diviner; and yet my master is leaving his teple infected with mere madness and insists on following a blind man. Is this not opposed to all good sense? It is for us,who see clearly, to guide those who dont; whereas he clings to the trail of a blind fellow and compels me to do the same without answering my questions with ever a word. (To CHREMYLUS) Aye, master,unless you tell me why we are following this unknown fellow, I will not be silent, but I will worry and torment y