Vol. 1 (of 4) 97/219 A wretched play; it may amuse the fools who row the triremes; but it is utterly unworthy to be read by any man of taste. If you had seen it acted;--the whole theatre frantic with joy, stamping, shouting, laughing, crying. There was Cynaegeirus, the brother of Aeschylus, who lost both his arms at Marathon, beating the stumps against his sides with rapture. When the crowd remarked him--But where are you going? To sup with Alcibiades; he sails with the expedition for Sicily in a few days; this is his farewell entertainment. |