Frogs quotes Flashcards
Role of the gods
“your tunic’s turned brown from fright”
“I pray to other gods” “native wit”
Priest of Dionysus
“Priest save me- I’ll get you a drink after the show”
Death and the afterlife
“rope and stool - involve a bit of hanging around”
“Strike me alive if…”
position and role of women in society
“tell those dancing girls inside that the boss is coming”
position and role of slaves in society
“I curse my master behind his back”
“take this slave of mine and torture him”
Arginusae
“why did’t I fight in that sea battle”
“bit of an eye infection at the time”
Audience
“for the audience, at any rate, is smart”
“they’ve all seen combat”
Vases it links to
- Chuos of audience dressed as birds
- Bell krater of women at the Thesmaphoria
aristocracy
“your seats here fatty”
“but I’ve got blisters”
Politicians
“takes a bite out of a comic playwrights earnings”
“Cleisthenes’ arsehole plucking out it’s hairs”
“taking a U turn”
Parabasis
“all citizens should be treated as equals”
“treats her finest citizens like her vintage coins”
Final lines
“may our great troubles/ our destructive use of arms/ end completely”
Cleon
Pandoceutria “Go and call that man Cleon. He’ll protect us” (died 422BC)
chorus describing Aeschylus
“rage the thunderer”
“galloping words of attack”
chorus describing Euripides
“consummate craftsman”
“smooth tongue”
Aeschylus describing his own work
“obligation to speak what’s good”
Euripides describing his own work
“my drama was democratic”
“domestic scenarios we can relate to”
criticism of Aeschylus’ work
“overweight words”
“deceived the audience”
“told us the same thing twice”
“phlatto-thratto-phlatto-thrat”
criticism of Euripides’ work
“dressed kings in rags”
“lost his little bottle”
“one fits all with your iambics”
“persuaded noble ladies… to drink hemlock”
