Xan Monologue from The Frogs

From The Frogs by Aristophanes

male · comedic · 58 sec

Most unwillingly. (DIO: Does not the donkey bear the load you're bearing?) Not what I bear myself: by Zeus, not he. (DIO: How can you bear, when you are borne yourself?) Don't know: but anyhow my shoulder's aching. DIO. Then since you say the donkey helps you not, You lift him up and carry him in turn. XAN. O hang it all! why didn't I fight at sea? You should have smarted bitterly for this. DIO. Get down, you rascal; I've been trudging on Till now I've reached the portal, where I'm going First to turn in. Boy! Boy! I say there, Boy! HERACLES. Who banged the door? How like a prancing Centaur He drove against it! Mercy o' me, what's this?

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