EURIPIDES
Odysseus
You too were driven from your course by storm?
Silenus
We were chasing the pirates who captured Bacchus.
Odysseus
What is this place? Is it inhabited?
Silenus
This is Etna, the highest peak in Sicily.
Odysseus
Where are the walls and the city-towers? 115
Silenus
This is no city. No man inhabits here.
Odysseus
Who does inhabit it? Wild animals?
Silenus
The Cyclopes. They live in caves, not houses.
Odysseus
Who governs them? Or do the people rule?
Silenus
They are savages. There is no government. 120
Odysseus
How do they live? Do they till the fields?
Silenus
Their whole diet is milk, cheese, and meat,
Odysseus
Do they grow grapes and make the vine give wine?