EURIPIDES
Pure pleasure! Ohhh. Earth and sky going round,
all mixed up together! Look: I can see
the throne of Zeus and the holy glory 580
of the gods.
(The satyrs dance around him suggestively.)
No, I couldn't make love to you!
The Graces tempt me! My Ganymede here
(He grabs Silenus.)
is good enough for me. With him I'll sleep
magnificently. By these Graces, I will!
And anyway, I prefer boys to girls.
Silenus
Am I Zeus* little Ganymede, Cyclops? 585
Cyclops
You are, by Zeus! The boy I stole from Dardanos!
Silenus
I'm done for, children. Foul things await me.
Cyclops
Sneer at your lover, do you, because he's drunk?
Silenus
It's a bitter wine I'll have to drink now.
(Cyclops drags off Silenus protesting into the cave.)
Odysseus
To work, you noble sons of Dionysus! 590
Our man's inside the cave. In a short while
his belly will heave its foul meal of flesh.
Look, the brand has begun to smoke inside.
We prepared it for just this: to smoke out
the Cyclops' eye. Now you must act like men. 595
Coryphaeus
Our will is made of unbreakable rock.
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