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no thoughts head empty, just the scene in which dionysus pooped himself because he was too scared in aristophanes' 'the frogs'
i also have a wallpaper of dionysus with this scene in greek because my need to look at it at all times is too strong
no thoughts head empty, just the scene in which dionysus pooped himself because he was too scared in aristophanes' 'the frogs'
Today on Spy Ruins The Classics (with apologies to Aristophanes):
DIONYSUS
Don't mock me, brother: on my life I am in a bad way: such fierce desire consumes me.
HERACLES
Aye, little brother? how?
DIONYSUS
I can't describe it.
But yet I'll tell you in a riddling way.
Have you e'er felt a sudden lust for soup?
HERACLES
Soup! Zeus-a-mercy, yes, ten thousand times.
DIONYSUS
Is the thing clear, or must I speak again?
HERACLES
Not of the soup: I'm clear about the soup.
DIONYSUS
Well, just that sort of pang devours my heart.
And no one shall persuade me not to go.
HERACLES
Do you mean below, to Hades?
DIONYSUS
And lower still, if there's a lower still.
HERACLES
What on earth for?
DIONYSUS
I want soup, you see.
HERACLES
What do you mean, you "want soup"?
DIONYSUS
I mean I want soup!
HERACLES
WHY ARE YOU BUYING SOUP IN HADES?!
DIONYSUS
FUCK YOU!