way, if they should dare to offer us violence. LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN Let someone knock out two or three teeth for them, as they did to Bupalus; they won't talk so loud then. LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN Come on then; I wait you with unflinching foot, and no other bitch will ever grab your balls. LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN Silence! or my stick will cut short your days. LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN Now, just you dare to touch Stratyllis with the tip of your finger! LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN And if I batter you to pieces with my fists, what will you do? LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN I will tear out your lungs and entrails with my teeth. LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN Oh! what a clever poet is Euripides! how well he says that woman is the most shameless of animals. LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN Let's pick up our water-jars again, Rhodippe.
