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Where is the man with the club? And you, too, Hermes; drag him in by the foot, for he would not come voluntarily.
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Come with me, you runaway. Take him, ferryman, and, to make him safe, dash it—
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All right. He shall be made fast to the mast.
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Assuredly I ought to be placed in the seat of honor.
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Why?
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Because, by Heaven, I was a despot and had a body-guard of ten thousand men.
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Then Karion was right to pluck out the hair of such a mischievous creature. You will rue your tyranny when you have tasted the club.
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Will Kyniskos, then, dare to raise his staff against me? Did I not almost crucify you a day or two ago because you were too free and rough and disrespectful?
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That is why you, too, will stay crucified against the mast.
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Tell me, Klotho, do you take no account of me at all? Or because I am a poor man, is that a reason why I ought to be the last to embark, too?
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And who are you?
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Mikyllos the shoemaker.
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And you object to lingering? Do you not see what promises the tyrant makes on condition of being let off for a little while? I am amazed, then, if you, too, are not pleased at the delay.
