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CHAPTER III.
ijwTot 6 eltrtv a-ifopoitOTOi Kpowirejjoipoptav yci/ck dvcputv.
(Cratinus, p. 80. Runkel.)
An invitation has arrived this evening from
Acharnae, addressed to a neighbour of our Oropian
host, requesting his presence at a wedding which is to
take place in the neighbourhood of that Attic borough.
His attendance is especially desired on account of
the qualifications which he brings with him: he is
reputed to be very skilful in his performances on the
Boeotian pipe, which is an essential accompaniment of
such a ceremony. It would seem that the character
is still sustained of the ancient minstrels of this dis-
trict, and that the pipers ^mpi^iji fio/ufiauAioi of
Bceotia are still in request. But their courage seems
to have diminished. On a former occasion2 they
were represented on the Athenian stage as marching
manfully with their instruments from Thebes to the
Athenian market; and that too in a time of inter-
national hostility. But now our Boeotian minstrel
1 Aristoph. Acharn. 851.
2 Acharn. 868.
ijwTot 6 eltrtv a-ifopoitOTOi Kpowirejjoipoptav yci/ck dvcputv.
(Cratinus, p. 80. Runkel.)
An invitation has arrived this evening from
Acharnae, addressed to a neighbour of our Oropian
host, requesting his presence at a wedding which is to
take place in the neighbourhood of that Attic borough.
His attendance is especially desired on account of
the qualifications which he brings with him: he is
reputed to be very skilful in his performances on the
Boeotian pipe, which is an essential accompaniment of
such a ceremony. It would seem that the character
is still sustained of the ancient minstrels of this dis-
trict, and that the pipers ^mpi^iji fio/ufiauAioi of
Bceotia are still in request. But their courage seems
to have diminished. On a former occasion2 they
were represented on the Athenian stage as marching
manfully with their instruments from Thebes to the
Athenian market; and that too in a time of inter-
national hostility. But now our Boeotian minstrel
1 Aristoph. Acharn. 851.
2 Acharn. 868.