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Dicaeopolis has convinced an angry mob of Athenians to listen to his speech in favor of peace and an end to their war with Sparta. However, he fears that he won’t be convincing enough, and that the mob will kill him if he fails. So, he goes to the house of famous tragedian Euripides to beg him to lend him a tragic costume in order to strengthen his case. Euripides reluctantly agrees, only to have Dicaeopolis take a mile where Euripides offered an inch.
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DICAEOPOLIS
Euripides....
EURIPIDES
What words strike my ear?
DICAEOPOLIS
You perch aloft to compose tragedies, when you might just as well do them on the ground. No wonder you introduce cripples on the stage. And why do you dress in these miserable tragic rags? No wonder your heroes are beggars. But, Euripides, on my knees I beseech you, give me the tatters of
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