a-gnosis: Inktober 06: Frogs Brekekekex koax koax,Brekekekex koax koax,Marshy children of the waters

a-gnosis:

Inktober 06: Frogs

Brekekekex koax koax,
Brekekekex koax koax,
Marshy children of the waters,
the harmonious cry of hymns,
Let us sing, my sweet
song, Koaxkoax,
which for Nysian
Dionysos, son of Zeus,
we sang at Limnae
when in drunken revelry
at the Feast of the Jars
the crowd of people marches to my sanctuary.
Brekekekex koax koax,

Aristophanes,The Frogs, translated by Matthew Dillon

(The line “You could be a very sexy frog” comes from the frogs’ song number by Stephen Sondheim in the modern musical adaption of the play.)