Aristophanes mentions them in his “Plutus,” they are recorded also by Plutarch, and Theophrastus styles them αοινα συμποσια.
It was not a literal translation from the Greek author, but a kind of mlange, drawn from the Clouds and Plutus together.
Everything, I affirm, is subjected to the control of Plutus.
Orcus was Graecised as Plutus, but was himself totally without personality.
Plutus, our agent, was scared out of his wits when the thing began.
