Strip Before Boarding

Charon's boat is overloaded, so Hermes runs a stripping inspection on the gangway. Lampichus the tyrant surrenders his diadem, cruelty, and rage item by item; Damasias the wrestler sheds his flesh and victory wreaths; Craton gives up the family monument; an unnamed philosopher is found to be packing gold, vices, and a five-pound beard, which Menippus chops off with an axe. The rhetorician complies in one line. Cast: Charon, Hermes, Menippus, Lampichus, Damasias, Craton, The Philosopher, The Rhetorician.