To Supply this Deficiency Signor Pittachio will close his Wonderful Performances by exhibiting his own Person on the thight rope.
Signor Pittachio is extremely sorry to inform the Public, that owing to some unaccountable Mismanagement in the Persons he employed he has been disappointed of several capital Performers whom he had hoped to have brought forward, for the Purpose of exhibiting various Feats of Activity on the tight rope, this Part of the entertainment therefore must be Deferred. The Hall is commodious, but the Company will be kept as much in the dark as possible, to give greater Effect to The deceptions. The Whole to conclude with a Dramatic Piece in One Act, called The Humbug or John Bull a Jack Ass, In which Signor Pittachio (not having yet engaged any female Performers) will indulge the company with a Solo on the Viol D'amour. Afterwards Signor Gulielmo Pittachip will discover to the Company the unrivalled Treasures of his private cabinet, formed on a mere Mechanical Principal, without Hinges, Joints, Dove-Tail, or Glue. In the Course of the Entertainments the Sublime Pittachip will exhibit upwards of two hundred automata, or moving puppets, Who will rise up, sit down, say Yes, or No, Receive Money, Rake among the Cinders, or do any Dirty Work he may think proper to put them to-N. Sixthly-By his Oratorical Efforts, he will in the Course of a few Minutes persuade the greater Part of his Audience to salute him a posteriori, then to give him three cheers and nominate him the heaven-born conjuror With various Slight-of-Hand Performances and Whimsical Exuberances too tedious to mention. To remove Doubts, these Experiments upon memory will be made upon oath. Fifthly-He will make some Marvellous Experiments upon his own memory, By forgetting the most Material Incidents of his Life, with an almost incredible Precision. Fourthly-He will produce a most extraordinary Effect in the Optics of the Spectators, by means of some Gold Dust, so that they shall not be able to distinguish Colors but shall call (at the Signor's command) Black, White, and White, Black, to the Edification of all Beholders. During the Battle, Signor Pittachio will convey their money out of their pockets in a New and Entertaining Manner. Thirdly-By Means of an enchanted drum, he will set all the Company a fighting, for the avowed Purpose of preserving order and tranquillity. Secondly-He will produce his justly celebrated curious spy glasses, which distort and misrepresent all Objects that are looked at through them, and occasion in the Company a sudden and social dismay such as has never before been witnessed in this Country. First-The Signor will bring forward A Magical Alarm Bell, At the ringing of which, all the Company shall become Mad or Foolish. But like most reactions it has gone to extremes, both in minimizing the importance of economic activity at Athens and in its denial of enterprise and risk taking on the part of Athenian citizens.Wonderful exhibition!!! Signor Gulielmo Pittachio The sublime wonder of the World!!! Condescends to inform the Public at large, and his Friends in particular, that he has now opened his Grand Hall of Exhibitions at Westminster, with a grand display of his Astonishing and Magnificent Deceptions Which have been approved by all the Crowned Heads in the Universe, and which are unparalleled in the History of Mankind. This "primitivist" view of the Athenian economy originated as a healthy reaction to the naive presumption of some nineteenth century historians that Athenian business was conducted along the lines of contemporary industry and has subsequently gained many adherents 5. Furthermore, it is clear that the one object of the merchant is to be able to retire from commerce as soon as he possibly can" 4. The commercial classes had to depend entirely upon borrowed funds for carrying on their business.
If he did happen to own a workshop staffed by slaves, he lacked the ambition to expand his business and left its conduct to them \ As for the distribution of the products of field and factory, "Those who owned capital did not take part in commerce. The "prevailing mentality" among Athenian citizens, "was but not productive" ! the Athenian was a rentier, not an entrepreneur, who seldom borrowed to buy or improve land or to finance the manufacture of goods2.
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