Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
reclining luxuriously in covered carriages: Ar. ἐφ' ἁρμαμαξῶν μαλθακῶς κατακείμενοι (Acharnians 70).