text: n his first appearance, this character compares the title figure to a "cicada of the long-legged race" that always sings the "same old ditty" in the grass.
full_question: n his first appearance, this character compares the title figure to a "cicada of the long-legged race" that always sings the "same old ditty" in the grass. In one scene, he entertains Frosch and Siebel by singing a song about a king with a giant flea while drinking in Auerbach's cellar. This character gives advice to a "proktophantasmist," by suggesting that he apply leeches to his fat "rear end." Later, this character advises his companion that the magic image of Medusa's eyes are not that of his beloved. This character twice procures a case of jewels and leaves them behind in a certain character's cabinet so that his companion can seduce her. He first appears in the "Prologue in Heaven," where he and God have a conversation about the pursuits of the title figure. After another character attempts to translate the word logos, this character offers to show that man the "great world" and the "small world" when he transforms from his poodle form into his human form. For 10 points, name this demon who tempts the scholar Faust in Goethe's drama.
first_sentence: n his first appearance, this character compares the title figure to a "cicada of the long-legged race" that always sings the "same old ditty" in the grass.
raw_answer: Mephistopheles [prompt on "The Devil"; do not accept or prompt on "Satan"]