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GENERAL CONTENTS .. II I I .. I ..
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CONTENTS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, p. ix T
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168-207 THE SUPPLIANT MAIDENS Then
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Reproachful commons cast it in my t
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Gray wolf: nor can the byblus-fruit
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1030-1054 Chaste Artemis, watch ove
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The land that gave them birth, Asia
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The moving finger that metes out ou
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They hailed him their God-given cou
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999-1036 AESCHYLUS I marvel that th
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Queen-Power by Zeus appointed war's
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His lightning for a stumbling-block
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Sound are her bulwarks; her ports w
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960-101 I AESCHYLUS 1011-1053 An. W
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... PROMETHEUS BOUND KRATOS BrA HEP
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Oc. Seest thou in warm affection de
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See! See! the wax-webbed reeds! Oh,
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Better to die at once than live, an
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87-128 AGAMEMNON No altar, none, in
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Now may men say .. Zeus smote them"
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He. But why so ill at ease? Why suc
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In Priam's house a hated face, A cu
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1015-/061 AGAMEMNON 1062-III1 And a
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1205-1249 AGAMEMNON Ch. We are nice
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15°2-1550 She hath the altar dress
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CHOEPHOROE DRAMATIS PERSONAE ORESTE
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Ch. I'm an old woman, and shall you
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Is that a fetch of thought beyond t
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808-854 AESCHYLUS Through this dark
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Delphi. Before the Temple of Apollo
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360-388 EUMENIDES 389-433 Grave car
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Or. a Pallas! a Preserver of my rac
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971- 1007 Spirit of Counsel, suave
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SOPHOCLES was born at Colonus in At
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OEDIPUS THE KING OEDIPUS, King of T
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Oed. Teiresias, whose soul grasps a
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point alone, but has the largest sc
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SOPHOCLES So, in that case, Apollo
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950-1000 SOPHOCLES 1001-1039 Oed. I
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After bearing such a stain upon me,
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OEDIPUS AT COLONUS OEDIPUS ANTIGONE
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Oed. In what conjuncture of events,
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Ch. (threateningly, to CREON). What
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SOPHOCLES touch to joy, perchance t
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OEDlPUS AT COLONUS will, but to do
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ANTIGONE I daughters of Oedipus ISM
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552-016 SOPHOCLES Is. Tell me-how c
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een mine, no joy of marriage, no po
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would ever praise or blame as settl
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182:-255 AJAX Never of thine own he
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555-606 thou shalt come unto that k
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Ah. hapless Ajax. from what height
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Teu. And hear my answer-he shall be
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Ag. So thou wouldst have me allow t
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I have praise of such; never, when
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age in my heart, through those new
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last, keeping his horses behind, fo
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aimless waste; for the story would
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TRACHINIAE DRAMATIS PERSONAE DEiANE
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TRACHINIAE Such a state is grievous
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668-'124 SOPHOCLES Ch. It is nothin
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PHILOCTETES ODYSSEUS NEOPTOLEMUS PH
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SOPHOCLES Ne. A clever wrestler he;
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PHILOCIETES that in no wise, willin
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PHILOCTETES Ph. What, thou basest a
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First I would tell thee of mine own
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EURIPIDES, "the philosopher of the
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1-50 50-88 RHESUS DRAMATIS PERSONAE
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EURIPIDES not a few, with countless
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My counsel is we go and rouse the L
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890"""945 RHESUS Muse, one of the s
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towards you? Perdition catch him, b
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MEDEA Cr. I will, for I love not th
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MEDEA as your foes. Yea, men should
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sweet fancy dead and gone; for I mu
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129{)-J343 MEDEA any deed of horror
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EURIPIDES Hi. And rightly too; rese
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Ph. I will grant it out of reverenc
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581- 637 EURIPIDES Ph. 'Tis the son
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like a bird from the covert of my h
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1073-1150 EURIPIDES 1151-1211 seaso
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o'ertake its halls, through heaven'
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death he hath a legacy of grief tha
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ALCESTIS Ch. Peace! enough the pres
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886-954 ALCESTIS death's ravages is
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1121-1139 ALCESTIS if haply to thy
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81-133 HERACLEIDlE left Eubrea's cl
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this custom, to exaggerate what hap
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EURIPIDES 10. A messenger who says
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EURIPIDES what sage purpose Iolaus
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from aged eyes the piteous tear is
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JE. Yet the word, that lurks within
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law of all Hellas. Wha t is not wel
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EURIPIDES Ad. Hearken then. For in
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0;//62 EURIPIDES shall it avail me
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THE TROJAN WOMEN POSEIDON ATHENA HE
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to take my place thereon? Lose no f
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EURIPIDES sets himself to work the
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EURIPIDES gained, was ruin to me, a
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of our race, dost thou behold our s
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ION Ion. The god's whole temple is
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ION is not my own, but only finding
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EURIPIDES Ch. Ah! how I ever hate t
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ION 1222-1277 ian votary; and in th
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EURIPIDES Cr. With fear I tremble s
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HELEN TEUCER CHORUS, ladies attenda
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swallowed; and in a cavern's deep r
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But I, since I have stayed my appoi
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EURIPIDES He. Thou canst not slay t
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EURIPIDES escape; my lips are seale
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122//260 EURIPIDES He. An easy task
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HELEN hold"; and as he spoke he dre
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ANDROMACHE DRAMATIS PERSONAE ANDROM
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mine should rule o'er Phthia? Ah no
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ANDROMACHE It was to make thee leav
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voyage of note; and when in days lo
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ANDROMACHE gleaming harness like a
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PEASANT, Of Mycenae ELECTRA ORESTES
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ELECTRA El. In what land is my poor
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Pe. I will take this message to the
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O.M. Yes, and when he sees thee the
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861-919 ELECfRA' 91g-973 join in th
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1086-1136 ELECTRA to virtue. If, as
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ad. Odysseus of Ithaca, king of the
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cruel as to slay thy friends on the
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thou wouldst surely pay for this, t
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ARISTOPHANES, the son of Philippus
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1-P 32 - 61 DICAEOPOLIS CRIER AMPHI
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His son, our newly-made Athenian,lo
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Di. What a red and dangerous ember
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Di. Aye, three cuckoo-birds. That's
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His stiffest breeze, then if the sh
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And dancing-girls, "Harmodius' dear
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7Q-117 THE KNIGHTS 118-160 We're su
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Sucking and sipping the gold they c
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Clash and neighing of warlike steed
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THE KNIGHTS s.-s. And I walked roun
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Pa. Take the ring; And be you sure,
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1121-Il69 ARISTOPHANES 1170-1216 De
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THE CLOUDS DRAMA TIS PERSONAE STREP
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330-357 St. Why, no, on my word, fo
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Yet the clever ones amongst you eve
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St. And lots besides: but everythin
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1172-1221 THE CLOUDS Aye now you ha
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I bade him bring his lyre and sing,
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THE WASPS DRAMATIS PERSONAE SoSIAS,
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ARISTOPHANES 294-339 Ay, and within
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THE WASPS Is just the success of a
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748t96 THE WASPS A better and a wis
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And thus he came to a height of fam
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1173-1218 ARISTOPHANES 121rr1270 Ph
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I37 1- 1414 ARISTOPHANES Bd. Why, b
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THE PEACE DRAMATIS PERSONAE Two SER
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Zounds I how you scared me: I'm not
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Tr. Well, but don't exult at presen
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Tr. Because he deals in lamps: befo
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953-1002 And pipe and blow to that
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IIII-II5° TIlE PEACE II5I-II88 Tr.
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128-1 75 ARISTOPHANES Where my wors
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Pe. Here you see a partridge coming
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Something good for the Birds which
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Demeter may fill them with grain, i
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89cr952 ARISTOPHANES Your feast for
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Pc. What do you say? What Gods? lr.
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The fume of incense sca tter far an
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56-102 THE FROGS He. A boy? Di. No,
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Enter a MAID-SERVANT of Persephone,
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THE FROGS Ae. Bravol that's spoken
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Spiders, ever with twir-r-r-r-r-r1i
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14f)Q-151O Just because he possesse
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Ly. Ah, friend, you'll find them At
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31C;-357 TIlE LYSISTRATA Chorus of
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Now to examine them closely and nar
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Yea, they'll build them fleets and
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Ci. But I don't want a pillow. My.
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THE L YSISTRATA Lac. Aye, by the Tw
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1296-130 9 THE LYSISTRA TA 1310-132
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THE THESMOPHORIAZUSAE I was going t
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Eu. 0, by the Gods, come back. Pray
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THE THESMOPHORIAZUSAE Euripides dec
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As ye raced, in hot haste, and disg
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Mn. 0, go to the crows! Ec. 0, go t
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THE ECCLESIAZUSAE PRAXAGORA Two WOM
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Bl. 'Tis those that have most of th
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Chr. 0 no, I am going to bring them
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93G-973 ARISTOPHANES Hag. I? I'm si
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Po. I'll make you die a miserable d
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Cllr. 'Tis an orderly iob, then, to
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Wi. 0 Lord and King, what mighty po
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In. 0 mel once more. Ca. (to GOOD M
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GLOSSARY A, Acharnians; K, Knights;
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Ctesias, an informer, A. 839 Cybele
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Pheidias, date of birth unknown, di