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I staked the winding path of divina
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Woe's me! till I plucked courage up
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WATCHMAN CHORUS OF ARGIVE ELDERS CL
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174-225 AESCHYLUS But if Zeus' triu
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And so, with public sorrow blent, I
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All's well, and he comes bringing j
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826-880 AGAMEMNON Leapt tower and w
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11l2-Il55 AESCHYLUS Ch. This thick-
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You know already. Whether you prais
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He groaned; fell back, and spewed t
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Who hath unlatched the door of chas
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396-443 AESCHYLUS Grasp the bolt wi
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Cl. Oh, not for that will we scant
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What? Had she conger's teeth or add
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The swallowing earth shall yield it
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The deed is done, but thence Ensues
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Your bantam-bully, ruffier of the y
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THE PLAYS OF SOPHOCLES
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CONTENTS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, p. 95 O
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prayer to the Healer rings clear, a
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thou and the plotter of these thing
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OEDIPUS THE KING Oed. Not so: I des
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man? Forbid, forbid, ye pure and aw
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1255-1]12 OEDIPUS THE KING a sword,
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1500-1515 OEDIPUS THE KING vou; and
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72-130 OEDIPUS AT COLONUS 130-193 O
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Th. In fear of what woe foreshown?
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OEDIPUS AT COLONUS nor would she pr
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OEDIPUS AT COLONUS be found for you
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Th. Nay, it is not lawful. An. How
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Ch. Such is thy pleasure, Creon, so
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a public stain. And there, praying
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SOPHOCLES silver-gold of Sardis and
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will turn away the vision of his ey
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SOPHOCLES chance that had befallen;
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801-861 SOPHOCLES 861-"92J Me. From
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mind this wins no favour, let him h
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SOPHOCLES thou speakest, I can take
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ELECTRA DRAMATIS PERSONAE ORESTES,
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among men, be called the child of t
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ELECTRA this at her ripe age? Think
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ELECTRA nightingale unwearied in la
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Aeg. Why take me into the house? If
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90-154 TRACHINIAE I will spare no p
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SOPHOCLES Me. One who heard from th
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Hy. Ah, thou wilt soon show, methin
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76-122 PHILOCfETES wilt share my do
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PHILOCTETES all of thy crew, I reso
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88/933 SOPHOCLES would not be grudg
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1318- 1374 SOPHOCLES eries, as thou
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THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES
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CONTENTS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, p. 199
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RHESUS not break my word; to thee w
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RHESUS and appointed the yearly tri
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when lo! through the thick gloom tw
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MEDEA DRAMATIS PERSONAE NURSE OF ME
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pride have gotten them an ill name
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EURIPIDES not to call1ason basest o
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Med. 'Tis naught; upon these childr
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scene of awful horror did ensue. In
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HIPPOLYTUS DRAMATIS PERSONAE APHROD
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Ph. 0 Artemis, who watchest o'er se
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and only when she finds a proud unn
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700-775 HIPPOLYTUS ceeded, I had be
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HIPPOLYTUS Let all beware, I say, o
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HIPPOLYTUS toward the beach where s
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ALCESTIS DRAMATIS PERSONAE ApOLLO A
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Ch. Daughter of Pelias, be thine a
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EURIPIDES 828-886 that is the objec
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1030-1085 EURIPIDES 1086-1121 those
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Before the altar of Zeus at Maratho
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Not from Athens surely; for ne'er w
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EURIPIDES yourselves and this count
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HERACLEIDJE home will I soon decide
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them dwell at Argos undisturbed? Th
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EURIPIDES whom fortune frowns not o
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e in a game of draughts; for the ci
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EURIPIDES 689/50 mother bore in day
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the shrine, and nigh yon lightning-
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slaughter of your dead sires; thou
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on that shore which lieth very nigh
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585-630 THE TROJAN WOMEN An. Misery
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that lieth nigh the holy hills wher
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and yet ye lie limp in your sockets
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nursing-home of my lords. But 101 h
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39,450 EURIPIDES take a different t
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73r777 ION now, thy mistress though
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957-fJ9° ION Cr. Ill-fortune and s
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EURIPIDES absent in the flesh, is n
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was brought to light, he devised a
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lamentation? What Muse shall I appr
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wearing out his life, nor yet hath
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HELEN 771- 808 to awful ruin brough
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though it bring some power, is to b
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112/1193 HELEN did light a blazing
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is pure, for Menelaus did not die h
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a prosperous breeze; for we, thy br
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Ma. He is too old to help thee if h
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Enter MENELAUS, with MOLOSSUS. Mene
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cleverness? Consider yet another po
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He. It was old Peleus, who showed r
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took thy beauteous form to my embra
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EURIPIDES for thy love, thy loyalty
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dance; a maiden still I turn from m
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551-595 EURIPIDES sham; for there b
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75/-801 EURIPIDES 80/-86/ EI. What
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EURIPIDES El. How canst thou be hur
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Di. Ah mel that bitter cry makes ev
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TIlE BACCHANTES And when the Fates
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Ch. Indeed I was. Who was to protec
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lHE BACCHANTES 880-944 Pe. Well sai
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Ag. Speak; my bosom throbs at this
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HECUBA DRAMA TIS PERSONAE THE GHOST
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He. Didst thou embrace my knees in
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601-668 EURIPIDES a man have master
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HECUBA and thy daughter lately slai
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He. I scorn the prophecy I I give i
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EURIPIDES we any longer hopes of sa
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ight hand to dip it in the holy wat
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HERACLES MAD He. Ah mel why do I sp
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my own children's murderer. Give th
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For thou, if thou art really wise,
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EURIPIDES Jo. Stay a moment; haste
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and quickening streams; him did Cad
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poor city, thou art being involved
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EURIPIDES chastely plain. Next prin
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1342-1395 EURIPIDES Ch. 0 house of
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80-121 ORESTES 121-186 but now that
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Or. Mad transports too, and the ven
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EURIPIDES husband, but the marriage
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cided about thee and Orestes-for I
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specious tale shall I ever tell, wh
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EURIPIDES the lady whom Paris the a
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Alas, my suffering heart! in days g
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568-622 EURIPIDES Or. Alive he is,
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780-820 EURIPIDES Or. Ye godsl Ip.
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EURIPIDES although thou mayest succ
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1206-125 0 EURIPIDES 1251-1314 Th.
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I have leisure, but now with the pr
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EURIPIDES never bear to slay daught
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EURIPIDES toiling on at Aulis; what
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ight; whereby a glory, ever young,
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her walls shall Trojans stand, when
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some rocky cave or a heifer undefil
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Ch. Thou playest a noble part, maid
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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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1276-1JIO THE PEACE 1311- 1357 1St
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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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1121-II68 ARISTOPHANES 116g-1215 Of
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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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Mn. (stamping about with a lively r
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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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351408 THE ECCLESIAZUSAE 40cr457 Bl
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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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167-213 One is a tanner, one an oni
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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