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... ARISTOPHANES . Clouds , 195 .— ( Socrates . ) " I tread on air , And look upon the sun . " - ( Wheelwright . ) " To the idle all days are holidays . " THEOCRITUS . Idylls , XV . , 26 . “ Αθάνατόν ἐστι κακὸν ἀναγκαῖον γυνή . " " PHILEMON ...
... ARISTOPHANES . Clouds , 195 .— ( Socrates . ) " I tread on air , And look upon the sun . " - ( Wheelwright . ) " To the idle all days are holidays . " THEOCRITUS . Idylls , XV . , 26 . “ Αθάνατόν ἐστι κακὸν ἀναγκαῖον γυνή . " " PHILEMON ...
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... ARISTOPHANES . Aves , 376 .- ( The Hoopoe . ) " And yet wise men learn much from enemies . " - ( Wheelwright . ) “ Ἔστι μὲν λόγων ἀκοῦσαι πρῶτον , ὡς ἡμῖν δοκεῖ , χρήσιμον · μάθοι γὰρ ἄν τις κἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν σοφόν . ” ARISTOPHANES . Aves ...
... ARISTOPHANES . Aves , 376 .- ( The Hoopoe . ) " And yet wise men learn much from enemies . " - ( Wheelwright . ) “ Ἔστι μὲν λόγων ἀκοῦσαι πρῶτον , ὡς ἡμῖν δοκεῖ , χρήσιμον · μάθοι γὰρ ἄν τις κἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν σοφόν . ” ARISTOPHANES . Aves ...
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... ARISTOPHANES . Thesm yphoriazusae , : 81. - ( Chorus . ) " There's nothing in the world worse than a woman By nature shameless , save some other woman . " “ Αλλ ' οὐ γάρ πως ἔστιν ἀΰπνους ἔμμεναι αἰεί ΑΛΛ ' ΗΝΙΚ ΑΛΛ ' ΟΥ̓ ΓΑΡ . 319.
... ARISTOPHANES . Thesm yphoriazusae , : 81. - ( Chorus . ) " There's nothing in the world worse than a woman By nature shameless , save some other woman . " “ Αλλ ' οὐ γάρ πως ἔστιν ἀΰπνους ἔμμεναι αἰεί ΑΛΛ ' ΗΝΙΚ ΑΛΛ ' ΟΥ̓ ΓΑΡ . 319.
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... ARISTOPHANES . Thesmophoriazusae , 154 .— ( Agathon . ) " And should his subjects be of manly kind , There's something in the body correspondent . And that which we are not empowered to gain We strive to make our own by imitation ...
... ARISTOPHANES . Thesmophoriazusae , 154 .— ( Agathon . ) " And should his subjects be of manly kind , There's something in the body correspondent . And that which we are not empowered to gain We strive to make our own by imitation ...
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... ARISTOPHANES . Plutus , 1151 .— ( Hermes . ) “ Our country is each land where we may prosper . ” - ( Wheelwright . ) “ Τῷ γὰρ καλῶς πράσσοντι πᾶσα γῆ πατρίς . ” MENANDER . Monosticha , 716 . " The whole earth's fatherland to him who's ...
... ARISTOPHANES . Plutus , 1151 .— ( Hermes . ) “ Our country is each land where we may prosper . ” - ( Wheelwright . ) “ Τῷ γὰρ καλῶς πράσσοντι πᾶσα γῆ πατρίς . ” MENANDER . Monosticha , 716 . " The whole earth's fatherland to him who's ...
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