In days when men were men (And you should have seen us then) - Aristophanes

Leader of the Chorus: Let's see. What shall our city be called? [...] Euelpides: Some name borrowed from the clouds, from these lofty regions in which we dwell — in short, some well-known name. Pisthetaerus: Do you like Nephelococcygia? (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)

Leader of the Chorus: Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)

Ne zaman Ploutos eskisi gibi görür oldu
ondan beri kimse biz tanrılara ne buhur,
ne defne, ne arpa ekmeği, ne kurban,
ne başka bir şey takdim eder oldu.