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I will give him the precedence; and then, from these things which he adduces, I will shoot him dead with new words and thoughts. And at last, if he m… - Aristophanes
" "I will give him the precedence; and then, from these things which he adduces, I will shoot him dead with new words and thoughts. And at last, if he mutter, he shall be destroyed, being stung in his whole face and his two eyes by my maxims, as if by bees.
Aristophanes, Clouds 945
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About Aristophanes
Aristophanes (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης; c. 446 – c. 386 BC) was a Greek poet and playwright of the Old Comedy, also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy. Of his forty plays, eleven are extant, plus a thousand fragments of the others.
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Ἀριστοφάνης
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Father of Comedy
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