How can it ever be right to wreck A man because he’s time b… - Aristophanes

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How can it ever be right to wreck
A man because he’s time by the clock
As an elderly man grizzled and gray,
Who long ago struggled at your side
Mopping the copious
Manly sweat from his brow
When he bravely fought at Marathon
In defense of our city.

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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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Native Name: Ἀριστοφάνης

Alternative Names: Father of Comedy

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