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ntless as the grains of sand on the shore! Let me see! of what value to me have been these few pleasures? Ah! I remember that I was delighted in soul when Cleon had to disgorge those five talents;Cleon had received five talents from the islanders subject to Athens, on condition that he should get the tribute payable by them reduced; when informed of this transaction, the knights compelled him to return the money. I was in ecstasy and I love the Knights for this deed; it is an honour to Greece.A hemistich borrowed from Euripides' Telephus. But the day when I was impatiently awaiting a piece by Aeschylus,The tragedies of Aeschylus continued to be played even after the poet's death, which occurred in 436 B.C., ten years before the production of The Acharnians. what tragic despair it caused me when the herald called, Theognis,A tragic poet, whose pieces were so devoid of warmth and life that he was nicknamed [the Greek for] snow. introduce your Chorus! Just imagine how this blow stru
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ghted in soul when Cleon had to disgorge those five talents;Cleon had received five talents from the islanders subject to Athens, on condition that he should get the tribute payable by them reduced; when informed of this transaction, the knights comph and fight each other for a seat in the front row. They will never trouble themselves with the question of peace. Oh! Athens! Athens! As for myself, I do not fail to come here before all the rest, and now, finding myself alone, I groan, yawn, strAthens! As for myself, I do not fail to come here before all the rest, and now, finding myself alone, I groan, yawn, stretch, break wind, and know not what to do; I make sketches in the dust, pull out my loose hairs, muse, think of my fields, long for peace, curse town life and regret my dear country home,The Peloponnesian War had already, at the date of the representcessive Lacedaemonian invasions, the people throughout the country had been compelled to seek shelter behind the walls of Athens. which never told me to buy fuel, vinegar or oil; there the word buy, which cuts me in two, was unknown; I harvested ever
426 BC (search for this): card 1
They will never trouble themselves with the question of peace. Oh! Athens! Athens! As for myself, I do not fail to come here before all the rest, and now, finding myself alone, I groan, yawn, stretch, break wind, and know not what to do; I make sketches in the dust, pull out my loose hairs, muse, think of my fields, long for peace, curse town life and regret my dear country home,The Peloponnesian War had already, at the date of the representation of The Acharnians, lasted five years, 431-426 B.C.; driven from their lands by the successive Lacedaemonian invasions, the people throughout the country had been compelled to seek shelter behind the walls of Athens. which never told me to buy fuel, vinegar or oil; there the word buy, which cuts me in two, was unknown; I harvested everything at will. Therefore I have come to the assembly fully prepared to bawl, interrupt and abuse the speakers, if they talk of anything but peace. But here come the Prytanes, and high time too, for it is mid
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five talents from the islanders subject to Athens, on condition that he should get the tribute payable by them reduced; when informed of this transaction, the knights compelled him to return the money. I was in ecstasy and I love the Knights for this deed; it is an honour to Greece.A hemistich borrowed from Euripides' Telephus. But the day when I was impatiently awaiting a piece by Aeschylus,The tragedies of Aeschylus continued to be played even after the poet's death, which occurred in 436 B.C., ten years before the production of The Acharnians. what tragic despair it caused me when the herald called, Theognis,A tragic poet, whose pieces were so devoid of warmth and life that he was nicknamed [the Greek for] snow. introduce your Chorus! Just imagine how this blow struck straight at my heart! On the other hand, what joy Dexitheus caused me at the musical competition, when he played a Boeotian melody on the lyre! But this year by contrast! Oh! what deadly torture to hear ChaerisA