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ded at which it was that the comic poet directed his biting satire. Happy that city, he added, if it listens to his counsel; it will grow in power, and its victory is assured. This is why the Lacedaemonians offer you peace, if you will cede them Aegina; not that they care for the isle, but they wish to rob you of your poet.It will be remembered that Aristophanes owned land in Aegina. As for you, never lose him, who will always fight for the cause of justice in his Comedies; he promises you thathe Lacedaemonians offer you peace, if you will cede them Aegina; not that they care for the isle, but they wish to rob you of your poet.It will be remembered that Aristophanes owned land in Aegina. As for you, never lose him, who will always fight for the cause of justice in his Comedies; he promises you that his precepts will lead you to happiness, though he uses neither flattery, nor bribery, nor intrigue, nor deceit; instead of loading you with praise, he will point you to the better way.
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delegates from other cities wanted to deceive you, they had but to style you, the people crowned with violets, and at the word violets you at once sat erect on the tips of your bums. Or if, to tickle your vanity, someone spoke of rich and sleek Athens, in return for that sleekness he would get all, because he spoke of you as he would have of anchovies in oil. In cautioning you against such wiles, the poet has done you great service as well as in forcing you to understand what is really the democratic principle. Thus, the strangers, who came to pay their tributes, wanted to see this great poet, who had dared to speak the truth to Athens. And so far has the fame of his boldness reached that one day the Great King, when questioning the Lacedaemonian delegates, first asked them which of the two rival cities was the superior at sea, and then immediately demanded at which it was that the comic poet directed his biting satire. Happy that city, he added, if it listens to his counsel; it