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Cratinus Quotes

Cratinus was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy.

✵ 500 BC – 422 BC

Works

Cratinus: 6 quotes0 likes

Famous Cratinus Quotes

“Even to wise mortals Music carries unceasing feelings…”

Cratinus

Cheirones ("The Chirons")

“You’ll never fashion anything clever by drinking water!”

Cratinus

Pytine ("The Wineflask")

“…Each one of you is a bribe-taking fox.”

Cratinus

Nomoi ("The Laws")

“Life in the past was happy for mortals as compared to now. Men led a life, gentle in mind with sweet-speaking wisdom, most beautiful of mortals.”

Cratinus

Cheirones ("The Chirons")

“Let the person who wins be him who says what is most desirable for the city.”

Cratinus Dionysalexandros

Dionysalexandros (i.e. Dionysus in the part of Paris)

“What a swarm of sophists you lot have swirled up!”

Cratinus

Archilochoi ("The Archilochuses") (c. 448 BC)

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