Cratinos citations

“Even to wise mortals Music carries unceasing feelings…”

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Cheirones ("The Chirons")

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

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Pytine ("The Wineflask")

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

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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.”

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Cheirones ("The Chirons")

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

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Cratinus Dionysalexandros

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

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

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