“I sacrifice to no god save myself — And to my belly, greatest of deities.”

— Euripidés , Cyclops

The Cyclops (c.424-23 BC)

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ancient Athenian playwright -480–-406 BC

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“I sacrifice to no god save myself — And to my belly, greatest of deities.”

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