“Aeschylus: It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.”

—  Aristophanés, The Frogs

tr. Dillon 1995, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Frogs+1058 <br class="br">Frogs, line 1058-1059 <br class="br">Frogs (405 BC)

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