“Strepsiades: ‘Tis the Whirlwind, that has driven out Zeus and is King now.”

tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 1, p. 350 http://books.google.com/books?id=9vpxAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Tis+the+Whirlwind%2C+that+has+driven+out+Jupiter+and+is+King+now%22
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Athenian playwright of Old Comedy -448–-386 BC

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“Strepsiades: Whirl is King, having driven out Zeus.”

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