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The Frogs

AristophanésOriginal title Βάτραχοι

The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC, and received first place.


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“Æschylus: High thoughts must have high language.”

Aristophanés The Frogs

rewritten and embellished tr. Fitts 1955, p. 108 http://books.google.com/books?id=CdZxAAAAIAAJ&amp;q=%22High+thoughts+must+have+high+language%22 <br class="br">Frogs (405 BC) <br class="br">Source: Frogs and Other Plays

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“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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