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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 14 14 Browse Search
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Aristophanes, Acharnians (ed. Anonymous), line 1 (search)
five talents from the islanders subject to Athens, on condition that he should get the tribute payable by them reduced; when informed of this transaction, the knights compelled him to return the money. I was in ecstasy and I love the Knights for this deed; it is an honour to Greece.A hemistich borrowed from Euripides' Telephus. But the day when I was impatiently awaiting a piece by Aeschylus,The tragedies of Aeschylus continued to be played even after the poet's death, which occurred in 436 B.C., ten years before the production of The Acharnians. what tragic despair it caused me when the herald called, Theognis,A tragic poet, whose pieces were so devoid of warmth and life that he was nicknamed [the Greek for] snow. introduce your Chorus! Just imagine how this blow struck straight at my heart! On the other hand, what joy Dexitheus caused me at the musical competition, when he played a Boeotian melody on the lyre! But this year by contrast! Oh! what deadly torture to hear ChaerisA
Aristophanes, Acharnians (ed. Anonymous), line 860 (search)
art dear to Morychus.He was the Lucullus of Athens. Slaves, hither with the stove and the bellows. Look at this charming eel, that returns to us after six long years of absence.This again fixes the date of the presentation of The Acharnians to 436 B.C., the sixth year of the War, since the beginning of which Boeotia had been closed to the Athenians. Salute it, my children; as for myself, I will supply coal to do honour to the stranger. Take it into my house; death itself could not separate he beginning of which Boeotia had been closed to the Athenians. Salute it, my children; as for myself, I will supply coal to do honour to the stranger. Take it into my house; death itself could not separate me from her, if cooked with beet leaves. fA comic poet of vile habits. He was the Lucullus of Athens. fA painter. This again fixes the date of the presentation of The Acharnians to 436 B.C., the sixth year of the War, since the beginning of which Boeotia had been closed to the Athenians.