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The Frogs

by Aristophanes · 405 BCE

The Frogs, Project Gutenberg edition. 2 parts, about 14,206 words, 65 minutes of reading. Source edition.

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Introductory Note305 words
The Frogs of Aristophanes1 passage · 13,901 words

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Brekekekex koax koax.
Lines 209 and following
The poet should be admired for skill and for good counsel, and because we make people better in their cities.
Lines 1009-1010
I came down for a poet. Why? So that the city might be saved and keep its choruses.
Lines 1418-1419 · Read it in The Frogs of Aristophanes
I shall choose the one my soul desires.
Line 1468

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