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THE FROGS: AN 'AESCHYLEAN' CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES

First Line: HOW HELLAS' YOUTH
Last Line: TOPHLATTOTHRAT TOPHLATTOTHRAT
Subject(s): EURIPIDES (484-406 B.C.);

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. . . How Hellas' youth,
liegemen Achaean of brothers embattled,
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foul as a Sphinx that apportioneth havoc, a hell-hound,
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grasping the spears that avenge, bidden on by a bird of ill-omen,
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were thrown to feed
hounds of the air ever eagerly questing;
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how swords that bent on Ajax' breast . . .
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