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κ2640Κυκησιτέφρουof ash-mixing… all who are masters of ash-mixing, sham-soda dust and Kimolian earth." ["Ash-mixing" means] that which mixes the ash, combining it with soda. And "Kimolian" [refers to] a white earth. [Aristophanes] is saying that [Kleigenes] …Matched in translationhighshort
α124ἈγάθωνAgathon… Agathon?" -- "He's gone and left me." -- "Where on earth is the wretch?" -- "At a banquet of the blessed." This Agathon was good by nature, "missed by his friends" and brilliant at …Matched in translationhighmedium
ει337Εἰ τὸ μέσον κτήσαιο Κορίνθου καὶ Σικυῶνοςif you were to acquire the middle ground between Corinth and Sikyon… even the city is founded between the sky and the earth; Cloudcuckooland, that is.Matched in translationhighshort
α425ἈδάμAdam… wisdom and discrimination. Instead all humans scattered across the entire earth continue following his pronouncements unaltered. And the first-born one's surpassing judgment in all things did not stop there, but also extended to the …Matched in translationhighlong
δ1183Διονυσίων σκώμματαinsults of the Dionysia… as the poet says -- a 'useless weight on the earth'". "But he has been tossed to the crows and is gone unseen, unheard of, shown to be twistier than a hinge in matters …Matched in translationhighmedium