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Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.

Aristophanes

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Aristophanes
Age: 0
Comedy Writer
Playwright
Poet
Father of Comedy
Humanity
Mortals
Race
Woods
Dream
Illusion
Foliage
Earth
Shadow
Chained
Life
Creatures
Frail
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Unreal
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Clay
Darkness
Unfortunate

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