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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
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Comedy Writer
Playwright
Poet
Father of Comedy
Darkness
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Humanity
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Earth
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