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The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.

Aristophanes

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Aristophanes
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Comedy Writer
Playwright
Poet
Father of Comedy
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Mere
Superstition
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Superstitions
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Vulgar
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Gods
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