Aristophanes

Meton: With the straight ruler I set to work to make the circle
four-cornered.

Meton: With the straight ruler I set to work to make the circle
four-cornered.

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked read more

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous,
Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay.

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.