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Bdelycleon: It is so that you may know only those who nourish you
(tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)

— Aristophanes Wasps (-422)

ἵνα γιγνώσκῃς τὸν τιθασευτήν.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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Wasps, line 704

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