Dionysalexandros (i.e. Dionysus in the part of Paris)
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Let the person who wins be him who says what is most desirable for the city.
— Cratinus
What It Means
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About Cratinus
Cratinus (Greek: Κρατῖνος Kratinos; 519 BC – 422 BC) was an Athenian poet and playwright of the Old Comedy. None of his plays has survived intact, but many fragments and quotations from his plays are known.
About Cratinus
Cratinus (Greek: Κρατῖνος Kratinos; 519 BC – 422 BC) was an Athenian poet and playwright of the Old Comedy. None of his plays has survived intact, but many fragments and quotations from his plays are known.
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