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Quotation from The Eleven Comedies by Aristophanes

“Poetry is to be weighed in the scales”

Aristophanes (spoken by Aeacus)

The Eleven Comedies, The Frogs, before the contest, trans. Anonymous (Athenian Society, 1912)

The doorkeeper of Hades explains to Xanthias how the dispute between Aeschylus and Euripides will be settled.

Citation: "Poetry is to be weighed in the scales" — Aristophanes, The Eleven Comedies, The Frogs, before the contest, trans. Anonymous (Athenian Society, 1912). (id aristophanes-eleven-comedies-q3)

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