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Quotation from The Eleven Comedies by Aristophanes

“Zeus inflicted it on me, because of his jealousy of mankind”

Aristophanes (spoken by Plutus)

The Eleven Comedies, Plutus, first scene, trans. Anonymous (Athenian Society, 1912)

Wealth explains his blindness: Zeus struck him so that he could not choose to visit only the just.

Citation: "Zeus inflicted it on me, because of his jealousy of mankind" — Aristophanes, The Eleven Comedies, Plutus, first scene, trans. Anonymous (Athenian Society, 1912). (id aristophanes-eleven-comedies-q4)

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