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Notes

References

, ''Peace'' from ''The Complete Greek Drama, vol. 2.'' Eugene O'Neill, Jr. New York. Random House. 1938
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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, ''Aristophanes Comoediae'' edited by F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, vol. 1. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1907.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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