Chapter 21 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STREPSIADES. Oh! you infamous cynic! PHIDIPPIDES. How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words. STREPSIADES.
Chapter 21 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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uttered without voice
From this reading “How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.”
someone who is critical of the motives of others
From this reading “Oh! you infamous cynic!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.”
pleasant-smelling
From this reading “How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.”
known widely and usually unfavorably
From this reading “Oh! you infamous cynic!”
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading “How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.”
the words that are spoken
From this reading “How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.”
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uttered without voice
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
someone who is critical of the motives of others
From this reading Oh! you infamous cynic!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
pleasant-smelling
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
known widely and usually unfavorably
From this reading Oh! you infamous cynic!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! you infamous cynic!
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHIDIPPIDES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STREPSIADES.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
the words that are spoken
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh! you infamous cynic!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How fragrant the perfume breathed forth in your words.
Chapter 21 of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by 447? BCE-386? BCE Aristophanes holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 21 holds 402 sentences of The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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