” And Phrynichus plainly hints at his lack of courage and his panic-stricken air in these verses:—
He was a right good citizen, and I know it well;2
He wouldn't cringe and creep as Nicias always does.
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And the Cleon of Aristophanes1 blusteringly says:—
“
I'll bellow down the orators, and Nicias I'll rattle.
” And Phrynichus plainly hints at his lack of courage and his panic-stricken air in these verses:—
” And Phrynichus plainly hints at his lack of courage and his panic-stricken air in these verses:—
1 Knights, 358. It is not Cleon, but his adversary, the rampant sausage-seller, who utters the verse.
2 From a play of unknown name. Kock, Com. Att. Frag. i. p. 385.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
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