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Aristophanes, Frogs 718–737 (ed. F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart, 1907; Perseus edition, TEI XML)

Aristophanes (ed. F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart; Perseus Digital Library)

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  1. The chorus sings that instead of using the old silver and new gold coins, which are valid among both Greeks and foreigners, properly struck and tested by ringing, they are using shoddy bronze coins struck just yesterday or the day before, and says that the citizens are treated no differently.

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