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urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg008.perseus-eng2:25
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He also liked to poke fun at those who use obsolete and unusual. words in conversation. For instance, to a man who had been asked a certain question by him and had answered in far-fetched book-language, he said: I asked you now, but you answer me as if I had asked in Agamemnons day.”

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