"Chorus [of Birds]: Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men. (tr. in Bartlett 1968, p. 91 or Archive.org)"
— Aristophanes

January 1, 1970

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Comedic authorsPeople from AthensPlaywrights from GreecePoets from GreeceSatirists from Greece
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Compare the earlier-written but later-known: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked", Jeremiah, 17:9 KJV Bible.