Strepsiades: But come, by the Earth, is not Zeus, the Olympian, a god?
Socrates: What Zeus? Do not trifle. There is no Zeus.
(tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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Clouds, line 366-367 (our emphasis on 367)
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The Greek-mythology equivalent of "There is no God."Aristophanes
Strepsiades: Vortex reigns, having expelled Zeus.
(tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)Aristophanes
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
Aeschylus
Strepsiades: Whirl is King, having driven out Zeus.
(tr. in Lippmann 1929, p. 1 and 4)Aristophanes
Strepsiades: ‘Tis the Whirlwind, that has driven out Zeus and is King now.
(tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 1, p. 350)Aristophanes
Unjust Cause: This art is worth more than ten thousand staters, that one should choose the worse cause, and nevertheless be victorious.
(tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)Aristophanes
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