Aristophanes - Name Quotes

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Leader Of The Chorus: Let's see. What shall our city be called?
Euelpides: Some name borrowed from the clouds, from these lofty regions in which we dwell — in short, some well-known name.
Pisthetaerus: Do you like Nephelococcygia?

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Epops: Come let me see, what shall the name be for our city?
Euelpides: Hence, from the clouds, and these meteoric regions, some all-swelling name.
Pisthetaerus: Would you Cloud-cuckoo-land?

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Somewhere, what with all these clouds, and all this air, There must be a rare name, somewhere... How do you like "Cloud-Cuckoo-Land"?

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