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Clouds, Line 49-55: His smells and hers

Strepsiades remembers his wedding night, when he smelled of the farm and his bride of perfume, and how she spent his money.

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ταύτηνtaútēnherὅτʼhót’whenἐγάμουνegámounmarried,συγκατεκλινόμηνsynkateklinómēnlay down with herἐγὼegṑIὄζωνózōnsmelling ofτρυγὸςtrygòsnew wineτρασιᾶςtrasiâsdrying figsἐρίωνeríōnwoolπεριουσίαςperiousíasplenty,

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