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Clouds, Line 60-67: The fight over the name

Strepsiades tells how he and his wife quarrelled over what to call their baby son.

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Strepsiades
μετὰmetàafterταῦθʼtaûth’that,ὅπωςhópōswhenνῷνnôinto usἐγένεθʼegéneth’was bornυἱὸςhyiòssonοὑτοσίhoutosíthis,ἐμοίemoíto meτεte—δὴdḕthat isκαὶkaìandτῇtêi—γυναικὶgynaikìwifeτἀγαθῇtagathêimy good

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