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The Origin of Tyranny

Note 301 — Chapter II · Athens

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Aristoph. Birds, 1106; cp. Schol. ad loc. “the tetradrachm was at that time (i.e. of Aristophanes) called an owl”; Suid. s.v. γλαῦκες Λαυρεωτικαί· “of those who have much money,” is a misunderstanding of the phrase; cp. his statement that the Laurium mines were gold.

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