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) (Aristophanes)

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)

Aristophanes

Related topics

earth olympian perseus zeus Socrates

Related quotes

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. View quote
G. K. Chesterton
The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death." View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. View quote
Voltaire
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved. View quote
Lafcadio Hearn
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. View quote
Pablo Picasso