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PERICLES by CRATINUS

First Line: HERE'S PERICLES, OUR OWN SQUILL-HEADED ZEUS
Last Line: LATE STORMS OF CENSURE HARDLY LEFT A TILE.
Subject(s): HATS; PERICLES (490-429 B.C.);

Here's Pericles, our own squill-headed Zeus.
Where @3did@1 he buy that hat? With what excuse?
It's new head-cover in @3Odeum@1 style --
Late storms of censure hardly left a Tile.



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