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Sophocles
As Dionysus rows Charon’s ferry across a large lake to Hades, he encounters a chorus of singing, croaking frogs whose song serves as the play’s first choral interlude. Growing steadily more annoyed with the frogs, Dionysus argues with the frogs and tries to compete with them, offering his own lyrics and croaks, but the ferry reaches land before anyone can be declared the winner of the contest.
Frog-Chorus Quotes in The Frogs
The The Frogs quotes below are all either spoken by Frog-Chorus or refer to Frog-Chorus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1
Quotes
FROGS Brekekekex, koax, koax,
Brekekekex, koax, koax!
Oh we are the musical Frogs!
We live in the marshes and bogs!
Sweet, sweet is the hymn
We sing as we swim,
And our voices are known
For their beautiful tone
When on festival days
We sing out in praise
Of the genial god –
And we don’t think it odd
When the worshipping throng,
To the sound of our song,
Rolls home through the marshes and bogs;
Brekekekex!
Rolls home through the marshes and bogs.
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Frog-Chorus Quotes in The Frogs
The The Frogs quotes below are all either spoken by Frog-Chorus or refer to Frog-Chorus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1, Scene 1
Quotes
FROGS Brekekekex, koax, koax,
Brekekekex, koax, koax!
Oh we are the musical Frogs!
We live in the marshes and bogs!
Sweet, sweet is the hymn
We sing as we swim,
And our voices are known
For their beautiful tone
When on festival days
We sing out in praise
Of the genial god –
And we don’t think it odd
When the worshipping throng,
To the sound of our song,
Rolls home through the marshes and bogs;
Brekekekex!
Rolls home through the marshes and bogs.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
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