Cuckoonebulopolis?
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Splendid! An absolutely gorgeous name!
...
Come now, you hurry out into the air
And serve the builders of our city wall.
Roll up your sleeves, tote gravel, mix the mortar,
Carry the hod ... and tumble off the ladder,
Set guards, and bank the fires, and go the rounds
With torch and bell, and sleep there on the job;
Dispatch a herald to the gods above,
Another to humanity below,
And then report to me.
- Aristophanes, Birds
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Splendid! An absolutely gorgeous name!
...
Come now, you hurry out into the air
And serve the builders of our city wall.
Roll up your sleeves, tote gravel, mix the mortar,
Carry the hod ... and tumble off the ladder,
Set guards, and bank the fires, and go the rounds
With torch and bell, and sleep there on the job;
Dispatch a herald to the gods above,
Another to humanity below,
And then report to me.
- Aristophanes, Birds
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