... ". This idea is reiterated several times throughout the play, most memorably in comparison with Athenian coinage. The metaphor asserts that the "loyal kinsmen", such as Alchibiades are the "noble silver drachma" of the city and should be recalled to replace the "newcomers" who are likened to "shoddy silver-plated coppers, inferior to their "well-schooled" counterparts. This favouring of the long ... ...

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