You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding… — Aristophanes
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding and a vulgar manner.
In the original Greek
τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα σοι πρόσεστι δημαγωγικά, φωνὴ μιαρά, γέγονας κακῶς, ἀγοραῖος εἶ
The Knights · 424 BC
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Aristophanes. "The Knights." The Birds and Other Plays, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. Penguin Classics, 2003.
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Aristophanes. Ἱππεῖς Hippeîs [The Knights]. 424 BC, Lenaia Festival, Athens, Greece.