Aristophanes Acharnians 1000

Acharnians. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

Commentary (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)
Ἀχαρνῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1000-1068 focus
Translations (2)
Acharnians (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; Liveright, 192?). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1000 focus
English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) Experimental (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.) — 1000 focus

Commentary

Commentary (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.) focus

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ἀκούετε λεῴ· κατὰ τὰ πάτρια τοὺς Χοᾶς
The phrase 'κατὰ τὰ πάτρια' (according to ancestral custom) is a technical legal formula in Athenian procedure, often invoked in legal contexts to justify a course of action based on established precedent rather than statute. Here, it is deployed ironically by Dicaeopolis to frame his private peace treaty as a binding legal precedent, subverting the formal language of the Assembly. The juxtaposition of 'leōi' (to the public) with the invocation of 'patria' creates a specific rhetorical tension between the public sphere of the Assembly and the private, domestic sphere of the 'Choes' festival, which Dicaeopolis is about to celebrate.