Aristophanes Acharnians 1082

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.) — 1069-1173 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.) — 1069 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.) — 1069 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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βούλει μάχεσθαι Γηρυόνῃ τετραπτίλῳ;
The adjective τετραπτίλῳ (four-winged) modifies Γηρυόνῃ (Geryon) in the dative case, indicating the opponent in the wrestling match. This is a deliberate comic hyperbole: in Hesiod's Theogony and later mythological tradition, Geryon is a three-bodied giant (Triceps), but Aristophanes here invents a four-winged variant to heighten the absurdity of the protagonist Dicaeopolis's desire to fight a monstrous, mythological beast in the agora. The specific epithet 'four-winged' is not attested in standard mythography and serves the play's burlesque tone, transforming a terrifying chthonic figure into a ludicrous target for a farmer's combat.