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Acharnians. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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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.)

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Ἀχαρνῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 347-488 focus
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Acharnians (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; Liveright, 192?). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 335 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.) — 335 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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οἷον αὖ μέλας τις ὑμῖν θυμάλωψ ἐπέζεσεν.
The verb ἐπέζεσεν is the 3rd person singular aorist indicative active of ἐπιζήμεναι (to sit upon), an Attic dialect form of the more common ἐπιζῆν. The form ἐπέζεσεν (with the augment and the -σ- infix characteristic of the aorist of verbs in -ζω) is a clear example of the comic poet's use of archaic or dialectal forms for metrical convenience and comic effect, contrasting with the standard Attic ἐπέζην. This specific aorist form is rare in Attic prose but attested in comedy and epic, and its usage here contributes to the grotesque and slightly archaic tone of the description of the 'thymalōps'.