Aristophanes Acharnians 552

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.) — 490-625 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.) — 557 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.) — 557 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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τὸ νεώριον δʼ αὖ κωπέων πλατουμένων,
The noun πλατουμένων, a rare future passive participle from πλατύνω (to make broad/widen), is used here with a specific metrical license: the expected future passive participle πλατυσσομένων is replaced by a form that scans as long-short-short, likely a Doric or poetic innovation to accommodate the dactylic rhythm of the parabasis. This construction is attested elsewhere in Aristophanes (e.g., Plutus 463) but remains a distinctive feature of his comic diction, contrasting with the more standard Attic usage.