Aristophanes Acharnians 964

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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.) — 959-970 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.) — 971 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.) — 971 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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ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὃς τὴν Γοργόνα
The epithet ταλαύρινος ('of the sturdy breastplate' or 'hardy') is a hapax legomenon in Aristophanes, occurring here as part of a triple epithet describing the chorus leader's armor. Its derivation is debated: either from ταλαύρινον (a type of breastplate) or as a compound of τάλαινα ('to suffer') and ὀρῦν ('to rouse'), though the former is standard in scholia. The phrase functions as a metonymic self-designation for the comic poet's persona, evoking the Homeric 'man of many devices' or the heroic endurance of a hoplite, yet twisted for comic effect in the context of the Dicaeopolis' self-aggrandizement.