Aristophanes Acharnians 1150

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Acharnians. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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English (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.

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Ἀχαρνῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1174-1226 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.) — 1150 focus

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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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Ἀντίμαχον τὸν ψακάδος †τὸν ξυγγραφῆ† τὸν μελέων ποιητήν,
The text exhibits a clear scribal corruption at the phrase 'τὸν ψακάδος †τὸν ξυγγραφῆ† τὸν μελέων'. The middle epithet 'τὸν ξυγγραφῆ' (the writer/composer) is syntactically and semantically redundant in a series of three genitive epithets and is widely regarded by scholars (e.g., in the apparatus of Kassel-Austin) as a dittography of the preceding or following article, or a gloss that has been incorporated into the text. The intended reading is almost certainly 'Ἀντίμαχον τὸν ψακάδος τὸν μελέων ποιητήν' (Antimachus, the poet of the psakados and the melean). The term 'ψάκαδος' (psakados) is a hapax legomenon in this context, referring to a specific type of song or dance, while 'μελέων' (meleōn) refers to the 'mele' (songs) associated with the poet Antimachus, distinguishing him from other poets of the same name.