Aristophanes Acharnians 929

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Acharnians. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

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.

Editions (1)
Ἀχαρνῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 929-958 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.) — 929 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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πυρορραγὲς
This hapax legomenon in Aristophanes is a compound adjective, literally 'wheat-splintered' or 'wheat-split,' used here as a vocative address to the character Dicaeopolis. The word is a comic coinage combining πυρός (wheat) and ῥαγνύμι (to split), functioning as a metaphor for someone who has been 'split open' or thoroughly beaten, likely alluding to the physical violence of the marketplace or the character's desperate state. The formation is syntactically regular but semantically unique to this context, creating a grotesque image of Dicaeopolis as a broken grain, which is typical of Aristophanes' linguistic inventiveness in the parabasis or early scenes of the play.