Aristophanes Knights 973

ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.

Knights. Aristophanes. ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.. New York. 1938.

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Ἱππῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 973 focus
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δοῖδυξ οὐδὲ τορύνη.
δοῖδυξ (doîdyx) and τορύνη (torýnē) are technical military terms for specific types of spears or javelins; their pairing here serves as a synecdoche for military equipment, but the specific distinction between the two weapons (the former likely a lighter javelin, the latter a heavier thrusting spear) is crucial for understanding the satirical precision of the text regarding the hoplite's armament.