Aristophanes Knights 367

ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart

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Knights. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1906.

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Ἱππῆς (Greek) (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.)

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Knights (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 367 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.) — 367 focus

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ἡ βύρσα σου θρανεύσεται.
The verb θρανεύσεται is a rare future passive form derived from θρανεύω, a hapax legomenon in the comic corpus of Aristophanes (though attested elsewhere in later Greek with the sense 'to be drunk' or 'to be intoxicated'). In this context, it functions as a grotesque metaphor for the Paphlagonian (Cleon) being 'drunk' on his own power and corruption, a pun on the physical state of a drunkard and the moral state of a corrupt politician. The use of this specific, somewhat obscure verbal formation highlights the playwright's characteristic linguistic inventiveness in creating neologisms to mock his targets.