Aristophanes Knights 1287

Knights. 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)
Ἱππῆς Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1290 focus
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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.) — 1290 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.) — 1290 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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καὶ Πολυμνήστεια ποιῶν καὶ ξυνὼν Οἰωνίχῳ.
The phrase 'καὶ Πολυμνήστεια ποιῶν καὶ ξυνὼν Οἰωνίχῳ' presents a significant crux regarding the identity and grammatical function of the proper nouns. While 'Οἰωνίχῳ' is the dative of 'Οἰωνίχης' (a known figure, often identified as a comic poet or a specific type of seer), 'Πολυμνήστεια' is problematic. It appears to be a coined adjective or a proper noun in the accusative, yet it lacks clear attestation in standard lexica outside this specific Aristophanic context. The construction 'ποιῶν ... ξυνὼν' (doing/making ... and being together with) suggests a parallel action, but the semantic link between 'Poly Mnesteia' (perhaps 'much wooing' or a pun on the name 'Poly' and 'Mnesteia') and the dative 'Oionichō' is obscure. Some editors have conjectured 'Πολυμνήστει' (dative) to match 'ξυνὼν', while others argue for 'Πολυμνήστεια' as a substantive (e.g., 'the Poly Mnesteia' or a specific type of dance or ritual). The lack of parallel usage and the potential for a pun on 'μνᾶ' (weight) or 'μνᾶ' (memory) versus 'μνᾶ' (wooing) makes this a genuine lexical and syntactical difficulty requiring specific commentary on the textual variants and the intended wordplay.