Aristophanes Knights 660

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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.) — 658 focus
κἄγωγʼ ὅτε δὴ γʼνων τοῖς βολίτοις ἡττημένος,
διακοσίαισι βουσὶν ὑπερηκόντισα,
τῇ δʼ Ἀγροτέρᾳ κατὰ χιλιῶν παρῄνεσα
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εὐχὴν ποιήσασθαι χιμάρων εἰς αὔριον,
αἱ τριχίδες εἰ γενοίαθʼ ἑκατὸν τοὐβολοῦ.
ἐκαραδόκησεν εἰς ἔμʼ ἡ βουλὴ πάλιν.
ὁ δὲ ταῦτʼ ἀκούσας ἐκπλαγεὶς ἐφληνάφα.
κᾆθʼ εἷλκον αὐτὸν οἱ πρυτάνεις χοἰ τοξόται.
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οἱ δʼ ἐθορύβουν περὶ τῶν ἀφύων ἑστηκότες·
ὁ δʼ ἠντεβόλει γʼ αὐτοὺς ὀλίγον μεῖναι χρόνον,
ἵνʼ ἅτθʼ ὁ κῆρυξ οὑκ Λακεδαίμονος λέγει
πύθησθʼ, ἀφῖκται γὰρ περὶ σπονδῶν, λέγων.
οἱ δʼ ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος ἅπαντες ἀνέκραγον·
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νυνὶ περὶ σπονδῶν; ἐπειδή γʼ ὦ μέλε
ᾔσθοντο τὰς ἀφύας παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀξίας.
οὐ δεόμεθα σπονδῶν· ὁ πόλεμος ἑρπέτω.
ἐκεκράγεσάν τε τοὺς πρυτάνεις ἀφιέναι·
εἶθʼ ὑπερεπήδων τοὺς δρυφάκτους πανταχῇ.
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ἐγὼ δὲ τὰ κορίαννʼ ἐπριάμην ὑποδραμὼν
ἅπαντα τά τε γήτεἰ ὅσʼ ἦν ἐν τἀγορᾷ·
ἔπειτα ταῖς ἀφύαις ἐδίδουν ἡδύσματα
ἀποροῦσιν αὐτοῖς προῖκα κἀχαριζόμην.
οἱ δʼ ὑπερεπῄνουν ὑπερεπύππαζόν τέ με
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ἅπαντες οὕτως ὥστε τὴν βουλὴν ὅλην
ὀβολοῦ κοριάννοις ἀναλαβὼν ἐλήλυθα.
Translations (2)
Knights (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 658 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.) — 658 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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τῇ δʼ Ἀγροτέρᾳ κατὰ χιλιῶν παρῄνεσα
The phrase 'κατὰ χιλιῶν' (according to thousands) is an elliptical construction where the preposition 'κατά' governs the genitive plural to indicate a rate or measure of action, here meaning 'by the thousand' or 'in thousands.' This usage is characteristic of the colloquial, hyperbolic style of Old Comedy, where precise numerical quantification is often replaced by vague, exaggerated magnitudes for comic effect. The construction parallels other idiomatic uses of 'κατά' + genitive to denote a standard or measure (e.g., 'κατὰ μύρια' for 'in myriads'), but its specific application here to the act of advising ('παρῄνεσα') creates a syntactic tension that requires the reader to infer the implied object of the quantification (i.e., the number of people advised).