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ὅ τι; †τῶν στρατηγῶν ὑποδραμὼν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου, †
The text is corrupted at this point in the manuscript tradition. The symbols † indicate a lacuna or a corrupt reading in the primary manuscripts (specifically the 'A' and 'E' families). Most editors reconstruct the phrase as ὑποδραμὼν τῶν στρατηγῶν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου ('having run under the feet of the generals from Pylos') or similar, but the exact wording is uncertain. The participle ὑποδραμὼν (aorist active participle of ὑποδραμω) is rare in this specific construction with the genitive of the person 'run under,' though the metaphor of 'running under' (subservience or cowardice) is a known Aristophanic trope. The corruption likely obscures the specific object of the participle or a preceding preposition, making the syntactic relationship between the generals and the action ambiguous without conjecture.
Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.