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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.) — 756 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.) — 756 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.) — 756 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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ἕψοντος ἑτερου τὴν χύτραν ὑφειλόμην.
The verb ὑφειλόμην (aorist middle of ὑφείλω) is rare in the comic corpus and here functions with a specific causal nuance: 'I would have taken it [to the potter's] to be boiled, had another not been boiling the pot.' This construction implies a missed opportunity or a specific condition of dependency that is characteristic of Aristophanic hyperbole regarding the absurdity of the Paphlagonian's domestic encroachments. The form ὑφειλόμην, while etymologically related to 'to take under' (ὑφίημι), here carries the sense of 'to entrust' or 'to take for the purpose of,' a usage clarified by the context of the χύτρα (cooking pot) being the object of the action.