Aristophanes Knights 1264

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Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

English (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.) — 1264 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.) — 1264 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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ἢ θοᾶν ἵππων ἐλατῆρας ἀείδειν, †μηδὲν ἐσ† Λυσίστρατον,
The text is corrupted at the line break. The symbol † indicates a lacuna in the manuscript tradition. The phrase 'μηδὲν ἐσ' Λυσίστρατον' is nonsensical as written; editors (e.g., Dobree, Hermann) have conjectured that the missing word is likely 'ἔστιν' (is) or a verb like 'ἔστω' (let it be), or that the phrase is a later interpolation or a garbled reference to the character Lysistrata who appears in a different play. The most widely accepted emendation, restoring the meter and sense, is 'μηδὲν ἐστὶν Λυσίστρατον' (there is nothing [to do] with Lysistrata) or a similar construction, though the specific corruption here involves the verb 'εἶναι' being obscured or the name 'Λυσίστρατον' being a scribal error for a different target or a metrical placeholder. The passage is a famous crux where the text likely read something like 'ἢ θοᾶν ἵππων ἐλατῆρας ἀείδειν, μηδὲν ἐστὶν Λυσίστρατον' (or a similar variant), but the exact restoration remains debated due to the lacuna and the apparent incongruity of invoking Lysistrata in this specific context of the Knights.

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σᾶς ἁπτόμενος φαρέτρας Πυθῶνι δίᾳ μὴ κακῶς πένεσθαι.
The phrase ἁπτόμενος φαρέτρας presents a syntactically irregular construction: the verb ἁπτόμαι, which typically governs the dative case when meaning 'to touch' or 'to approach,' here takes the accusative φαρέτρας. This construction is not merely a variant but reflects a specific usage where the accusative denotes the object of contact in a more direct, physical sense, possibly influenced by the poetic context of invoking the Pythian tripod or the quiver of Apollo. The dative would be expected in standard prose, making this a notable deviation in the comic register.