Aristophanes Clouds 949

William James Hickie (Translator)

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Clouds. Aristophanes. William James Hickie (Translator). London. 1853.

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Current edition Perseus

Clouds (English) (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.)

Editions (1)
Νεφέλαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 949 focus
Translations (1)
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.) — 949 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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Line 949

νῦν δείξετον τὼ πισύνω τοῖς περιδεξίοισι
The sentence exhibits the distinctive Doric dialect of the Chorus of Clouds, specifically the dual number forms (τὼ, περιδεξίοισι) and the Doric genitive plural ending (-οισι) instead of the Attic -οις. While the dual is used for the 'right and left' hands (or wings), the use of the Doric dative plural ending -οισι for the instrumental case (or dative of respect) is a marked metrical and dialectal feature consistent with Aristophanes' imitation of the high, archaic style of Pindaric odes for this supernatural chorus, distinguishing it from the Attic Greek of the characters.