Aristophanes Clouds 10

Clouds. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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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.)

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Editions (1)
Νεφέλαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 0-261 focus
Translations (2)
Clouds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.) — 1 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.) — 1 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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ἐν πέντε σισύραις ἐγκεκορδυλημένος.
The phrase ἐγκεκορδυλημένος is a hapax legomenon in the extant corpus of Aristophanes, derived from κώρδυλος (a type of coarse, rough woolen garment or, more broadly, a shaggy cloak). The perfect middle/passive participle suggests a state of being 'shrouded' or 'wrapped up' in these five 'sisyrai' (a specific, likely rustic, type of woolen cloak or mantle). The construction is syntactically straightforward but semantically opaque without knowledge of the specific material culture of the term σίσυρα, which appears elsewhere only in comic fragments or glosses, indicating a deliberate use of archaic or technical vocabulary to characterize the subject's ragged, impoverished, or rustic appearance, fitting the play's satire of the Sophists' ascetic affectations.