Aristophanes Clouds 1030

Table of Contents

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

Clouds. 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)
Νεφέλαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1105-1112 focus
Translations (2)
Clouds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.) — 1034 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.) — 1034 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

1030. mvp-tlg0019-tlg003-sanjaya-com-eng1-79

Line 1030

τῶν προτέρων†· πρὸς τάδε σʼ ὦ κομψοπρεπῆ μοῦσαν ἔχων,
The text presents a significant crux at the end of the first hemistich: τῶν προτέρων†. The critical symbol (†) indicates that the transmitted text is corrupt or incomplete at this point. The phrase 'of the former' lacks a governing verb or clear syntactic connection to the following address to the Muse, creating a logical gap. Scholars have proposed various conjectures to fill the lacuna, ranging from emending the text to restoring a lost verb of comparison or attribution, as the current reading leaves the thought hanging and syntactically disjointed from the imperative 'ἔχων' (having) that follows.