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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.) — 56 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.) — 56 focus

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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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ἔπειτʼ ἔγημα Μεγακλέους τοῦ Μεγακλέους
The double use of the name Μεγακλέους (genitive of Megacles) is a deliberate comic device highlighting the absurdity of the name's recurrence within a single phrase, a technique characteristic of Aristophanic wordplay where the repetition serves to mock the speaker's pretension or the obscurity of the genealogy. This specific construction echoes a known comedic trope found elsewhere in the play (e.g., 545) where the repetition of a name is used to satirize the pedantic enumeration of lineage.