Aristophanes Clouds 922

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.) — 889-1104 focus
Translations (2)
Clouds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Comedies of Aristophanes, Vol. I. Hickie, William James, translator. Bohn: London, 1853.) — 920 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.) — 920 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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Τήλεφος εἶναι Μυσὸς φάσκων,
The sentence presents a crux in textual transmission regarding the attribution of the participle φάσκων. While the majority of manuscripts (e.g., codex A) read φάσκων ("claiming"), some scholia and earlier editors have suggested φάσας or an emendation to φάσκοντος to align with the expected genitive absolute or nominative construction depending on the preceding context. However, in this specific fragment from the parabasis or a dialogue, the nominative φάσκων functions as a direct appositive to Τήλεφος, creating a compressed narrative style where the participle carries the weight of a reported speech act without an explicit verb of saying. This usage of the present participle φάσκων as a narrative device to introduce a character's self-identification is distinct from the more common aorist or imperfect forms found in similar biographical introductions in Old Comedy.