Aristophanes Peace 1164

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Peace. 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)
Εἰρήνη Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1191-1304 focus
Translations (2)
Peace (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1159 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.) — 1159 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

1164. mvp-tlg0019-tlg005-sanjaya-com-eng1-45

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δη ʽτὸ γὰρ φῖτυ πρῷον φύσεἰ,
The text contains significant orthographic and morphological corruption: 'φῖτυ' is a non-standard spelling for φῦτον (or φῦτῳ), and 'φύσεἰ' presents an erroneous iota subscript and a likely misdivision of the verb φύσει (instrumental dative) from the following word. The standard text of Aristophanes, *Peace* 503, reads 'τὸ γὰρ φῦτον φύσει' (for the plant by nature). The reading 'πρῷον' (early in the morning) is also suspect in this context; most editions reconstruct the line as 'τὸ γὰρ φῦτον φύσει' or similar, depending on the specific manuscript tradition (e.g., Codex Ambrosianus vs. Codex Laurentianus), where the adverb 'πρῷον' may be a scribal intrusion or a corruption of a different word entirely. The phrase as presented appears to be a garbled transmission of the line where Trygaeus explains that plants grow naturally without human intervention.