Aristophanes Peace 1165

Table of Contents

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

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

1165. mvp-tlg0019-tlg005-sanjaya-com-eng1-46

Line 1165

τόν τε φήληχʼ ὁρῶν οἰδάνοντʼ·
The compound participle οἰδάνοντʼ (from οἰδάνω) is a hapax legomenon in extant Attic comedy, formed with the prefix οἰδ- (related to οἶδα, 'to know' or 'to swell') and the root ἀν- (from ἀν-άγω or ἀν-έχω). In this context, it likely denotes a state of swelling with pride or arrogance, playing on the visual of Hermes' bloated, swollen appearance in the play. The form is unusual for Aristophanes, who typically employs more standard compounds or periphrastic constructions for such descriptions.