Aristophanes Lysistrata 1203

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Lysistrata. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

English (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)
Λυσιστράτη Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 1203 focus
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Lysistrata (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Jack Lindsay). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1203 focus

Commentary

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ὁ δʼ ἄρτος ἀπὸ χοίνικος ἰδεῖν μάλα νεανίας.
The phrase 'ἀπὸ χοίνικος' presents a syntactical crux: the preposition ἀπό normally governs the genitive, yet χοίνιξ (a unit of measure) typically appears in the accusative in constructions denoting quantity (e.g., 'a loaf of a choinix' or 'a loaf weighing a choinix'). Here, the genitive χοίνικος suggests either a rare idiomatic usage implying 'from the measure of a choinix' or a textual corruption where the accusative χοίνικον was intended. The construction is unusual enough to warrant noting the tension between standard metric usage and the attested genitive form in this comic context, where Aristophanes may be playing on the ambiguity of 'from' (origin/measure) versus 'by' (quantity).