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Thesmophoriazusae. 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)
Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 312 focus
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Thesmophoriazusae (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 312 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.) — 312 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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Λατοῦς χρυσώπιδος ἔρνος,
The phrase is an epithet for Apollo, literally 'offspring of the golden-eyed Leto.' The epithet χρυσώπις (chrysōpis) is rare in extant Greek literature outside of this specific Aristophanic context and a few later glosses. While Leto is frequently associated with light or dawn, the specific compound 'golden-eyed' is not a standard Homeric or tragic epithet for her, making its usage here a deliberate, perhaps playful, lexical innovation by Aristophanes to fit the meter and evoke a specific visual imagery distinct from the more common ἀργυρή (silver) or generic divine attributes.