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Frogs. 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)
Βάτραχοι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 1296 focus
Translations (2)
Frogs (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Matthew Dillon). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1296 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.) — 1296 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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σὺν δορὶ καὶ χερὶ πράκτορι θούριος ὄρνις,
The noun πράκτορι is a rare hapax legomenon in this context, functioning as a substantive adjective or noun meaning 'agent' or 'instrumental agent' (literally 'one who brings to pass'). Here, it creates a striking synecdoche or metonymy: the 'bird of fury' (Thourios) is not merely acting with spear and hand, but is identified as the 'agent' of those very weapons, personifying the violence itself. This usage is distinct from the more common adjectival use of πράκτωρ, and the construction σὺν ... πράκτορι ('with the agent') is syntactically unusual, suggesting the spear and hand are the means by which the 'furious bird' acts as an instrument of destruction, or conversely, that the bird is the active principle ('agent') behind the martial tools.