Aristophanes Frogs 1295

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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

1295. mvp-tlg0019-tlg009-sanjaya-com-eng1-71

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τοφλαττοθρατ τοφλαττοθρατ.
This line consists of the comic character Xanthias mimicking the sound of a frog, an onomatopoeic rendering of the croak 'βρέκεκεξ κοάξ κοάξ' (brekekex koax koax) that permeates the play's climax. The spelling 'τοφλαττοθρατ' represents the guttural, frog-like quality of the sound rather than a lexical word; it is a deliberate phonetic distortion intended to evoke the auditory experience of the chorus of frogs in the Underworld. This is a rare instance in Aristophanic comedy where the text relies almost entirely on non-lexical sound imitation to drive the humor, marking a transition from the human dialogue of the preceding scenes to the surreal, amphibian chorus that concludes the play.