Aristophanes Frogs 1351

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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.) — 1370 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.) — 1370 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.) — 1370 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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φέρουσʼ ἀποδοίμαν·
The verb ἀποδοίμαν is an optative of ἀποδίδωμι in the first person singular, functioning as a curse (optative of wish). The form is metrically contracted from ἀποδοίμην (or ἄποδον), a rare morphological variant in tragedy and comedy where the augment and the ending are fused or the augment is omitted in the optative, creating a specific metrical fit for the iambic trimeter here. This construction is distinct from the more common indicative or subjunctive forms and highlights the performative, imprecatory nature of the speaker's wish for the addressee to 'pay the penalty' or 'make restitution' in a context of intense hostility.