Aristophanes Frogs 1361

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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
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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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σὺ δʼ ὦ Διὸς διπύρους ἀνέχουσα
The epithet διπύρους (double-baked) is a rare and distinctive hapax legomenon in Aristophanes, used here to describe the cakes offered to Demeter (implied by the context of the sentence, though the noun is elided). This specific compound adjective highlights the ritualistic preparation of the 'bikatos' or 'bikatos' cakes, which were central to the Thesmophoria festival, a key context for the play's satire of the Eleusinian mysteries. The use of this precise technical term for a ritual object, rather than a generic word for 'cake', signals Aristophanes' engagement with the specific liturgical vocabulary of the cult, grounding the comic address in the actual material culture of the mystery rites.