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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.) — 675 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.) — 675 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.) — 675 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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χἠ Φερρέφατθʼ, ἅτʼ ὄντε κἀκείνω θεώ.
The form ἅτʼ ὄντε is a Doric dialectal variant of the Attic ἅτινά ἐστιν (or ἅτινές ἐστιν), meaning 'which are also'. The use of the Doric dual/plural form ὄντε (Attic ὄντες) alongside the Doric relative pronoun ἅτʼ (Attic ἅτιν) signals Aristophanes' deliberate adoption of a non-Attic, likely choral or 'high' style register here to evoke the solemnity of the Eleusinian mysteries associated with Persephone (Pherephatta). This is not a simple grammatical irregularity but a stylistic marker distinguishing the speech of the chorus or the invoked deity from the Attic vernacular of the other characters.