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Frogs. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

English (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.)

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Editions (1)
Βάτραχοι Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 2. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907.) — 438 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.) — 438 focus

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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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ἀλλʼ ἢ Διὸς Κόρινθος ἐν τοῖς στρώμασιν.
This line is a proverbial expression where the reader must supply the implied predicate (typically 'is not' or 'is no longer'). The phrase functions as a rhetorical denial of the value of the object mentioned; it asserts that Corinth, the city of Aphrodite, has no place in the speaker's current context (here, the underworld). The syntax relies on an elliptical construction common in Greek idiom but opaque without knowledge of the proverb's usage as a negative response to a proposed connection or value.

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παίζοντες οἷς μετουσία θεοφιλοῦς ἑορτῆς·
The phrase οἷς μετουσία θεοφιλοῦς ἑορτῆς presents a syntactic and semantic difficulty. The dative plural οἷς (relative pronoun) likely refers back to the chorus or the festive context, but its case relationship with μετουσία (a rare noun meaning 'sharing' or 'participation', often appearing in the phrase μετουσία τινός) is ambiguous. Some editors emend μετουσία to μετουσίᾳ (dative of means) or interpret it as a genitive dependent on a understood noun, suggesting a construction where the chorus 'plays with the participation in the god-loving festival.' The term μετουσία itself is exceptionally rare in Attic comedy outside this passage, appearing mostly in later philosophical or Christian texts, raising questions about whether Aristophanes is using a technical term or a nonce formation to evoke a sense of communal ritual.