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Two notes on the Birds of Aristophanes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

E. K. Borthwick
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1967

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page 248 note 1 Cf. Hsch. κρ⋯δη συκ⋯, Poll. 4. 129, κρ⋯δην γ⋯ρ τ⋯ν ςυκ⋯ν καλο⋯ςιν οἱ Ἀττικο⋯ Theoph. H.P. ii. 5. 4, etc. For the ubiquitous syco-phaxit joke in Ar. (e.g. Vesp. 145, 897), see Taillardat, Les images d'Aristophane p. 423 ff., and cf. the perversion of Horn. Od. vii. 120 attributed to Aristotle (D.L. v. 9).

page 248 note 2 Feeling the want of such a connexion, Blass suggested κ⋯δων in line 41, for which δικ⋯ν was an intrusive gloss; see Hermes xliii (1908), 176.

page 249 note 1 For the generalized use even in a technical reference, cf. Dem. xxxix. 16 δ⋯κην ⋯στρατε⋯ας (although this was a γραφ⋯).

page 249 note 2 So also he is πραγματοδ⋯φης (1424) for which Luc. Lex. ix has the equivalent δικοδ⋯φης.

page 249 note 3 ζητο⋯ντε τ⋯πον ⋯πρ⋯γμονα (44): cf. the tribulations of ⋯πρ⋯γμονες in Vesp. 1040–1.

page 249 note 4 γραφα⋯ are less frequently referred to in Ar., and in Nub. 1481–3, Ach. 679, 684, 714 one can see the interchangeability of the two terms as described in Poll. viii. 41 quoted above. Cf. also Vesp. 421 ⋯ν δ⋯κῃ το⋯ Γοργ⋯ου ith Av. 1701, whefe the sycophantic background is evident.

page 249 note 5 Cf. Heracl. Com. fr. 1. 5, Men. Th. fr. I. 12, Ar. H.A. 558b15, Epict. ii. 2. 13 Athen. 655 c. Itsopposite ⋯γενν⋯ς in Men. loc. cit., Pl. Theaet. 164 c; cf. Luc. Anach. 37.

page 249 note 6 See my article, ‘Death of a Fighting Cock’, C.R. lxxx (1966), 4–5. With regard to hoopoes and cocks, one might cite Hsch. ἔπωπα ⋯λεκτρυ⋯ναἅγριον.

page 250 note 1 The occurrence of Callias and Midias together in Luc. J.Tr1. 48, J.Conf. 16, suggests a regular association of this pair.

page 250 note 2 Cf. Plat. Alc.I 1120 a, Plat. Com. fr. 108. According to Phryn. fr. 41, however, he was also περ⋯ ⋯λ⋯κτορας ⋯σπουδακώς.

page 250 note 3 On this difficult line, see my article ‘The Dances of Philocleon and the Sons of Carcinus in Aristophanes’ Wasps' (to appear in C.Q.).