Ἀριστοφάνης

Aristophanes

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 31 Jul 2001 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions

Translation

A Rhodian or Lindian, though some said an Egyptian, some a Kameirean; but an Athenian by adoption; for he was admitted to citizenship among them; a comic poet, son of Philippos, born [or: lived] during the wars in the 114th Olympiad,¹ the inventor of the tetrameter and octameter.² He had sons [named] Ararotes, Philippos, Philetairos,³ comic poets [themselves]. But some have recorded that he was also a freedman. His plays are 44 -- but we have studied⁴ the following plays of Aristophanes: Acharnians, Frogs, Peace, Ecclesiazusae, Thesmophoriazusae, Knights, Lysistrata, Clouds, Birds, Wealth, Wasps.⁵

Greek original

Ἀριστοφάνης, Ῥόδιος ἤτοι Λίνδιος, οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιον ἔφασαν, οἱ δὲ Καμειρέα· θέσει δὲ Ἀθηναῖος· ἐπολιτογραφήθη γὰρ παρ' αὐτοῖς· κωμικὸς, υἱὸς Φιλίππου, γεγονὼς ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι κατὰ τὴν ριδʹ Ὀλυμπιάδα, εὑρετὴς τοῦ τετραμέτρου καὶ ὀκταμέτρου· παῖδας σχὼν Ἀραρότα, Φίλιππον, Φιλέταιρον, κωμικούς. τινὲς δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπόδουλον ἱστορήκασι. δράματα δὲ αὐτοῦ μδʹ. ἅπερ δὲ πεπράχαμεν Ἀριστοφάνους δράματα ταῦτα· Ἀχαρνεῖς, Βάτραχοι, Εἰρήνη, Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι, Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι, Ἱππεῖς, Λυσιστράτη, Νεφέλαι, Ὄρνιθες, Πλοῦτος, Σφῆκες.

Betacode

*)aristofa/nhs, *(ro/dios h)/toi *li/ndios, oi( de\ *ai)gu/ption e)/fasan, oi( de\ *kameire/a: qe/sei de\ *)aqhnai=os: e)politografh/qh ga\r par' au)toi=s: kwmiko\s, ui(o\s *fili/ppou, gegonw\s e)n toi=s a)gw=si kata\ th\n rid# *)olumpia/da, eu(reth\s tou= tetrame/trou kai\ o)ktame/trou: pai=das sxw\n *)araro/ta, *fi/lippon, *file/tairon, kwmikou/s. tine\s de\ au)to\n kai\ a)po/doulon i(storh/kasi. dra/mata de\ au)tou= md#. a(/per de\ pepra/xamen *)aristofa/nous dra/mata tau=ta: *)axarnei=s, *ba/traxoi, *ei)rh/nh, *)ekklhsia/zousai, *qesmoforia/zousai, *(ippei=s, *lusistra/th, *nefe/lai, *)/orniqes, *plou=tos, *sfh=kes.

Notes (5)

See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Aristophanes(1)' (pp.157-9).
The present entry is a horrible mixture of fact (e.g. son of Philippos, father of Araros[sic]) and fantasy. Mary Lefkowitz, The Lives of the Greek Poets (London 1981) 112, reasonably comments: "All these conflicting nationalities sound as if they came from allegations in comedies ... Saying that he was given citizenship looks like a biographer's attempt to resolve the conflict created by his predecessors." On the date given see note 1 below.
1324-321. The figure is evidently corrupt, as Kuster noted. Adler (addenda) notes scholars' attempts to turn it into '94th' (404-401). ↩
2cf. tau 395 (end) and omicron 127. ↩
3phi 308. ↩
4This meaning of the verb pra/ttw is striking enough to merit mention in LSJ s.v. ↩
5More than 5000 Suda entries, in fact, derive from the text of and/or scholia to Aristophanes; and -- to take an admittedly extreme example -- almost a quarter, all told, of the text of Lysistrata is quoted.

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Linked from (2)

α1572ἈμειψίαςAmeipsias, Amipsias α3737ἈραρώςAraros

Neighbours in Adler order

α3929ἈριστοτέληςAristoteles, Aristotle α3930ἈριστοτέληςAristotle, Aristoteles α3931Ἀριστοτόκειαbearing the best children α3932ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanes α3933ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanes α3934Ἀριστόχειρbest-handed, valor-won α3935ἈρίστωνAriston, Aristo

Revisions (8)

31 Jul 2014David Whiteheadupdated a ref
24 Jan 2014David Whiteheadexpanded n.1
24 Jan 2014David Whiteheadanother x-ref
12 Apr 2012David Whiteheadmore keywords; tweaking
14 Oct 2005Elizabeth VandiverAdded italics; corrected typo; cosmetics
1 Aug 2001David Whiteheadadded notes and keywords; cosmetics
31 Jul 2001Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*)aristofa/nhs, *(ro/dios h)/toi *li/ndios, oi( de\ *ai)gu/ption e)/fasan, oi( de\ *kameire/a: qe/sei de\ *)aqhnai=os: e)politografh/qh ga\r par' au)toi=s: kwmiko\s, ui(o\s *fili/ppou, gegonw\s e)n toi=s a)gw=si kata\ th\n rid# *)olumpia/da, eu(reth\s tou= tetrame/trou kai\ o)ktame/trou: pai=das sxw\n *)araro/ta, *fi/lippon, *file/tairon, kwmikou/s. tine\s de\ au)to\n kai\ a)po/doulon i(storh/kasi. dra/mata de\ au)tou= md#. a(/per de\ pepra/xamen *)aristofa/nous dra/mata tau=ta: *)axarnei=s, *ba/traxoi, *ei)rh/nh, *)ekklhsia/zousai, *qesmoforia/zousai, *(ippei=s, *lusistra/th, *nefe/lai, *)/orniqes, *plou=tos, *sfh=kes.

Notes (5)

See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Aristophanes(1)' (pp.157-9).
The present entry is a horrible mixture of fact (e.g. son of Philippos, father of Araros[sic]) and fantasy. Mary Lefkowitz, The Lives of the Greek Poets (London 1981) 112, reasonably comments: "All these conflicting nationalities sound as if they came from allegations in comedies ... Saying that he was given citizenship looks like a biographer's attempt to resolve the conflict created by his predecessors." On the date given see note 1 below.

1324-321. The figure is evidently corrupt, as Kuster noted. Adler (addenda) notes scholars' attempts to turn it into '94th' (404-401). ↩

2cf. tau 395 (end) and omicron 127. ↩

3phi 308. ↩

4This meaning of the verb pra/ttw is striking enough to merit mention in LSJ s.v. ↩

5More than 5000 Suda entries, in fact, derive from the text of and/or scholia to Aristophanes; and -- to take an admittedly extreme example -- almost a quarter, all told, of the text of Lysistrata is quoted.