Κιφησοφῶν
Kiphesophon, Kephisophon
Translated by David Whitehead29 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
This man was a slave.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κιφησοφῶν· δοῦλος ἦν οὗτος.
Betacode
*kifhsofw=n: dou=los h)=n ou(=tos.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 944, where Kephisophon (sic) is mentioned (see web address 1). The Suda garbles his name both here and again at mu 1242.
In context in Frogs, as a poetic collaborator with Euripides, K. is most unlikely to be a slave. What has happened is that the scholiast is recalling Acharnians 393-403, where a slave of Euripides opens the door of his house; a slave who is (unwarrantably) named "Kephisophon" in the manuscripts.
References
Aristophanes, Frogs, edited with introduction and commentary by K.J. Dover (Oxford 1993) 53-4
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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