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- κ397Καρκίνου ποιήματαKarkinos' poems, Carcinus' poemsMenander in False Heracles [sc. uses the phrase]. Meaning riddling [ones]. For Karkinos, when depicting Orestes [departing?] from Ilion [and] compelled to admit that he had killed his mother, made him reply in riddles.
- ε3402Εὐδαιμονέστερος τῶν Καρκίνου στροβίλωνhappier than the pirouettes of KarkinosMeaning most unhappy. [Said] in irony. 'Pirouettes' is what Aristophanes is calling the sons of the poet Karkinos, whom he has previously called 'quails' and 'long-shaped wallet-necks' because of their bodily sharpness. Alternatively, joking …
- α564ἈερόπηAerope… name is also the title of plays by Agathon and Carcinus.
- δ89ΔᾶτιςDatis… a contemporary (and target) of Aristophanes, Xenocles the son of Carcinus. [2] To Delion in Boeotia; a quotation of Herodotus 6.118.1-2 (web address 2). [3] "I am pleased", "I am being gladdened", "I am …