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κ2467Κρονικαὶ λῆμαιold-fashioned blindspots, old-fashioned eye-rheums… as claimed, become proverbial: see Diogenianus 6.63) is generated from Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 581 (web address 1 below); and the entry as a whole draws on that line -- never actually quoted here -- …Matched in noteshighshort
γ19Γάλα ὀρνίθωνbirds' milkFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 729-735 (web address 1), quoted (with slight abridgment) at the end of the entry. (Aristophanes' "festivities," qali/as, has here become qalei/as "abundances", probably a pronunciation-based error arising in …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2798Κυφόνbent… 2799). Theodoridis notes Naber's opinion that it is quoted from Aristophanes, Acharnians 703, and adds another Aristophanic suggestion of his own (Plutus [Wealth] 266). [2] In this version of a Greek proverb the adjective …Matched in noteshighshort
α3771Ἀργεῖοι φῶρεςArgive thievescf. alpha 3770. [1] Aristophanes fr. 57 Kock, now 60 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
α2310ἈνέρριπτονI was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air… Asinius Pollio. See epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2601. [3] Aristophanes, fr.929 PCG vol.3.2 (= 673 Kock). This metaphor for one's life as a gambled die must be spoken by a person who finds …Matched in noteshighshort
δ231Δεξιὸν εἰς ὑπόδημα ἀριστερὸν εἰς ποδονίπτρανright (foot) into a sandal (but) left into a foot-bathProverbial -- with this explanation, but without 'Aristophanes' -- in Zenobius 3.36; see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1625. A hexameter line, with hiatus between u(po/dhma and a)ristero/n. The 'Aristophanes' in question here …Matched in noteshighshort
α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… nicknamed Halmion because of his bitterness, pikri/a. J. Taillardat discusses Aristophanes' use of 'vinegar' as a metaphor for a bitter character (Les Images d'Aristophane, 1965, 197-98). When Cratinus (fr. 6 Kock and Kassel-Austin) calls …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1736ΚλεώνυμοςKleonymos, Cleonymus[1] Literally: shield-thrower(-away). See generally rho 189. [2] Aristophanes, Peace 444-6 (here abridged); it has the optative pa/sxoi for what is transmitted here as the indicative pa/sxei. See web address 1. For taxiarchs see …Matched in noteshighshort
κ259Κάλωςcord[1] cf. kappa 255 [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 756 (where nothing quite like this occurs; see rather under nu 602). Proverbial in Apostolius 2.99 and other paroemiographers. See also pi 221. …Matched in noteshighshort
δ286Δεῦρ' ἴθιcome here[1] Aristophanes, Clouds 58 (web address 1 below), with scholion -- the latter preceded here by comment which treats the phrase as proverbial.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1379Κεραυνόςthunderbolt… this means here is not clear. [3] An approximation of Aristophanes, Clouds 399-400 (web address 1); cf. sigma 447. [4] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 696 (= the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 24.538); …Matched in noteshighshort
β410Βοτρυόδωροςgrape-givingcf. generally beta 408, beta 409. [1] Aristophanes, Peace 520 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [2] (Referred to as such by Julian, Orations 7.225B.) In Apostolius 5.5 and other …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2464Κρόμμυα ἐσθίεινto eat onions… From Diogenes Laertius 1.83. For Bias see beta 270. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 798, followed by comment from the scholia there (unhelpful: this is a retort to an offer of a kiss). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1684Ἐξέχειν τὸν ἥλιονthe sun to shine out… Hesychius epsilon3821. [1] Not, however, in the standard proverb-collections. [2] Aristophanes fr. 389 Kock (404 K.-A.). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 771-2 (with 'will be'): web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
α4307Ἀτταγᾶςpartridge… Black Francolin or Black Partridge, see Nan Dunbar's edition of Aristophanes' Birds (Oxford 1995) 220-1.) [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 249 and 245 (web address 1 below). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 257 (web …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2735Ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δεῖ σ' ἐκεῖ στρεβλούμενον εἰπεῖν ἃ πεπανούργηκαςyou must be racked there on the wheel and declare your villainiesAristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 875 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. See also tau 1072. (Not, despite what is implied here, in the paroemiographers.)Matched in noteshighshort
λ860ΛυσικράτηςLysikrates, Lysicrates[1] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 735-6, addressed to a cooking-pot (web address 1); again at phi 103. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 630 (web address 2). [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 513: a bird "was standing …Matched in noteshighshort
λ294Λεπτὴν πλέκειhe is weaving a thin one… with either the indicative as here or the infinitive. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 740-1 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. pi 1344.Matched in noteshighshort
α1470Ἀμάθητοςignorant, simple… (518-527); cf. alpha 1952, iota 449, and Kaldellis (29). [3] Aristophanes, Birds 471 (web address 2), with scholion. [4] Aristophanes, Frogs 1445 (web address 3), with scholion; quoted more extensively at sigma 163.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2460Κροκωτόςkrokotos, saffron-colored robeSee also kappa 2461. [1] Aristophanes, Frogs 49-50 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. omicron 991. Dionysus, portrayed by Aristophanes as an effeminate coward, is attempting to impersonate Herakles. The speaker is Herakles himself. …Matched in noteshighshort
α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes, Acharnians 388-390 (web address 1 below), with scholia. Modern editors prefer tin to the transmitted th\n, i.e. "a" rather than "the" helmet.) On Hieronymos son of Xenophantes see also kappa 1768, where he …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε11Ἔαρος χρῄζειis in want of springAristophanes, Birds 1417 (web address 1), with scholion. (The preceding line, 1416, has mentioned a cloak.) The present headword phrase comes from those scholia, but appears as proverbial in its own right in Appendix …Matched in noteshighshort
χ414Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεταιhe is grieved at the choruses of the tragediansAristophanes, Birds 787-788 (web address 1: the Suda's e)kpeto/menos needs for metrical reasons to be e)kto/menos), immediately preceded by an explanation from the scholia to 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as …Matched in noteshighshort
α3053Ἀπερυθριάσαιto fail to blush… the quotation given, is aorist active infinitive of a)peruqria/w. [1] Aristophanes, Clouds 1215-16 (which does not have the intrusive gloss "borrowed and": see web address 1 below), with scholion. [2] Contrast pi 2188. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2027ΚοννᾶςKonnas, ConnasAristophanes, Knights 534 (web address 1), with scholion. See already under alpha 4576. [1] The Suda often calls pithy lines from Aristophanes "proverbs"; in this instance, as in many others, they do not feature …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2701Κυνῆdog-cap[1] Aristophanes, Birds 1203 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia; also at pi 1815. Cf. kappa 2698. [2] When triremes had their oars spread in preparation for navigation, they were said to …Matched in noteshighshort
α4570Ἀφαιρεῖν κροκύδαςto pluck off threads[1] Aristophanes fr. 657 Kock, now part of 689 K.-A. For a better-known instance see Theophrastus, Characters 2.3 (the Flatterer does this, and plucking grey hairs out of the beard, to the object of …Matched in noteshighshort
β392Βορβοροτάραξιo muck-raker[1] Aristophanes, Knights 309 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [2] Aeschylus, Eumenides 694-5 (web address 2 below); Zenobius 2.76. [3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); repeated at kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
α1143Ἀλλ' ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίοναςbut go and eat the pillars of MegaclesAristophanes, Clouds 815, with scholion. For "pillars of Megacles" as a pun on "pillars of Heracles" see the note to mu 354.Matched in noteshighshort
α1022Ἀκροφυσίων λόγουςwords from bellowsalpha 2874 (on Aristophanes fr.699 Kock, now 719 Kassel-Austin).Matched in noteshighshort