The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1

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Аристофан

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2018

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108

Smicythes, King of Thrace, spoken of in the oracle as a woman, doubtless on account of his cowardice. The word pursue is here used in a double sense, viz. in battle and in law. It is on account of this latter meaning, that Aristophanes adds "and her spouse," because in cases in which women were sued at law, their husbands were summoned as conjointly liable.

109

Because he had smashed up and turned upside down the fortunes of Athens.

110

The pun—rather a far-fetched one—is between the words [Greek: D_orh_osti] (in the Dorian mode) and [Greek: d_orhon] (a bribe).

111

A Boeotian soothsayer.

112

A name invented by the Sausage-seller on the spur of the moment, to cap Cleon's boast.

113

That is, Athenian; Erectheus was an ancient mythical King of Athens.

114

That is, the tributes paid to Athens by the Aegaean Islands, whether allies or subjects.

115

The Lacedaemonian prisoners from Sphacteria, so often referred to.

116

That is, Athenian; Cecrops was the first King of Athens, according to the legends.

117

There were three towns of this name in different parts of Greece.

118

There is a pun here which it is impossible to render in English; the Greek [Greek: Pylos](Pylos) differs by only one letter from the word meaning a bath-tub ([Greek: Pyelos]).

119

Cleon was reproached by his enemies with paying small attention to the regular payment of the sailors.

120

Another poetical term to signify Athenian; Aegeus, an ancient mythical King of Athens, father of Theseus.

121

Impudent as a dog and cunning as a fox.

122

An orator and statesman of the day; practically nothing is known about him.

123

Another orator and statesman, accused apparently of taking bribes.

124

As pointed out before, the orators were fond of dragging Athené continually into their speeches.

125

One of Cleon's protégés and flatterers. The scholiasts say he was his secretary.

126

Terms borrowed from the circus races.

127

Terms borrowed from the circus races.

128

That is, at the expense of other folk.

129

Pieces of bread, hollowed out, which were filled with mincemeat or soup.

130

Both Greeks and Romans drank their wine mixed with water.

131

After his success in the Sphacteria affair Cleon induced the people to vote him a chaplet of gold.

132

That is, by means of the mechanical device of the Greek stage known as the [Greek: ekkukl_ema].