Type 5407
(formerly typ/3436)
Διὰ τὰς δίκας φεύγουσιν Ἀθήνας δύο τινές, | |
οἳ πρὸς τὸν ἔποπα τὸν λεγόμενον Τηρέα | |
ἐλθόντες ἠρώτων ἀπραγμόνων πόλιν. | |
Εἷς δ᾽ ὄρνις ἔποπι συμπαρὼν μετὰ πλειόνων | |
πτηνῶν διδάσκει τί δύνατ’ ὀρνίθων γένος, | |
καὶ πῶς ἐάνπερ κατὰ μέσον τὸν ἀέρα | |
πόλιν κτίσωσι, τῶν θεῶν τὰ πράγματα | |
αὐτοὶ παραλήψοντ’. Ἐκ δέ τοῦδε φαρμάκῳ | |
πτέρυγάς ἐποιοῦντ'· ἠξίωσαν δ’ οἱ θεοί, | |
ἐπίθεσιν οὐ μικρὰν ὁρῶντες γενομένην. |
Title(s) | Ἀριστοφάνους γραμματικοῦ |
Text status | Text completely known |
Editorial status | Critical text |
Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
Person(s) | |
Metre(s) | Other |
Subject(s) | Aristophanes (445 BC - 388 BC) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: |
Tag(s) | |
Critical Notes | 4 Εἷς δ᾽ ὄρνις Wilson ] Εἷς πρέσβυς Cougny 8 Ἐκ δέ τοῦδε φαρμάκῳ Wilson ] Ἐκ δέ τού γε φαρμάκου Cougny 9 ἐποιοῦντ' Wilson ] ἐποίουν Cougny |
Translation(s) |
Ob lites fugiunt Athenas duo quidam: qui ad Upupam, qui dicitur Tereus fuisse, cum venerunt, rogabant negotiis-vacuorum urbem. Unus e duobus senibus qui Upupae simul adstat cum pluribus alitibus, docet quid possit avium genus, et quomodo, si per medium aera urbem conderent, deorum res ipsi exciperent; ex aliquo autem veneno alas faciebant: aequum-censuere dii, cum novarum-rerum-molitionem non parvam factam viderent. |
Comment | = Anth. Gr. Append. III.89 Hypothesis of Aristophanes' Birds. |
Bibliography | |
Number of verses | 10 |
Occurrence(s) |
[22281] διὰ τὰς δίκας. φεύγουσιν ἀθηνᾶς δύο τινὲς
[12th c.]
VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 474 (coll. 842) [12th c.] (f. 94v) (10 verses) |
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Identification | |
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Last modified: 2019-06-26.