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Type 5356
(formerly typ/3396)

	Βίβλοι Ἀριστοφάνευς, θεῖος πόνος, αἷσιν Ἀχαρνεὺς
	κισσὸς ἐπὶ χλοερὴν πουλὺς ἔσεισε κόμην·
	ἠνίδ’ ὅσον Διόνυσον ἔχει σελίς, οἷα δὲ μῦθοι
	ἠχεῦσιν φοβερῶν πληθόμενοι χαρίτων.
	Ὦ καὶ θυμὸν ἄριστε καὶ Ἑλλάδος ἤθεσιν ἶσα,
	κωμικέ, καὶ στύξας ἄξια καὶ γελάσας.

Title(s)	Εἰς Ἀριστοφάνην τὸν κωμικόν
Text source	H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 116-117
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Antipatros of Thessaloniki < Makedonia < Greece
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Aristophanes (445 BC - 388 BC) Dionysos
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	These are the volumes of Aristophanes, a divine work, over which the ivy of Acharnae shook in profusion its green locks. Look how the pages are steeped in Dionysus, how deep-voiced are the dramas full of terrible grace. O comic poet, high of heart, and worthy interpreter of the spirit of Hellas, hating what deserved hate, and mocking where mockery was due! Language English Source(s) W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 97 Comédies d'Aristophane, oeuvre divine, sur laquelle le lierre d'Acharnes secoua à foison sa verte chevelure. Voyez quelle place Dionysos tient en ces pages, et comme ils résonnent, ces vers pleins de grâces redoutables. O comique au coeur généreux, bien fait pour les moeurs de la Grèce, quel à-propos dans tes haines comme dans ton rire! Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1957, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 1-358 (vol. 7), Paris: 74 Schöpfungen göttlicher Kunst, Aristophanes' Rollen, Acharnais Efeu schüttet um euch üppig sein grünes Gelaub; euch durchbraust ein bakchantischer Geist, und Musik ist in jedem Wort und ein würziger Reiz, schreckender Chariten voll. Prächtiger, kecker Gesell, du Maler hellenischer Sitten, Lachen hast du und Grimm, Komiker, glûcklich verteilt. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. IX-XI (vol. 3), München: 117
Bibliography	Primary F. Dübner, 1877, Scholia Graeca in Aristophanem, Paris: XXX É. Legrand, 1885, Bibliographie Hellénique ou description raisonnée des ouvrages publiés par des Grecs aux XVe et XVIe siècles (vol. 1), Paris: 45-46 M. Musurus, 1498, Aristophanis Comoediae novem: Plutus, Nebulae, Ranae, Equites, Acharnes, Vespae, Aves, Pax, Contionantes, Venezia: 1 W. Paton, 1917, The Greek Anthology. Book 9 (vol. 3), Cambridge: 96-97 P. Waltz, 1957, Anthologie Grecque. Tome VII: Anthologie palatine, Livre IX, Épigrammes 1-358 (vol. 7), Paris: 74
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[21010] βίβλοι ἀριστοφάνευς θεῖ(ος) πόνος. αἷσιν ἀχαρνεὺς [1462] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4629 (olim N.67) [1451-1500] (f. 22r) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, IX.186 Vassis ICB 2005, 104: "In Aristophanem"
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