Type 5405
(formerly typ/3435)
| Παράγει τινὰ Κλέωνα, τὸν καλούμενον | |
| Παφλαγόνα, κἄτι βυρσοπώλην, πικρότατα, | |
| κατεσθίοντά πως τὰ κοινὰ χρήματα, | |
| καὶ παραλογισμῷ διαφέροντ’ ἐρρωμένως | |
| ἀλλαντοπώλην, εὐθέως τε σκατοφάγον, | |
| πεισθέντ᾽ ἐπιτίθεσθαι σὺν ἱππεῦσίν τισιν, | |
| ἐν τῷ χορῷ παροῦσι, τῇ τῶν πραγμάτων | |
| ἀρχῇ, Κλέωνός τ’ ἐν μέσῳ κατηγορεῖν. | |
| Ἐγένετο τοῦτ’· ἐξέπεσεν ὁ Κλέων παγκάκως, | |
| ὁ δὲ σκατοφάγος ἔτυχε προεδρίας καλῆς. |
| Title(s) | Ἀριστοφάνους γραμματικοῦ |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Iambic trimeter |
| Subject(s) | Aristophanes (445 BC - 388 BC) |
| Tag(s) | |
| Critical Notes | 4 καὶ παραλογισμῷ Wilson ] κἀν παραλογισμοῖς Cougny 6 πεισθέντ᾽ ἐπιτίθεσθαι Wilson ] πεισθέντα τ' ἐπιθέσθαι Cougny 7 ἐν τῷ χορῷ Wilson ] τοῖς ἐν χορῷ Cougny |
| Translation(s) |
Inducit quemdam Cleonem, vocatum Paphlagonem, et amplius coriorum-venditorem acerrime vorantem quodam-modo publica bona: et praestigiis praestantem valde isiciorum-venditorem, statimque merdivorum, impulsumque ad invadendum cum equitibus quibusdam, qui in choro intersunt, rerum principatum, Cleonemque in medio accusandum. Id factum est: excidit miserrime Cleon; et merdivorus assecutus est pulcrum sedis-honorem. |
| Comment | Hypothesis to Aristophanes' Knights. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 10 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[22287] Παράγει τινὰ κλέωνα τὸν καλούμενον
[15th c.]
VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 475 (coll. 825) [15th c.] (f. 64v) (10 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
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| Identification | Anthologia Graeca Appendix, III.III.88 |
| Permalink | http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5405 |
Last modified: 2026-01-19.
