Living Poets

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Scholion to Plato’s ''Apology'' 19c = Aristophanes T3 Kassel-Austin = T 88a Kannicht}}
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Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ κωμωιδοποιὸς φαλακρὸς ἦν, {{#lemma: ὡς αὐτός φησιν Εἰρήνηι | Ar. ''Pax'' 771}}. ἐκωμωιδεῖτο δ’ ἐπὶ τῶι σκώπτειν μὲν Εὐριπίδην, μιμεῖσθαι δ’ αὐτόν. Κρατῖνος·

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{{#lemma: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;τίς δὲ σύ; κομψός τις ἔροιτο θεατής.<br />
ὑπολεπτολόγος, γνωμιδιώκτης, εὐριπιδαριστοφανίζων. | Fr. 342 K.-A.}}
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καὶ αὐτὸς δ’ ἐξομολογεῖται Σκηνὰς καταλαμβανούσαις·

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{{#lemma: χρῶμαι γὰρ αὐτοῦ, φησί, τοῦ στόματος τῶι στρογγύλωι,<br />
τοὺς νοῦς δ’ ἀγοραίους ἧττον ἢ ’κεῖνος ποιῶ. | Fr. 488 K.-A.}}
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Aristophanes the comic poet was bald, as he himself says in the ''Peace''. He was mocked for making fun of Euripides whilst simultaneously imitating him. Cratinus says:
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			&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;‘Who are you?’ a clever theatregoer might ask.<br>
	An oversubtle speaker, a maxim-hunter, a Euripidaristophanist.
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And he himself acknowledges this in ''Women Seizing Tents'':
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	For, he says, I make use of his pithy expressions,<br>
	But I produce thoughts less common than his.
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