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Aristophanes

Comoediae novem [Greek].

 

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[*1r] [Antipater Thessalonicensis]: Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς Ἀριστοφάνη. Incipit: ‘ Βίβλοι Ἀριστοφάνευς, θει̂os πόνος, αἷσιν ἀχαρνεὺς ‘; 3 elegiac distichs. Anthologia Palatina, Epigram 186, in Anthologie Grècque, première partie, ed. P. Waltz, 13 vols (Paris, 1928- ), VII (9) 186; Botfield, 218; Legrand, Bibl. hell., I 45-6.

[*1v] Manutius Romanus, Aldus Pius: [Letter addressed to] Daniel Clarius Parmensis. Dated Venice, 13 July 1498. Legrand, Bibl. hell., I 46-7; Botfield, 218-19; Aldo Manuzio editore, 23-4 no. XIV.

[*2r] Musurus, Marcus: [Letter addressed to the reader.] Legrand, Bibl. hell., I 47-9; Botfield, 219-21. For Musurus' editorial contribution and his manuscript sources see Martin Sicherl, ‘Die Editio princeps des Aristophanes', Das Buch und sein Haus, I: Erlesenes aus der Welt des Buches, Festschrift für G. Liebers, ed. R. Fuhlrott and B. Haller (Wiesbaden, 1979), 189-231, at 192-231.

[*2v] Carteromachus, Scipio: [Epigram to Aldus Manutius.] Incipit: Ὄσσωτω̂ν προτέρων πλείους ποτὲτ ἀνδρὸς ἐφει̂ντο ‘; 4 elegiac distichs. Legrand, Bibl. hell., I 49-50; Botfield, 221.

[*3r] Hephaistion [pseudo-]: ‘ Ἐκ του̂ Ἐγξειριδίου Ἡφαιστίωνος Ἐπιτομὴ τω̂ν ἐννέα μέτρων .’ Ole Langwitz Smith, Studies in the Scholia on Aeschylus, i: The Recensions of Demetrius Triclinius, Mnemosyne, Supplement, 37 (Leiden, 1975), 253-5, ‘the Triclinean Prefatory Treatises'. The ascription to Triclinius is doubted in Scholia in Aristophanem, i 1a: Prolegomena de comoedia, ed. W. J. W. Koster (Groningen, 1975), 51: see pp. xxiv–xxvi for the manuscript sources of the prolegomena used for this edition.

[*3v] Demetrius Triclinius: [ Περὶ μέτρων ]. Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 55-6, no. xiv 1.

[*4r] Demetrius Triclinius: ‘ Περὶ σημείων τη̂ς κοινη̂ς συλλαβη̂ς τω̂ν ἐντὸς κειμένων τη̂ς βίβλου .’ Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 57-9, no. xiv 2.

[*4r] Platonius: ‘ Περὶ διαφορα̂ς κωμῳδιω̂ν ’ [excerpts]. Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 3-6, no. i.

[*5r] Platonius: ‘ Περὶ διαφορα̂ς χαρακτήρων .’ Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 6-7, no. ii.

[*5r] ‘ Περὶ κωμῳδίας ‘ [De comoedia.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 13-15, no. v.

[*5v] ‘ Περὶ κωμῳδίας ‘ [De comoedia.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 15-16, no. vi.

[*5v] [De choro.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 17-18 no. vii.

[*5v] ‘ τω̂ν τη̂ς ἀρχαίας κωμῳδίας ποιητω̂ν ὀνόματα καὶ δράματα ’. Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 18 no. viii.

[*5v] [De hellenismo et atticismo.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 19 no. ix.

[*6r] ‘ Ἀριστοφάνους βίος ’. [Aristophanis Vita.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 133-6, no. xxviii.

[*6v] [De Choro.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 19-20, no, Xa.

[*6v] [De histrionibus.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 21, no. Xc.

[*6v] [De partibus.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 21, no. Xd.

[*6v] ‘ Περὶ κωμῳδίας ‘ [De comoedia.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 7-10, no. iii.

[*7v] ‘ Περὶ κωμῳδίας ‘ [De comoedia.] Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 11-12, no. iv.

[*7v] Thomas Magister: ‘ Σύνοψις του̂ τε βίου Ἀριστοφάνους, καὶ τη̂ς του̂ δράματος ὑποθέσεως .’ Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 146-7, no. xxxiii 1; with 149, no. xxxiii 2.

[*8r] Thomas Magister [pseudo-]: ‘ Ὑπόθεσις του̂ παρόντος δράματος ‘; [Argumentum Pluti]. Aristophanes, Comoediae ed. W. T. Bergk, 2 vols (Leipzig, 1892-7), II 279, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, Comoediae, ed. F. W. Hall and W. M. Geldart, 2 vols (Oxford, 1906, repr. 1945), II, hypothesis i. Ascribed to Thomas Magister in the heading to the preceding item.

[*8r] [Argumentum Pluti.] Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 279-80, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, Comoediae, ed. V. Coulon, and tr. H. Van Daele, 5 vols (Paris, 1923-30), V 85, hypothesis i.

[*8v] [Argumentum Pluti.] Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 280, hypothesis iii and iv; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis iii and iv; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, V 85-6, hypothesis ii and iii.

[*8v] Aristophanes Grammaticus: [Argumentum Pluti.] Incipit: ‘ Μαντεύεται δίκαιος ὤν τις καὶ πένης ‘; 10 lines of iambic verse. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 281, Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, V 86-7, hypothesis iv. Aristophanes Grammaticus' authorship of this and the following metrical argumenta is generally disputed: see A. L. Brown, ‘The Dramatic Synopses attributed to Aristophanes of Byzantium', Classical Quarterly, NS 37 (1987), 427; see, however, W. J. W. Koster, ‘De Aristophane Byzantio argumentorum metricorum auctore', in F. Novotny and R. Hosek, Charisteria Francisco Novotny octogenario oblata, Spisy University J.E. Purkyne v Brnem Filozofická fakulta, 90 (Prague, 1962), 43-50.

[*8v] ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα .’ [List of dramatis personae for Plutus.]

Α1r Aristophanes: Πλου̂τος [Plutus]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 282-325; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, V 89-147.

Α1r [Scholia on the Plutus.] Partly edited in Scholia in Aristophanis Plutum et Nubes vetera, Thomas Magistri, Demetrii Triclinii nec non anonyma recentiora partim inedita, ed. W. J. W. Koster (Leiden, 1927), 1-43.

Ε1r ‘ Νεφελω̂ν προθεωρία ’ [Argumentum Nubium, I]. Scholia in Aristophanem, i 3, 1: Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. D. Holwerda (Groningen, 1977), 1, A1; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 160, hypothesis iii; partly Prolegomena, ed. Koster, 17-18, no. vii. The ‘De choro' passage, ‘ Ὁ χορὸς ὁ κωμικὸς  . . .', from [*5v] is reprinted with minor variations. On the manuscripts used for the prolegomena and scholia of the Nubes in this edition see Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, pp. xxvi–xxvii.

Ε1r [Argumentum Nubium, II.] Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, 2, A2; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 107-8, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 161, hypothesis v: see also Appendix ii to Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda: Variae lectiones codicum Cr V57 Ps et editionis Aldinae in argumentis veteribus, ed. W. J. W. Koster, 286-7.

Ε1r [Argumentum Nubium, V.] Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, 3-4, A5; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 108, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 158, hypothesis i: see also Appendix ii to Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda: Variae lectiones codicum Cr V57 Ps, ed. Koster, 287.

Ε1r [Argumentum Nubium, IV.] Incipit: ’ Πατὴρ τὸν υἱὸν σωκρατίζειν προτρέπεται ’. Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, 2-3, A4; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 109, hypothesis iv; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis iv; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 159, hypothesis ii: see also Appendix ii to Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda: Variae lectiones codicum Cr V57 Ps, ed. Koster, 287. Ten lines of verse, here printed as prose, but preceded by the words ‘ Ἄλλως. Διὰστίχων ’. The first word of each new verse is capitalized.

Ε1v [Argumentum Nubium, VI with: Argumentum Nubium VII.] Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, 4, A6 with: 4-5, A7; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 109, hypothesis v with i 109, hypothesis vi; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis v with vi; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 161-2, hypothesis vi and vii: see also Appendix ii to Scholia vetera in Nubes (1977): Variae lectiones codicum Cr V57 Ps, ed. Koster, 287.

Ε1v [Argumentum Nubium, VIII]. Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, 5, A8; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 110, hypothesis vii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis vii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 160, hypothesis iv: see also Appendix ii to Scholia vetera in Nubes (1977): Variae lectiones codicum Cr V57 Ps, ed. Koster, 287.

Ε1v Thomas Magister: [Argumentum Nubium, Ia]. Scholia in Aristophanem, i 3, 2: Scholia recentiora in Nubes, ed. W. J. W. Koster (Groningen, 1974), 8-9, 1a; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 110, hypothesis viii.

Ε1v ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα .’ [List of dramatis personae for Nubes.] Scholia recentiora in Nubes, ed. Koster, 13, see also Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, Appendix ii: Variae lectiones codicum Cr V57 Ps, ed. Koster, 287.

Ε1v [Scholia on the Nubes.] Scholia recentiora in Nubes, ed. Koster, 14 (Ib); Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, 7-250; Appendix I: scholia scholiorumque partes editionis Aldinae propriae, ed. W. J. W. Koster, 251-82; Scholia recentiora in Nubes, ed. Koster. The opening passage of the scholia.

Ε2r Aristophanes: Νεφέλαι [Nubes]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 114-70; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 164-230.

Ε2r [Scholia on the Nubes.] Incipit: ‘ Ἰού Ἰού. Σχετλιαστικὸν ἐπίρρημα  . . .’ Scholia vetera in Nubes, ed. Holwerda, 7-250; Appendix I: Scholia scholiorumque partes, ed. Koster, 251-82; Scholia recentiora in Nubes, ed. Koster. The continuation of the scholia printed separately on Ε1v in this edition.

λ1r Thomas Magister: ‘ Βατράχων ὑπόθεσις ’ [Argumentum Ranarum]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 170-1, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis iii.

λ1r [Argumentum Ranarum.] Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 169-70, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, IV 81, hypothesis i.

λ1v ‘ Σκοπός του̂ παρόντος δράματος ‘; [Argumentum Ranarum]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 171-2, hypothesis iv; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis iv.

λ2r [Aristophanes Grammaticus]: ‘ Βατράχων ὑπόθεσιν διάστίχων .’ Incipit: ‘ Μαθὼν παρ ’ Ἡρακλέους Διόνυσος τὴν ὁδὸν ‘; 10 lines of iambic verse. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, ii 170, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, IV 83, hypothesis ii.

λ2v ‘ Ἡ εἴσθεσις του̂ δράματος εὐθυς ἐξ ἀμοιβίων προσώπων ἄρχεται  . . .’ An introductory passage to the scholia, not included in modern editions, but analogous to those found with the scholia to the other comedies.

λ2v ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα ’. [List of dramatis personae for Ranae.]

λ3r Aristophanes: Βάτραχοι [Ranae]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 173-228; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, IV 85-157.

λ3r [Scholia on the Ranae.] ed. G. Dindorf (Oxford 1838), IV 2, 9-159.

Π1r ‘ Ὑπόθεσις Ἱππέων ’ [Argumentum Equitum]. Scholia in Aristophanem, i 2: Scholia vetera in Aristophanis Equites, ed. D. Mervyn Jones. Scholia Tricliniana in Aristophanis Equites, ed. N. G. Wilson (Groningen and Amsterdam, 1969), 1-2, A1; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 49-50, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 75-6, hypothesis i, 1. On the manuscripts used for the scholia and prolegomena of the Nubes in this edition see Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, pp. xviii–xix.

Π1r [Argumentum Equitum.] Incipit: ‘ Ὁ σκοπὸς αὐτῳ̂ πρὸς τὸ καθελει̂ν Κλέωνα  . . .’ Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, 2, A2; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 50, part of hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, part of hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 76-7, hypothesis i, 2.

Π1r [Argumentum Equitum.] Incipit: ‘ Ἔοικεν ὁ προλογίζων Δημοσθένης  . . .’ Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, 2-3, A3; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 50, part of hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, part of hypothesis ii (2); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 77, hypothesis i, 3.

Π1r Aristophanes Grammaticus: [Argumentum Equitum.] Incipit: ‘ Παράγει τινὰ Κλέωνα τὸν καλούμενον ‘; 10 lines of iambic verse. Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, 3-4, A6; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 51, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 78, hypothesis 2. Here printed as prose and regarded as one piece with the following two prose items.

Π1v [Argumentum Equitum.] Incipit: ‘ Ἐδιδάχθη το δρα̂μα ἐπὶ Στρατοκλέους ἄρχοντος  . . .’ Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, 3, A5; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 50, part of hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, part of hypothesis ii (4); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 75-6, hypothesis i, 5. Here printed as part of the preceding item.

Π1v [Argumentum Equitum.] Incipit: ‘ Ἰστέον ὁ τι εἰς δ μέρη διῄρητο ὁ δη̂μος τω̂ν Ἀθηναίων  . . .’ Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, 3, A4; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 50, part of hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, part of hypothesis ii (3); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 77, hypothesis i, 4.

Π1v ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα ’. [List of dramatis personae for Equites.]

Π1v [Scholia on the Equites.] Incipit: ‘ Ἡ εἴσθεσις του̂ παρόντος δράματος, εὐθὺς ἐξ ἀμοιβαίων προσώπων ἄρχεται ‘ . . . ‘ ἐπὶ δὲ τῳ̂ τέλει του̂ τελευταίου στίχου κορωνίς .’ Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, 5 (Ib): the opening passage of the scholia.

Π2r Aristophanes: ‘ Ἱππη̂ς ’ [Equites]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 52-104; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 80-141.

Π2r [Scholia on the Equites.] Incipit: ‘ Ἰατταταιὰξ. Σχετλιασμὸν δηλοι̂ αὐτό τε του̂τὸ ἑξης  . . .’ Scholia vetera in Equites, ed. Jones, 5-277: the continuation of the scholia printed separately on Π1v in this edition.

χ1r ‘ Ὑπόθεσις ‘; [Argumentum Acharnensium]. Incipit: ‘ Ἐκκλησία ὑφέστηκεν Ἀθήνησιν εν τῳ̂ φανερῳ̂  . . . καὶ ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου τὴν εἰρήνην προκαλούμενον .’ Scholia in Aristophanem, i, 1b: Scholia in Aristophanis Acharnenses, ed. N. G. Wilson (Groningen, 1975), 1-2, part of hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 3-4, part of hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, part of hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 8-9, hypothesis i, lines 1-37.

χ1r Aristophanes Grammaticus: ‘ Διϊαμβείων ’ [Argumentum Acharnensium]. Incipit: ‘ Ἐκκλησίας οὔσην παραγίγνονταί τινες .’ Scholia in Acharnenses, ed. Wilson, 2, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 4, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 10, hypothesis ii. Ten iambic distichs.

χ1r [Argumentum Acharnensium.] Incipit: ‘ Ἐδιδάχθη ἐπὶ Εὐθυμένους ἄρχοντος  . . .’ Scholia in Acharnenses (1975), 2, lines 3-5, part of hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 4, part of hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, lines 32-4 of hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 10, hypothesis i, lines 37-40.

χ1v ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα .’ [List of dramatis personae for Acharnenses.]

χ1v [Scholia on the Acharnenses.] Scholia in Acharnenses, ed. Wilson, iii, 1a: the opening passage of the scholia.

χ2r Aristophanes: ‘ Ἀχαρνη̂ς ’ [Acharnenses]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 5-45; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, I 12-66.

χ2r [Scholia on the Acharnenses.] Scholia in Acharnenses, ed. Wilson, 3-150: the continuation of the scholia printed separately on Π1v in this edition.

Β1r Aristophanes Grammaticus: ‘ Σφηκω̂ν ὑποθεσις δια στίχων ἰάμβων ’ [Argumentum Vesparum]. Incipit: ‘ Φιλου̂ντα δικάζειν πατέρα παι̂ς εἴρξας ἄφνω .’ Scholia in Aristophanem, ii 1: Scholia vetera et recentiora in Aristophanis Vespas, ed. W. J. W. Koster (Groningen, 1978), 3, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 174, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, II 14-15, hypothesis ii. Ten iambic distichs. For the manuscript sources used for the scholia and prolegomena of the Vespae in this edition see Scholia in Vespas, pp. xxxi–xxxv.

Β1r [Argumentum Vesparum.] Scholia in Vespas, ed. Koster, 4-6, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 173-4, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, II 13-14, hypothesis i.

Β1v ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα .’ [List of dramatis personae for Vespae.] Scholia in Vespas, ed. Koster, 7.

Β2r Aristophanes: Σφη̂κες [Vespae]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 175-234; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, II 17-84.

Β2r [Scholia on the Vespae.] Scholia in Vespas, ed. Koster, 8-238.

Η1r Aristophanes Grammaticus: ‘ Ὀρνίθων ὑπόθεσις δια στίχων ἰάμβων ’ [Argumentum Avium]. Incipit: ‘ Διὰ τὰς δίκας φεύγουσιν Ἀθήνας δύο τινές ‘; 10 lines of iambic distichs, here printed as continuous prose; however, the first word of each new verse is capitalized and in two cases spacing indicates the division of a new verse. The Scholia on the Aves of Aristophanes, ed. J. W. White (Boston and London, 1914), 2 (i) and 3 (i); Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 5, hypothesis iv; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis iv; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, III 21, hypothesis iv.

Η1r [Argumentum Avium.] Scholia on the Aves, 2. 4 (ii) and 3.5 (ii); Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 5, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, III 20, hypothesis iii.

Η1r [Argumentum Avium.] Scholia on the Aves, 4 (iii) and 5 (iii); Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 3, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, III 17, hypothesis i.

Η1r [Argumentum Avium.] Scholia on the Aves, 4.6.8 (iv) and 5.7.9 (iv); Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 3-4, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, III 18, hypothesis ii.

Η1v ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα .’ [List of dramatis personae for Aves.]

Η2r Aristophanes: Ὄρνιθες [Aves]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 6-70; Aristophanes ed. Hall–Geldart, I (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, III 23-108.

Η2r [Scholia on the Aves.] The Scholia on the Aves, 10-303: see also 304-18.

Μ4v Musurus, Marcus: [Colophon.] Incipit: ‘ Ἀριστοφάνους κωμῳδιω̂ν ἑπτὰ καὶ τω̂ν σχολίων ἀρχαίοις συντεθέντων γραμματικοι̂ς  . . .’ See N. G. Wilson, ‘The Triclinian Edition of Aristophanes', Classical Quarterly, NS 12 (1962), 32-47, 35 for the suggestion that the presence of this colophon indicates that the first manuscript available to Musurus contained only seven comedies, and that a further manuscript was found after the printing of this work had begun. See also Sicherl, ‘Editio princeps des Aristophanes', 190.

Ν1r ‘ Ὑπόθεσις Εἰρήνης ’ [Argumentum Pacis]. Scholia in Aristophanem, ii 2: Scholia vetera et recentiora in Aristophanis Pacem, ed. D. Holwerda (Groningen, 1982), 1, A1; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 238-9, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, II 94, hypothesis i. On the manuscripts used for the scholia and prolegomena to the Pax of this edition see Scholia in Pacem, ed. Holwerda, pp. xx–xxi.

Ν1r [Argumentum Pacis.] Scholia in Pacem, ed. Holwerda, 1, A2; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 239, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis iii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, II 95, hypothesis ii.

Ν1r [Argumentum Pacis.] Scholia in Pacem, ed. Holwerda, 2-3, A3; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 237-8, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, I, hypothesis i. For the shortened version printed here see Holwerda's apparatus criticus, p. 2, with the comment: ‘Aldus plane a codicibus abhorret sic scribens.’

Ν1v ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα .’ [List of dramatis personae for Pax.]

Ν2r Aristophanes: Εἰρήνη [Pax]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, I 240-87; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, i (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, II 99-156.

Ν2r [Scholia on the Pax.] Scholia in Aristophanem, ii 2: Scholia vetera et recentiora in Aristophanis Pacem, ed. D. Holwerda (Groningen, 1982), 6-182.

Ρ1r Aristophanes Grammaticus: ‘ Ὑπόθεσις ’ [Argumentum Ecclesiazusarum]. Incipit: ‘ Ἐν τοι̂ς Σκίροις τὰ γύναι ’ ἔκρινε στολαι̂ς ‘; 10 iambic distichs, but here printed as continuous prose; as printed, the text does not scan. ed. Dindorf, IV 3, 284, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 231, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis ii; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, V 13, hypothesis ii.

Ρ1r [Argumentum Ecclesiazusarum.] ed. Dindorf, IV 3, 284, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 231, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II, hypothesis i; Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, V 13, hypothesis i.

Ρ1r ‘ Τὰ του̂ δράματος πρόσωπα .’ [List of dramatis personae for Ecclesiazusae.]

Ρ1v Aristophanes: Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι [Ecclesiazusae]. Aristophanes, ed. Bergk, II 232-76; Aristophanes, ed. Hall–Geldart, II (no pagination); Aristophanes, ed. Coulon, V 15-70.

Ρ1v [Scholia on the Ecclesiazusae.] ed. Dindorf , IV 3, 285-309.

Τ5v [Publicity statement, following registrum and colophon.] Incipit: ‘In hoc idem quod in aliis nostris impetrauimus . . .’

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 15 July 1498. Folio.

Collation

Collation: [*8] α–γ8 δ10 ε–κ8 λ–ξ8 ο10 π–-υ8 φ6 χ–ω Α8 Β–Ε8 Ζ6 Η–Λ8 Μ4 Ν–Ο8 π10 ΡΣ8 Τ6.

Remarks: Gathering [*] numbered but not signed. Leaf σ4 is signed σiii.

References

ISTC: ia00958000

GW: GW 2333;

Hain: HC *1656;

Goff: Goff A‑958;

BMC: BMC V 559;

Proctor: Pr 5566;

Others: BSB‑Ink A‑673; CIBN A‑503; Essling 1163; Hillard 174; Oates 2183; Rhodes 129; Sander 580; Scapecchi, ‘Annali', 26; Sheppard 4649-51; A Catalogue of the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection at UCLA: I: The Publications of Aldus Manutius the Elder (Los Angeles, 1989), 22.

LCN: 14341658

Copies

Copy number: A-383(1)

Wanting the blank leaf Τ6.

Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled calf for the Bodleian Library; upper board detached.

Size: 323 × 226 × 50 mm.

Size of leaf: 313 × 206 mm.

Some passages in the first two comedies and in the ‘Pax' marked or underlined.

Provenance: James St Amand (1687-1754); manuscript catalogue, fol. 11 no. 176. Bequeathed in 1754.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 1R 3.1.

Copy number: A-383(2)

Wanting the second sheet of gathering ψ, instead of which is bound a duplicate of the first. Tear on leaf 1 and Τ5 damaged, both with loss to text. Wanting the blank leaf Τ6.

Binding: Seventeenth/eighteenth-century English brown calf; on both covers a border of five fillets, the middle in gold; gilt tool of four acorns repeated in the compartments of the spine.

Size: 320 × 227 × 66 mm.

Size of leaf: 310 × 210 mm.

Sixteenth-century and later notes in Latin and Greek in the first half of the volume.

Provenance: Possibly the copy mentioned in the Benefactors' Register I 23, given in 1601 by John Fortescue (1531?–1607); see James, Catalogus (1605), 277; Jensen, ‘Benefactors' Register', no. 48.

Former Bodleian shelfmarks: A 3.16 Art; G 8.14 Art.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 1R 3.2.

Copy number: A-383(3)

Wanting the blank leaf Τ6.

Binding: Seventeenth-century gold-tooled parchment with arabesque centre-piece.

Size: 311 × 208 × 50 mm.

Size of leaf: 306 × 197 mm.

Occasional notes in Greek in two different hands in the beginning of the ‘Plutus'.

Provenance: Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909); inscription on endleaf dated 1872. Ingram Bywater (1840-1914); Elenchus, 295. Bequeathed in 1914.

SHELFMARK: Byw. A 4.8.


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