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I. The Innkeepers, Dionysus, and Xanthias (549-64):
Pandokeutri/a
Plaqa&nh Plaqa&nh deu=r' e!lq', o( panou=rgoj ou(tosi/,
o$j e)j to\ pandokei=on ei)selqw/n pote
e(kkai/dek' a!rtouj kate/fag' h(mw~n.

Plaqa&nh
nh\ Di/a
e)kei=noj au)to\j dh=ta.

Canqi/aj
kako\n h#kei tini/.

Pandokeutri/a
kai\ kre/a ge pro\j tou/toisin a)na&brast' ei!kosin
a)n' h(miwboliai=a.

Canqi/aj
dw/sei tij di/khn.

Pandokeutri/a
kai\ ta\ sko/roda ta\ polla&.

Dio/nusoj
lhrei=j w} gu/nai
kou)k oi]sq' o# ti le/geij.

Pandokeutri/a
ou) me\n ou]n me prosedo/kaj,
o(tih\ koqo/rnouj ei]xej, a@n gnw~nai/ s' e!ti;
ti/ dai/; to\ polu\ ta&rixoj ou)k ei!rhka& pw.

Plaqa&nh
ma\ Di/' ou)de\ to\n turo/n ge to\n xlwro\n ta&lan,
o$n ou[toj au)toi=j toi=j tala&roij kath/sqien.

Pandokeutri/a
ka!peit' e)peidh\ ta)rgu/rion e)pratto/mhn,
e!bleyen e!j me drimu\ ka)muka~to/ ge.

Canqi/aj
tou/tou pa&nu tou!rgon: ou[toj o( tro/poj pantaxou=.

Pandokeutri/a
kai\ to\ ci/foj g' e)spa~to mai/nesqai dokw~n.

II. From the Parabasis (718-33)

Xoro/j
polla/kij g' h(mi=n e!docen h( po/lij peponqe/nai
tau)to\n e!j te tw~n politw~n tou\j kalou/j te ka)gaqou\j
e!j te ta)rxai=on no/misma kai\ to\ kaino\n xrusi/on.
ou!te ga\r tou/toisin ou]sin ou) kekibdhleume/noij,
a)lla\ kalli/stoij a(pa/ntwn, w(j dokei=, nomisma/twn
kai\ mo/noij o)rqw~j kopei=si kai\ kekwdwnisme/noij
e!n te toi=j #Ellhsi kai\ toi=j barba/roisi pantaxou=
xrw/meq' ou)de/n, a)lla\ tou/toij toi=j ponhroi=j xalki/oij
xqe/j te kai\ prw/hn kopei=si tw~| kaki/stw| ko/mmati.
tw~n politw~n q' ou$j me\n i!smen eu)genei=j kai\ sw/fronaj
a!ndraj o!ntaj kai\ dikai/ouj kai\ kalou/j te ka)gaqou\j
kai\ trafe/ntaj e)n palai/straij kai\ xoroi=j kai\ mousikh=|,
prouselou=men, toi=j de\ xalkoi=j kai\ ce/noij kai\ purri/aij
kai\ ponhroi=j ka)k ponhrw~n ei)j a#panta xrw/meqa
u(sta/toij a)figme/noisin, oi[sin h( po/lij pro\ tou=
ou)de\ farmakoi=sin ei)kh=| r(a|di/wj e)xrh/sat' a!n.

III. From the ode before the contest (992-1003)

Xoro/j
ta/de me\n leu/sseij fai/dim' )Axilleu=:
su\ de\ ti/ fe/re pro\j tau=ta le/ceij;
mo/non o#pwj . . .
mh/ s' o( qumo\j a(rpa/saj
e)kto\j oi!sei tw~n e)law~n:
deina\ ga\r kathgo/rhken.
a)ll' o#pwj w] genna/da
mh\ pro\j o)rgh\n a)ntile/ceij,
a)lla\ sustei/laj a!kroisi
xrw/menoj toi=j i(sti/oij,
ei]ta ma~llon ma~llon a!ceij
kai\ fula/ceij,
h(ni/k' a@n to\ pneu=ma lei=on
kai\ kaqesthko\j la/bh|j.

1. Who were the Scythians, and what was their relationship to Athens and Athenians?

2. What was this?

3. Who was Hyperbolus?

4. What was the message of the epirrhêma of the Frogs Parabasis?

5. Who was Cephisophon?

6. What was a basanos or what did basanizein mean?

7. To what myth does e)pi/klauton a)hdo/nion no/mon refer?

 

8. To what myth does this image allude?

 

9. What were the three types of coinage to which Aristophanes alludes in the antepirrhêma of the Frogs?

10. Who was Cleon?