title: Dikaiopolis in Despair (Aristophanes’ Acharnians 30–31)
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metadata.value: Nikolsky, Boris M.
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metadata.value: 2023-02-21T20:12:10Z
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metadata.value: 2023-02-21T20:12:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Nikolsky B. M. Dikaiopolis in Despair (Aristophanes’ Acharnians 30–31). Philologia Classica 2022, 17 (2), 235–243. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2022.203
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2022.203
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39151
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metadata.value: The article deals with a passage from the prologue of Aristophanes’ Acharnians, vv. 30–31.
  Close reading of the passage and analyzing each verb of the series in vv. 30–31 shows that the
  entire series of verbs in Acharnians 30–31 describes Dikaiopolis’ suffering and constitutes the
  culmination of the woes listed in his monologue. This last and greatest of his woes cannot be
  mere annoyance at having come first to the Pnyx and not knowing how to kill time. στένω
  must mean a lament tragic in tone, and κέχηνα intensifies this vocal lament though adding
  a comic bathos. σκορδινῶμαι does not refer here to drowsy stretching as it is usually interpreted
  by scholars but to convulsions of rage and despair. πέρδομαι indicates acuteness and
  intensity of Dikaiopolis’ disappointment; the relationship between σκορδινῶμαι and πέρδομαι
  is similar to that between στένω and κέχηνα, where the second verb emphasizes and marks
  the culmination of the first (“I’m moaning so much that my mouth is open wide” and “I’m
  convulsed to the point of farting”). παρατίλλομαι must mean “to tear out the hair on one’s
  head”, a gesture that is obviously a sign of sorrow and despair. The verbs γράφω and λογίζομαι
  describe Dikaiopolis writing out and assessing his debts sitting in the assembly place. The lines
  that follow are tightly connected to 30–31 and explain the reason for the protagonist’s despair:
  Dikaiopolis dreams of the countryside and hates the city, but due to the war cannot return to
  the country (32–33); his hatred of the city is further explained by the enormous expenses city
  life entails.
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metadata.value: The work was financially supported by the grant from the Government of the Russian Federation
  (agreement No. 075-15-2021-571 of June 3, 2021, implementation period 2021–2023) “Digital Commentaries
  on Ancient Texts: Ancient Greek Comedy.”
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 17; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aristophanes
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: comedy
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Acharnians
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emotions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: despair
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Dikaiopolis in Despair (Aristophanes’ Acharnians 30–31)
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metadata.value: Article
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