Aegina, Thucydides Son of Melesias, and Aristophanes’ <i>Acharnians</i> 709: An Old Crux Revisited

• Main Author: Antonis K. Petrides
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Duke University 2010-12-01
• Series: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
• Online Access: http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/1551
• ISSN: 0017-3916; 2159-3159

<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The mighty archer</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>Achaian</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">with whom Aristophanes says Thucydides could once have vied can reasonably be emended to</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>Aphaian</em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">, Aphaea the goddes of Aegina, a city with which Thucydides was connected.</span>