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== i) Aristophanes, Frogs 840 = T 24 Kannicht ==
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AΙΣΧ. ἄληθες, ὦ παῖ τῆς ἀρουραίας θεοῦ;
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Aeschylus: Is that so, child of the arable goddess?
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== ii) Scholium to Aristophanes, Frogs 840 = T 24 Kannicht ==

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{{#lemma: τῆς ἀρουραίας θεοῦ· ὅτι λαχανοπώλιδος υἱὸς ἦν Κλειτοῦς ὁ Εὐριπίδης | ὅτι λαχανοπώλιδος υἱὸς ἦν Κλειτοῦς ὁ Εὐριπίδης m : ὅτι δὲ λαχανοπώλιδος υἱὸς ἦν (ὁ) Εὐριπίδης, Ἀλεξανδρός φησιν m}}. εἴρηται δὲ· 

{{#lemma: ἄληθες, ὦ παῖ τῆς θαλασσίας θεοῦ | Eur. fr. 885 Kannicht. Probably a reference to Achilles, whose mother was the sea-nymph Thetis.}};
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Child of the arable goddess: because Euripides was the son of Cleito the vegetable seller. And he has said:

Is that true, child of the sea-goddess?
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== iii) Aristophanes Acharnians 457 = T 25 Kannicht ==

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ΔΙΚ. εὐδαιμονοίης, ὥσπερ ἡ μήτηρ ποτέ…
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Dicaeopolis (to Euripides): May you fare well, as your mother once did…
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== iv) Scholion to Aristophanes, Acharnians 457 = T 25 Kannicht ==

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{{#lemma: σκώπτει αὐτὴν ὡς λαχανόπωλιν | σκώπτει αὐτὴν ὡς λαχανόπωλιν m: σκώπτει αὐτὸν ὡς λαχανόπωλιν ἔχοντα μητέρα m}}, {{#lemma: τὴν Κλειτώ | τὴν Κλειτώ om. m}}.
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He is making fun of her because she was a vegetable-seller, Cleito.
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== v) Aristophanes, Acharnians 478 = T 26 Kannicht ==

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ΔΙΚ. σκάνδικά μοι δὸς μητρόθεν δεδεγμένος.
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Dicaeopolis (to Euripides): Give me some chervil which you have received from your mother.
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== vi) Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazousae 385-7 ==

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|style="vertical-align:top"|ΓΥΝ. Α
|βαρέως φέρω τάλαινα πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον<br />
προπηλακιζομένας ὁρῶσ’ ὑμᾶς ὑπό<br />
Εὐριπίδου τοῦ τῆς λαχανοπωλητρίας!<br />
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{|
|style="vertical-align:top"|First woman:
|I am wretched and for a long time have had trouble tolerating the sight of you bespattered with mud slung at you by Euripides, the son of a vegetable-seller!
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== vii) Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazousae 455-6 (about Euripides) ==

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|style="vertical-align:top"|ΓΥΝ. Β
|ἄγρια γὰρ ἡμᾶς, ὦ γυναῖκες, δρᾶι κακά<br />
ἅτ’ ἐν ἀγρίοισι τοῖς λαχάνοις αὐτὸς τραφείς.
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|style="vertical-align:top"|Second woman:
|For he does us wild wrongs, ladies, because he was reared among wild vegetables.
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