Ευσεβείς (Eusebeis)
(‘The Pious’)

87

Discussion Meineke 18391.370; 1840 III. 167; 1847. 577; Bothe 1855. 421; Kock
1884 11.140; Kassel-Austin 1991 11.244; Sanchis Llopis et al. 2007. 246
Title There is no other play with this title, although one might compare
Antiphanes Εύθύδικος.
Content of the comedy The plural title implies an eponymous chorus, but
the single word that survives from the comedy offers no help in understanding
the plot.
Date Unknown.

fr. 13 K.-A.
Arist. Rh. 3.1413b25
Φιλήμων ό ύποκριτής ... δτε λέγει... έν τω προλόγω των Ευσεβών τό έ γ ώ
Philemon the actor...when he says...T in the prologue of Eusebeis
Metre Uncertain.
Discussion Meineke 1840 III.167 (cf. 166); 1847. 576; Bothe 1855. 421 (cf. 420);
Meineke 1857 V.80; Kock 1884 11.140; Edmonds 1959 11.50 (cf. 48-9); Burkert
1975. 69-70 with n. 15; Kassel-Austin 1991 11.244; Handley 2002. 167; Sanchis
Llopis et al. 2007. 246 n. 501; Rusten 2011. 464
Citation Context According to Aristotle (cf. fr. 10n.), έγώ was repeated sev-
eral times in the course of the prologue, but Philemon presumably changed
the inflection or tone. Aristotle’s claim is easier to understand in this instance
than in his other example ‘Rhadamanthys and Palamedes’ (fr. 10.2; see ad loc.\