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Eupolis

Citation context Part of a fast, superficial history of Greek poetry that serves
to introduce Tzetzes’ commentary on Lycophron’s Alexandra; cf. test. 40.
Interpretation For this use of πράττω, cf. test. 38a.4 Κρατϊνος ό καί πρατ-
τόμενος; Suda a 3932 = Ar. test. 2b.11-12 άπερ {δέ) πεπράχαμεν ... δράματα
ταϋτα (“but the plays we have studied are the following”; followed by a list
of the extant plays, distinguished from those known only by title); Σ Nie. Th.
12a (p. 39.11-12 Crugnola) οΰδαμοΰ ... τούτο είπεν έν τοΐς πραττομένοις (“he
said this nowhere in the poems that are studied”); Σ Dion. Thrax, Grammatici
Graeci III p. 21.17 γεγόνασι δε λυρικοί οί καί πραττόμενοι εννέα (“the lyric
poets who are studied are nine”). For the commentary tradition on Eupolis, see
test. 48. It is impossible to believe that Tzetzes still had access to all these texts,
and this must instead be a characterization taken over from some older source.
The Philistion in question is presumably the one to whom the Σύγκρισις
Μενάνδρου καί Φιλιστίωνος is attributed (otherwise obscure).
For the mention of Plato and Pherecrates, cf. test. 37a-b with n.

test. 40 K.-A. (= test, xxx.d Storey)
= Ar. test. 86
Tzetzes, Scholia on Hesiod, Prolegomenon 62-3, 67-8 (pp. 35-6 Colonna)
των ποιητών οΐ μέν είσι λυρικοί, οί δέ μονωδοί, οί δέ κωμικοί, καί έτεροι
τραγικοί... κωμικών δέ (γνώρισμα) ό γέλως μετά χορευτών καί προσώπων,
οίος Αριστοφάνης, Εϋπολις, Φερεκράτης (test. 9)
Some of the poets write lyric, some monodies, some comedy, and others tragedy
... The (hallmark) of the comic poets is laughter involving choral dancers and
characters, for example Aristophanes, Eupolis, Pherecrates (test. 9)
Citation context Part of a fast, superficial history of Greek poetry that serves
to introduce Tzetzes’ commentary on Hesiod; cf. test. 39.
Interpretation See test. 35 n.; 37 n. Nothing in this passage suggests that
Tzetzes had direct knowledge of Eupolis’ plays.
For the mention of Pherecrates, cf. test. 37a-b; 39.