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Eupolis

fr. 45 K.-A. (39 K.)
ΣΒΟνφΩ Luc. Alex. 4 (p. 181.12-16 Rabe)
ό Φρυνώνδας έπί πονηριά βοάταιΒενφΩ Εύπόλιδι έν Άστρατεύτοις, Δήμοις (fr. 139),
Άριστοφάνει δέ Προάγωνι (fr. 484), Άμφιαράω (fr. 26), Θεσμοφοριαζούσαις (861)ΒΦΩ
Phrynondas is celebrated for wickednessBCWfi by Eupolis in Astrateutoi, Demoi (fr.
139), and by Aristophanes in Proagön (fr. 484), Amphiaraos (fr. 26), Thesmophoriazusae
(861)ΒΦΩ
Citation context Apparently drawn from Phrynichus, the surviving epi-
tomized version of whose note (PS p. 124.9-10) reads: Φρυνώνδειον· oiov
πανοΰργον. Φρυνώνδας γάρ έπί πονηριά διεβεβόητο (“Phrynondian: good-
for-nothing, as it were. Because Phrynondas was celebrated for wicked-
ness”). Another version of the same note, in this case lacking the reference
to Eupolis, is preserved at Phot, (ined.) = Suda φ 770 Φρυνώνδας· τών έπί
πονηριά, διαβεβοημένων. δς ξένος ών κατά τά Πελοποννησιακά διέτριβεν
Άθήνησιν. Αριστοφάνης Άμφιάρεω (fr. 26)· -. έκ τούτου τούς πονηρούς
Φρυνώνδας καλουσι (“Phrynondas: one of those celebrated for wickedness.
He was a foreigner who during the Peloponnesian War years spent time in
Athens. Aristophanes in Amphiaraos (fr. 26):-·. By reference to him they call
wicked people Phrynondas”; from the common source of Photius and the Suda
generally referred to as Σ"). Cf. Harp. p. 303.10-11 = Φ 30 Keaney Φρυνώνδας·
Αισχίνης κατά Κτησιφώντος (3.137). ήν δέ Άθηναίοις περιβόητος έπί πονηριά,
ούδέν ήττον Εύρυβάτου (“Phrynondas: Aeschines Against Ctesiphon (3.137).
He was notorious in Athens for wickedness, no less so than Eurybatus”);
Suetonius, περί βλασφημίας 4.20 Φρυνώνδας· έπί πανουργία καί κακοηθεία
περιβόητος (“Phrynondas: notorious for worthlessness and nastiness”); Hsch.
φ 938 Φρυνώνδας· πονηρούς (“Phrynondas: wicked people”); Synag. φ 211
Φρυνώνδας· τούς πονηρούς, άπό Φρυνώνδα τινός (“Phrynondas: wicked
people, from a certain Phrynondas”).
Interpretation The name Phrynondas appears on a mid-5th-c. ostrakon
(Agora 25 no. 660; see SEG XLI 16(i) with further bibliography) Φρυνονδ[ — ]
Κρατεσ[—] / Άθμο[νεύς] (PAA 966060), but is otherwise unknown in Athens.
Perhaps this Phrynondas (a citizen) lent his name to the notorious villain (PA
15033; PAA 966050) mentioned by Eupolis, Aristophanes and a scattering of
4th-century sources (Isoc. 18.57; Pl. Prt. 327d; Aeschin. 3.137) echoed by Lucian
in the passage glossed in the source-text here; or perhaps the ostrakon is
allusive, the real identity of the individual in question being made clear by
his patronymic and deme. If the identification of the villainous Phrynondas