Testimonia (test, iii)

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μέμνηται (fr. 211); ή, έπεί ού φέρονται αΐ διδασκαλίαι των δευτέρων Νεφελών,
ούδέν δυνάμεθα διαρθρώσαι· ή Εϋπολις έπλάσατο τήν Κλέωνος τελευτήν
έν τώ Μαρικα
He speaks of (Cleon) as if he were alive in the passage where he says (Ar.
Nu. 591): Cleon the seagull. And Androtion (FGrH324 F 40) as well says that
(Cleon) died in (the eponymous archonship) of Alcaeus (422/1 BCE), two
years after (the eponymous archonship) of Isarchos (424/3 BCE), in whose
year (thus Kuster : “But Isarchos says from whom” EM) Clouds I (test, viii)
was staged. How then is it possible that there is also a mention of Marikas,
which was staged before Clouds, as (Aristophanes) himself actually says now,
given that Eupolis refers to Cleon as having died (fr. 211)? Either we cannot
make sense of the situation, since the didascalic records for Clouds II are not
preserved, or Eupolis invented the death of Cleon in Marikas
Context A note on Ar. Nu. 549-50 (from the parabasis), where the chorus de-
scribe their poet as the man δς μέγιστον δντα Κλεών’ έπαισ’ εις τήν γαστέρα /
κούκ έτόλμησ’ αύθις έπεμπηδήσ’ αύτω κειμένω (“who punched Cleon in the
stomach when he was at the height of his power, but did not venture to stomp
on him when he was lying there”).
Interpretation The confusion expressed here, as also in test, iii (n.)—a more
satisfactory version of very similar material (note the reference to Cleon’s
death as acknowledged in Marikas in both)—merely reflects the fact that there
were two versions of Clouds, which date several years apart.

test, iii

ZRVENp Ar. Nu. 553
δήλον ότι πρώτος ό Μαρικάς έδιδάχθη τών δευτέρων Νεφελών.ΕλΕΝρ
’Ερατοσθένης (fr. 97, ρρ. 58-9 Strecker) δέ φησι Καλλίμαχον (fr. 454) έγκα-
λεϊν ταϊς διδασκαλίαις,ΕΝρ δτι φέρουσιν ύστερον τρίτω έτει τον Μαρικάν
τών Νεφελών, σαφώς ένταϋθα είρημένου, δτι πρώτος καθεΐται. λανθάνει
δέ αυτόν, φησίν, δτι έν μεν ταϊς διδαχθείσαις ούδέν τοιοϋτον ε’ίρηκεν· έν δέ
ταϊς ύστερον διασκευασθείσαις εΐ λέγεται, ούδέν άτοπον- αΐ διδασκαλίαι
δέ δηλονότι τάς διδαχθείσας φέρουσιν. πώς δ’ ού συνεϊδεν, δτι καί έν τώ
Μαρικα προτετελεύτηκε Κλέων (fr. 211), έν δέ ταϊς Νεφέλαις λέγεται (581)·
εις τον θεοϊσιν έχθρόν τον βυρσοδέψην;Ε
It is obvious that Marikas was staged before Clouds jpSVENp But Eratosthenes
(fr. 97, pp. 58-9 Strecker) says that Callimachus (fr. 454) criticized the didas-
calic recordsENp because they report that Marikas was staged two years after
Clouds, even though it is clearly asserted (in Clouds) that (Marikas) was put on
first. (Callimachus) fails to notice, (Eratosthenes) says, that he says nothing of