Προσπάλτιοι (fr. 259)

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play was staged, since only then would someone expect to be able to affect
public opinion by hijacking his poetic voice.
In 13, the position of δέ suggests that ]. εχθη (doubtless the final letters of an
aorist passive verb) is to be taken not with χορός ... Πρ[οσπ]αλτίω[ν] but with
whatever came before. Lobel compared the hypothesis to S. Ai. παραγίνεται
δέ χορός Σαλαμινίων ναυτών and conjectured [παραγίνεται άνδ]ρ(ών) in
13-14. But this section of the text is generally obscure, and if something like
Luppe’s [έν Πει]ραιεΐ δ(έ) ήχθη (“but it was celebrated in Piraeus”) is right
instead, a religious festival might be in question, e. g. a festival of Bendis (cf.
Planeaux 2ΟΟΟ-2ΟΟ1).160

From POxy. 2813 frr. lb and Id
fr. 259b = Eup. fr. 259.24 K.-A.
γέλωτ’
laughter161 (acc.)
Meter Unknown.

Context POxy. 2813 fr. lb.24-6 + fr. Id col. 1.24-30 = Eup. fr. 259.24-31 K.-A.

] και
25 ] γελωτ. [
]φειδε[
]γελωτ’
]ιμην
] οσ
]μεαπο
] ειηθη
]νπρ[].
30
] .ασω
] .ταιπροε

Interpretation γελωτ’ in 24 (from POxy. 2813 fr. Id) comes from the very end
of the line, and although the precise horizontal relationship between ]γελωτ. [
in 25 (from the non-joining POxy. 2813 fr. lb) and ]ιμην at the end of that line

160 Luppe himself thought the reference was to a performance of Eupolis’ play in
the Piraeus theater (for which, see Paga 2010. 360-1, with further references).
Kassel-Austin note, however, that this would be an unexampled use of the verb.
161 Not “a joke” (Rusten 2011. 261).