446

Eupolis

period, and as joint members of the Athenian Empire they were assessed the
considerable sum of 10 talents of annual tribute in 425/4 BCE (IG I3 71.1.69
(6 talents actually paid in 417/6 and 416/5 BCE: IG I3 288.10; 289.13). See in
general lACPpp. 747-51 (§ 491-4).

fr. 289 K.-A. (267 K.)

ρέγκειν δε τούς όλμους < οϊμοι των κακών

(αν) Meineke : <άμ’> Bothe

and the pipes be wheezing ... Alas for my troubles!

Phot, o 234
όλμοι καί ύφόλμια· έπί αύλών. Εϋπολις Φίλοις--
holmoi and hypholmia: in reference to pipes. Eupolis in Philoi:-

Meter lambic trimeter.
— -Ml- -
Discussion Herwerden 1855. 27; Kock 1880 1.331; Edmonds 1957. 407 n. g;
West 1992a. 85
Citation context Other traces of the same original note, presumably drawn
from an (Atticist?) lexicographer, are preserved at
- Poll. 4.70 τών δ’ άλλων αύλών τα μέρη γλώττα καί τρυπήματα καί βόμβυ-
κες καί όλμοι καί ύφόλμια (“the parts of other pipes are a reed, bore-holes,
bombykes, holmoi and hypholmia”)
- Hsch. υ 908 ύφόλμιον· μέρος τι τού αυλού προς τώ στόματι ή αί γλωττίδες
C hypholmion: a part of a pipe near the mouth, or the mouthpieces”; traced
by Hansen-Cunningham to Diogenianus)
- Phot, υ 322 ύφόλμιον· άπό268 τών αύλών. Φερεκράτης (fr. 276) (“hyphol-
mion: from pipes. Pherecrates (fr. 276)”)
Text A one-syllable word containing a short vowel and ending in a consonant
(or a second, elided vowel) is missing in the middle of the line and must go

268

Better έπί, as at Phot, o 234.