474

Eupolis

not actually hair that is cut. Bothe’s άπό would mean “from his beard”. The
lexicographers (Hsch. υ 539 and Phot, υ 161 = Suda u 427 ~ Synag. υ 104, all
clearly going back to a single source) report that ύπήνη (no etymology) is
properly the word for a moustache (also βύσταξ/μύσταξ, whence the English
word) as opposed to a beard (γένειον or πώγων). The distinction is maintained
at Eub. fr. 98.2-3 and seemingly in Eup. fr. 99.82 (n.), but ύπήνη more often
seems to be used in the extended sense “facial hair” (e.g. Ar. V. 476/7; Lys.
1072; Pl. Com. fr. 130), as here.
κατακερεϊ For verbs of this sort, see Lindblad 1922. 119-21.
τήν εισφοράν An eisphora was an extraordinary tax levied on wealthy
individuals, however defined, including metics, and designed to deal with
some substantial, unexpected need for state funds. The device is first attested
in 428 BCE as a means of meeting expenses associated with the campaign
at Mitylene (Th. 3.19.1); whether it was older than this, and whether it was
assessed in proportion to an individual’s wealth or was merely a flat sum
required from everyone affected, is unclear. Cf. Ar. Eq. 923-6 (levied only on
“the wealthy”); Lys. 654; Antiph. fr. 202.3-4; e.g. Antipho 1.2.12; Lys. 12.20;
18.7; 19.29; 21.3; X. Oec. 2.6; and see in general Thomsen 1964; Mattingly 1968.
450-6; Christ 2007, esp. 53-60, with further bibliography.

fr. 301 K.-A. (281 K.)
οϋκ, άλλ’ εθυον δέλφακ’ ένδον θήστία
και μάλα καλήν
1 ούκ άλλ’ έθυον Meineke : f ουκαλλευθιον f Ath.A δέλφακ’ ένδον Kock : f
δελφακαωδον f Ath.A : δέλφακ’ ώδόν Meineke : δέλφακα νωδόν Meineke θήστία
Meineke : f θηστια f Ath.A
No, instead they were/I was sacrificing a sow inside to Hestia,
quite a nice one

Ath. 14.657a
θηλυκώς δέ Νικοχάρης (fr. 22) έφη·-. και Ευπολις Χρυσω Γένει--. καί Πλάτων
Ιοί (fr. 56)·-. Θεόπομπος Πηνελόπη (fr. 49)·-
But Nicochares (fr. 22) used (the word delphax, “pig”) as a feminine:-. Also Eupolis
in Chrysoun genos:-. And Plato in Io (fr. 56):-. Iheopompus in Penelope (fr. 49):