XIII. PHAEAX 1. Aristoph. eq. 1377 sq.: 怷 帠宎 廔 峖帢巹帢徆 帤庰徆庣彃剿 宎 怷廔庥 廒峟庛帢彖庰彖. 彖庰庣庥廔裒 帠峎 廒庣 庥帢廔 庰帢彖庣庥 庥帢廔 帠彖弮怷庣庥廔裒 庥帢廔 帢廔棲 庥帢廔 庥怷庣庥 庥帢帢弇庢庣庥 宎 廒庣帢 怷彃 庛o帣庢庣庥怷彃.
Observa numerum adiectivorum in -庣庥 terminantium; videtur sic irrideri certi cuiusdam rhetoris terminologia, probabiliter ipsius Phaeacis. Quae secuntur 怷廔庥怷彖 庥帢帢帤帢庥弇庣庥廔裒 廔 怷彃 弇帢弇庢庣庥怷彃 inlustrantur eo quod dixit Eupolis de Phaeace (Dem. fr. 8 Mein.) 弇帢弇庰彃彖 廒庣怷 廒帤彖帢帢怷 弇峟帠庰庣彖. 彖庰庣庥 autem memoriam 庰廒區怷弮峟彖庢 apud Aristotelem 弇峟徆庰 revocat, 庰帢彖庣庥 accedit 怷彃 峟帢庣, quae cum antithetis et paribus iungit Cratinus Iuni怷r, v. i. B XVI 5, Aristoteles rhet. 1408 b 26 廔 帤廔 廒庛弮怷彖 廒峟帢彖怷彖, 帤庰彃 帤廔 庰庰峎彖庛帢庣 弮峟彖, 弮廔 弮峟彃 帤峟. Quodsi 帠彖弮怷庣庥 Phaeax dicitur, adeas schol. nub. 317 帠彖弮庢彖繚 廒彖庛弮峸弮帢帢 et 庰廔 帠彖弮庢 Aristotelis rhet. 1394 a 19 sq., ibid. 1395 a 6 怷廒 帠廔區 廒帠怷庣庥怷庣 弮峎弇庣帢 帠彖弮怷怷庣. 庥眐怷彃羊庣彖 廔裕 帢帢弇怷帠庣弮彖 interpretantur schol. nub. 317, 318 vel plenius 廔 廒帢彃帢庣 庥帢廔 帢帢弇怷帠巹帢庛帢庣 廔裕 廒庥怷怷彖帢 怷廒煎諺 帢帢庥怷帢庛帢庣 庥帢廔 彖帢峎帢庣, Hesychius 廔棒 廔裒 廔 弇庰帠弮庰彖怷彖 廒彖 帢彃 庤庢峸庰庣彖 廒彖巹庢庣彖. Lucianus vero Demosth. enc. 32 reliquos oratores indignos vocat 帢帢帣峎弇弇庰庣彖 彃 怷怷 庥彃 庥帢廔 彖彃 庥帢廔 弇峟徆庰彖 庰廔庛弮巹彄 庥帢廔 帢彃 彃僇 帤庣帢彖怷庣彃僇 庰庣帠帢帢彃 庥帢廔 彖庰庰巹帢庣 廒怷帤庰巹徆庰彖 庥帢廔 彃 彖帢庥庣庥彃 庰 庥帢廔 庥怷庣庥彃. De eo, quod est 庥帢帢弇庢庣庥, v. sequentia; semper memineris, in terminis technicis inveniendis priscam rhetoricam multum operae consumpsisse.
2. Aristoph. nub. 317sq. (cf. 320sq.): 帢廒舜庰 帠彖弮庢彖 庥帢廔 帤庣峎弇庰徆庣彖 庥帢廔 彖怷彃缶 廒﹡澄彖 帢峟怷庣彖 庥帢廔 庰帢庰巹帢彖 庥帢廔 庰巹弇庰徆庣彖 庥帢廔 庥眐怷彃羊庣彖 庥帢廔 庥帢峎弇庢庣彖. Ad Phaeacem referenda, quoniam eq. 1B77 sq. 帠彖弮怷庣庥, 庥怷庣庥, 庥帢帢弇庢庣庥 audit. Ceterum cf. Pollux 2, 125: 廒弮庣怷 帤廔 廔 庥弮庣庥廔裒 庥帢廔 庰庣弇峟帠庰庣彖 庰廒棲庢庥庰 廔 庰庣峟庰庛帢庣 彃 弇帠彃 庥帢廔 怷廒煎諺 庰庣廔 弇峟帠庰庣彖, schol. nub. 318 庰巹弇庰徆庣彖繚 庰庣怷弇怷帠巹帢彖, 庰巹帢庣彖... 庰廔怷巹帢彖 庥帢廔 庰庣庢帢 弇帠彖. Sic Teleclides (Mein. Fr. Com. II 372) de Euripide: 廔 廔區 帢帠彃割棒翁救 怷庣彃僇 廔區 庰庣弇帢弇怷帢 o廔 廒庣彖 廔區 怷峎, unde 廒庰庣弇峎弇庢怷 Aeschylus audit ran. 839. Phaeacem 弇帢弇庰彃彖 廒庣怷彖 esse vocatum in adnotatione praecedenti diximus. Denique 庥帢峎弇庢庣彖 庰廔庰庣彖 schol. nub. 318. Vide praecedentia.
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XIII. Phaeax 1. Aristophanes, Knights 1377-80: What a clever fellow is Phaeax! How cleverly he escaped death! How concise and convincing is his style! What phrases! How clear and to the point! How well he knows how to quell an interruption! Notice the number of adjectives ending in -ikos: it thus seems that some rhetoricians terminology is being mocked, probably that of Phaeax himself. The following verse (you are a fingerer of the art of chattering) is explained by what Eupolis writes about Phaeax (Dem. fr. 8 Mein.): The best at chattering, the worst at speaking. Synertikos reminds of the lexis eiromene in Aristotle; perantikos is akin to ta perata (limits), which Cratinus the Younger links with antitheses and equal-length phrases, see below, B XVI 5; Aristoteles rhet. 1408b26: What is without rhythm is aperantos (boundless). One must give ones speech bounds, but not metre. Further, as Phaeax is called a sentence smith, read Schol. Clouds 317: sentence: enthymemes, and on sentences Arist. Rhet. 1394 a19 f., ibid. 1395 a6: countryside-dwellers are the best at creating sentences. Krousis (hit) is interpreted as paralogism by the Schol. Clouds 317; at greater length Schol. 318: fooling and using paralogisms on the listener, as if throwing down and head-locking a wrestler; Hesychius: the contradiction to what is said in the inquiries. Lucian, however, in Demosth . Enc. 32 claims all other orators are unworthy of being compared to his sound and strength, to the good rhythm of his phrases, the descriptions of his thoughts, the coherence of his demonstrations, his ability to pull together and to hit. On the content of the term kataleptikos see the following; always remember that early rhetoric put lots of energy into coming up with technical terms.
2. Aristophanes, Clouds 317ff.: (The Clouds) supply us with thought and argument, and intelligence and humbug, and circumlocution, and ability to hoax, and comprehension. These words must refer to Phaeax, for in Knights 1377 ff. gnomotypikos, kroustikos, kataleptikos are said of him. See also Pollux 2.125: Hermippos the comedian called it over-speaking when one wandered around in ones speech, as if one were speaking superfluous things; Schol. Clouds 318: over-speech: talking too much, periphrasis; [因 abundance and excess of speech. So Teleclides (Mein. Fr. Com. II 372) on Euripides: This guy is the one who writes those over-talkative, clever tragedies, whence Aeschylus is dubbed not too talkative in Frogs 839. In the previous n. we saw that Phaeax was referred to as the best chatterer. Finally, katalepsis is explained as invention in Schol. Clouds 318. See what precedes. |