Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Dec 2010)

Aegina, Thucydides Son of Melesias, and Aristophanes’ <i>Acharnians</i> 709: An Old Crux Revisited

  • Antonis K. Petrides

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 4
pp. 490 – 498

Abstract

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The mighty archer Achaian with whom Aristophanes says Thucydides could once have vied can reasonably be emended to Aphaian, Aphaea the goddes of Aegina, a city with which Thucydides was connected.