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* '''Brekkekkex koax koax:''' the refrain of the chorus of frogs in the comedy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frogs ''The Frogs''] by the Greek playwright [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes Aristophanes]; it is onomatopoeic in Greek; the play features a contest between the two Greek tragedians Aeschylus and Sophocles | * '''Brekkekkex koax koax:''' the refrain of the chorus of frogs in the comedy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frogs ''The Frogs''] by the Greek playwright [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes Aristophanes]; it is onomatopoeic in Greek; the play features a contest between the two Greek tragedians Aeschylus and Sophocles | ||
− | **In the play, the frogs occupy the Lake Acheron, which Dionysus (the play's protagonist) crosses to reach the Land of the Dead, Hades. | + | ** In the play, the frogs occupy the Lake Acheron, which Dionysus (the play's protagonist) crosses to reach the Land of the Dead, Hades. |
+ | *** [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924051247140#page/n86 The Frogs of Aristophanes translated by Benjamin B. Rogers (London 1919)] | ||
** '''''Sl'' Frogs:''' the French → Joyce wrote FW in Paris | ** '''''Sl'' Frogs:''' the French → Joyce wrote FW in Paris | ||
** '''Gilbert & Sullivan, ''The Pirates of Penzance'':''' "I am the very model of a modern major-general ... I know the croaking chorus from ''The Frogs'' of Aristophanes" → Major-General Stanley was based on the Dublin-born Viscount Wolseley | ** '''Gilbert & Sullivan, ''The Pirates of Penzance'':''' "I am the very model of a modern major-general ... I know the croaking chorus from ''The Frogs'' of Aristophanes" → Major-General Stanley was based on the Dublin-born Viscount Wolseley | ||
− | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn& | + | *** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0399 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] |
** '''''nr'':''' "A was an archer, who shot at a frog" → [[Page_5|005.09]]: [[Hootch is for husbandman handling his hoe]] | ** '''''nr'':''' "A was an archer, who shot at a frog" → [[Page_5|005.09]]: [[Hootch is for husbandman handling his hoe]] | ||
** '''Lewis Carroll, ''Sylvie and Bruno'':''' Chapter 24, ''The Frogs' Birthday-Treat'': "So now, when you hear the Frogs croaking in a particularly melancholy way, you may be sure they're trying to guess Bruno's next Shakespeare ‘Bit’. Isn't ''that'' interesting?" ''et passim'' | ** '''Lewis Carroll, ''Sylvie and Bruno'':''' Chapter 24, ''The Frogs' Birthday-Treat'': "So now, when you hear the Frogs croaking in a particularly melancholy way, you may be sure they're trying to guess Bruno's next Shakespeare ‘Bit’. Isn't ''that'' interesting?" ''et passim'' | ||
* A phonetic approximation of a swordfight (between Ostrogoths and Visigoths); "Brekkek kekkek kekkek kekkek" → the sounds of swords coming into contact, "koax koax koax" → sword blades scraping against shields | * A phonetic approximation of a swordfight (between Ostrogoths and Visigoths); "Brekkek kekkek kekkek kekkek" → the sounds of swords coming into contact, "koax koax koax" → sword blades scraping against shields | ||
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+ | * '''Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax!:''' anticipates the interracial tensions later in this paragraph, as the initials of these phrases are KKK twice over. | ||
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+ | * '''K-K-K:''' generally the stuttering ubiquitous in FW and particularly the emphasis on three Ks here is reminiscent of “K-K-K-Katy”, a popular song at the time | ||
+ | **https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-K-K-Katy |
Latest revision as of 22:54, 22 August 2020
- Brekkekkex koax koax: the refrain of the chorus of frogs in the comedy The Frogs by the Greek playwright Aristophanes; it is onomatopoeic in Greek; the play features a contest between the two Greek tragedians Aeschylus and Sophocles
- In the play, the frogs occupy the Lake Acheron, which Dionysus (the play's protagonist) crosses to reach the Land of the Dead, Hades.
- Sl Frogs: the French → Joyce wrote FW in Paris
- Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: "I am the very model of a modern major-general ... I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes" → Major-General Stanley was based on the Dublin-born Viscount Wolseley
- nr: "A was an archer, who shot at a frog" → 005.09: Hootch is for husbandman handling his hoe
- Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno: Chapter 24, The Frogs' Birthday-Treat: "So now, when you hear the Frogs croaking in a particularly melancholy way, you may be sure they're trying to guess Bruno's next Shakespeare ‘Bit’. Isn't that interesting?" et passim
- A phonetic approximation of a swordfight (between Ostrogoths and Visigoths); "Brekkek kekkek kekkek kekkek" → the sounds of swords coming into contact, "koax koax koax" → sword blades scraping against shields
- Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax!: anticipates the interracial tensions later in this paragraph, as the initials of these phrases are KKK twice over.
- K-K-K: generally the stuttering ubiquitous in FW and particularly the emphasis on three Ks here is reminiscent of “K-K-K-Katy”, a popular song at the time