ἐκστρέψας ... κακὸς κακῶς (Ar. Nub. 554): Aristofane e un trascurato principio di poetica

This paper offers a new interpretation of Ar. Nub. 554. The aim is to stress the dependence expression ἐκστρέψας ... κακὸς κακῶς on principle ancient literary criticism here called "poetic identity principle", based overlap between author's nature and content his work. has been neglected until now. Therefore, I shall prove present in line by first analysing structure sequence which found (518–559) then comparing l. 554 other Aristophanes' loci. Moreover, argue that Aristophanes usually recalls build negative positive poetic paradigms: such may also concern author himself within own work, had not noticed before.