PARODIES. And Eumelus, in his Murdered Man . . . having said first—
A. Take now a pitchfork and a lantern ([Greek: lychnouchon]),
adds—
B. But I now in my right hand hold this fork,
An iron weapon 'gainst the monsters of the sea;
And this light too, a well-lit horn lantern ([Greek: lychnou]).
And Alexis says, in his Midon—
The man who first invented the idea
Of walking out by night with such a lantern ([Greek: lychnouchou]),
Was very careful not to hurt his fingers.
59. But the same Alexis says, in his Fanatic—
I think that some of those I meet will blame
For being drunk so early in the day;
But yet I pray you where's a lantern ([Greek: phanos]) equal
To the sweet light of the eternal sun?
And Anaxandrides, in his Insolence, says—
Will you take your lantern ([Greek: phanon]) now, and quickly
Light me a candle ([Greek: lychnon])?
But others assert that it is a lamp which is properly called [Greek: phanos]. And others assert that [Greek: phanos] means a bundle of matches made of split wood. Menander says, in his Cousins—
This [Greek: phanos] is quite full of water now,
I must not shake ([Greek: seiô]) it, but throw it away ([Greek: aposeiô]).
And Nicostratus, in his Fellow-Countrymen, says—
For when this vintner in our neighbourhood
Sells any one some wine, or e'en a [Greek: phanos],
Or vinegar, he always gives him water.
And Philippides, in his Women Sailing together, says—
A. The [Greek: phanos] did not give a bit of light.
B. Well, then, you wretched man, could not you blow it?
60. Pherecrates, in his Crapatalli, calls what we now call [Greek: lychnia, lychneion,] in this line—
A. Where were these [Greek: lychneia] made?
B. In Etruria.
For there were a great many manufactories in Etruria, as the Etrurians were exceedingly fond of works of art. Aristophanes, in his Knights, says—
Binding three long straight darts together,
We use them for a torch ([Greek: lychneiô]).
And Diphilus, in his Ignorance, says—
We lit a candle ([Greek: lychnon]), and then sought a candlestick ([Greek: lychneion]).
And Euphorion, in his Historic Commentaries, says that the young Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily dedicated, in the Prytaneum at Tarentum, a candlestick capable of containing as
