[162] A celebrated physician.—Philocleon means, "Instead of starting an action, go and have yourself cared for; that is better worth your while."
[163] The dances that Thespis, the originator of Tragedy, interspersed with the speaking parts of his plays.
[164] A verse borrowed from an unknown Tragedy.
[165] As was done in the stadia when the races were to be started.
[166] The ancients considered it a specific against madness.
[167] Phrynichus, like all the ancient tragic writers, mingled many dances with his pieces.
[168] Tragic poet. His three sons had also written tragedies and were dancers into the bargain.
[169] Carcinus, by a mere transposition of the accent ([Greek: karkívos]), means crab in Greek; hence the pun.
[170] Carcinus' sons were small and thin.
[171] The third son of Carcinus.