And Pherecrates, in his Slave Teacher, writes—
Make haste and go, for now the night descends,
And bring a lantern (λυχνοῦχον) with a candle furnish'd.
Alexis too, in his Forbidden Thing, says—
So taking out the candle from the lantern (λύχνιον),
He very nearly set himself on fire,
Carrying the light beneath his arm much nearer
His clothes than any need at all required.
PARODIES.
And Eumelus, in his Murdered Man . . . having said first—