A. Take now a pitchfork and a lantern (λυχνοῦχον),
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 (λὑχνου).
And Alexis says, in his Midon—
The man who first invented the idea
Of walking out by night with such a lantern (λυχνούχου),
Was very careful not to hurt his fingers.
59. But the same Alexis says, in his Fanatic—