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The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 eBook

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446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

D

Dactyl, the double meaning of
‘Daedalians,’ a lost play
Dance, an obscene
—­the kick
Dances, lascivious
Dawn, the, time for love
Dead (the), a custom
Demagogues, secret of power
Demos, double meaning of
Demosthenes, a reproach of
Demostratus, a statesman
Depilation, referred to
Diagoras, the atheist
Dicaeopolis, meaning of
Dionysia, feasts
—­the basket-bearer
Dionysus, statue of, place of honour
Diopithes, a bribe-taker
Discourse, Just and Unjust
Dog, a skinned, proverb
“Dog-fox,” a brothel-keeper
—­meaning of
Dogs, lubricity of
Dolphins, where worshipped
Double meanings, obscene
Dream, a
Drunken habits, results of

E

Eagle and beetle, a fable
Earth, sons of the
Earthquakes, Sparta menaced
Ecbatana, King’s residence
Ecclesia, the, or Parliament
Ecclesiasts, their salary
Echinus, town of
Eclipses, allusion to
Eels, certain, esteemed
—­with beet
Egypt, residence in
Election, character of
Electra, reference to
Eleusis, mysteries of
Elymnium, a temple
Embassies, dismissed
Erectheus, identity of
Eucrates, Athenian general
—­hiding-place of
—­statesman
Euminides, temples of refuge
Eupolis, a comic writer
Euripides, a line from
—­“Aeolus,” subject of
—­his mother
—­his talent
—­lost tragedy of
—­parodied
—­satirised
—­verse from
Expedition, starting on

F

Fear, colour of
Feast of Cups
Fellation, alluded to
Festivals, three days
Fine, fixed by plaintiff
Finger, the, obscene allusion
Fleet (the), counsel concerning
Formula, a sacred

G

Gallop (the), in sexual intercourse
Games, war chariots in
“Garden of love,” weeded
Garlic, an emblem
—­for game-cocks
—­the smell of
Genetyllides, minor deities
Genius, Good, explained
Glanis, invented name
“Goddesses (by the two)”
Godemiché, alluded to
Gods, the, belief in
Gorgon’s head
Gorgons (the), name for gluttons
Grasshoppers
Greek stage, device of
Greenstuff, offered to gods
Gryttus, an orator
Gull, allusion to Cleon

H

Harmodius, assassin esteemed
—­song in honour
Harpies (the), symbol of voracity
Heliasts, the, at Athens
—­tribunal of
Hermippus, celebrated comic poet
Hephaestus, sword of
Heracles, as a glutton
Hermae, figures of the god
Hermes, conducts dead souls
—­god of chance, and thieves
promised worship
Hieronymus, an obscure poet
—­poet and pederast
Hippias, the Tyranny of
Hippocrates, sons of the general
Hipponax, satiric poet, ugliness of
Homeric verses, adapted
Hippo of Samos, doctrine
Honey, emblem of honey
Horse, marking of
Horses, good breed
Hyperbolus, a demagogue
—­a general

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