Iliad, the, verses from
Incest with rape
Informers warned off
Initiated (the), after death
Invasion, result of
Iolas, a Theban hero
Ion (of Chios), a successful poet
Ionians, meaning
Isthmus, obscene pun
Jargon, meaningless
Jest, an obscene
Judicatum solvi at Athens
Julius, a miser
Kneaded (to be), obscene
“Knockabouts,” ancient
Lacratides, Archon
Lamachus, a brave general
Lame heroes, in plays
Lamprocles, a lyric poet
Language, used by orators
Laurel, the, carried off by wind
Law-costs, defendants’
Lawsuit against aliens
Lawsuits, Athenians’ love of
—pretexts for
Leather, dominated by
—the market
Lemnos, ominous of misfortune
Lenaea. See Dionysia
Leonidas, hero of Thermopylae
“Let us drink,” a song
Lipsydrion, fortified town
Loaves, Boeotian
“Love and lewdness”
Lyceum (the)
Lysicles, dealer in sheep
—husband of Aspasia
Lysimacha, derivation of
Lysistratus, a debauchee
—poverty of
Macareus rapes sister
Mad Ox, a nickname
Magnes, the comic poet
Male sexual organ, pun on
“Many good men”
“Maricas,” play by Eupolis
Marpsias, an orator
Medimni, a measure
Megacles, family name
Megara, ally to Sparta
Megarians, boycotted
—(the), their sufferings
Melanion, chaste as
Melanthius, “Medea,” tragedy by
—poet and gourmand
Membrum virile, punned upon
Micon, famous painter
Mice (the), a play
Mina, value of
Mines (silver), source of wealth
Mirrors, or burning glasses
Mitylené, city of
Modes of love, allusions to different
Month (the), how divided
Moon, the old and new
Mothon, an obscene dance
Morsimus, the poet
Morychus of Athens
Mountains, the golden
Mount Taygetus
Myronides, famous general
Mysian Telephus (the)
Names, fancy
Navarino, Battle of
Nero, Emperor, his finger
Nestor, the wise king
Nicarchus, an informer
Nicias, Greek general, satire on courage of
Oath, over a buckler
Obolus, “the honest penny”
Odomanti, a tribe
Offering, the priest’s part
Old men, ridiculed
Olive branches, when carried
Olympus, a musician
Omens, their effect
Opora, the goddess
Opportunity, neglected
Opposite (the) to word expected
Oracles, belief in
—obscurity satirised
Orators, pederastic habits of
Orestes, symbol of rage
Oreus, a town
Orsilochus, brothel-keeper
Orthian mode, described
