Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 15, chapter 58

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58. ὅτι δὲ λυχνοῦχοι οἱ νῦν καλούμενοι φανοὶ ὠνομάζοντο Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Αἰολοσίκωνι παρίστησιν

καὶ διαστίλβονθ᾽ ὁρῶμεν
ὥσπερ, ἐν καινῷ λυχνούχῳ,
πάντα τῆς ἐξωμίδος, [p. 252]

ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ Νιόβῳ προειπὼν λυχνοῦχον οἴμοι κακόδαιμον φησίν, ὁ λύχνος ἡμῖν οἴχεται. εἶτ᾽ ἐπιφέρει:

καὶ πῶς ὑπερβὰς τὸν λυχνοῦχον οἴχεται
κἄλαθέ σε;

ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἑξῆς καὶ λυχνίδιον αὐτὸν καλεῖ διὰ τούτων

ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ λύχνος
ὁμοιότατα κάθευδ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῦ λυχνιδίου.

Πλάτων δ᾽ ἐν Νυκτὶ Μακρᾷ:

ἕξουσιν οἱ πομπεῖς λυχνούχους δηλαδή.

Φερεκράτης Δουλοδιδασκάλῳ :

ἄνυσὸν ποτ᾽ ἐξελθών, σκότος γὰρ γίγνεται,
καὶ τὸν λυχνοῦχον ἔκφερ᾽ ἐνθεὶς τὸν λύχνον.

Ἄλεξις δ᾽ Ἐκκηρυττομένῳ:

ὥστ᾽ ἐξελὼν ἐκ τοῦ λυχνούχου τὸν λύχνον
μικροῦ κατακαύσας ἔλαθ᾽ ἑαυτόν,8 ὑπὸ μάλης
τῇ γαστρὶ μᾶλλον τοῦ δέοντος προσαγαγών.

Εὐμήδης δ᾽ ἐν Σφαττομένῳ προειπών

ἡγοῦ μὲν ἢν δὲ . υ̣κνον εἰς τὸ πρόσθ᾽ ἰδὼν ...
ατο ... ϋμένιδι ... ς,

ἐπιφέρει: ...

λυχνούχῳ ... κο ...

[p. 254] Ἐπικράτης δ᾽ ἐν Τριόδοντι ἢ Ῥωποπώλῃ προειπών

λαβὲ τριόδοντα καὶ λυχνοῦχον,

ἐπιφέρει:

ἐγὼ δὲ δεξιᾷ γε τόνδ᾽ ἔχω τινά,1
σιδηρότευκτον ἐναλίων θηρῶν βέλος,2
κερατίνου τε φωσφόρου λύχνου σέλας,

Ἄλεξις Μίδωνι:

ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν μετὰ λυχνούχου περιπατεῖν
τῆς νυκτὸς ἦν τις κηδεμὼν τῶν δακτύλων.

Athenaeus. The Deipnosophists. with an English Translation by. Charles Burton Gulick. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1927. 1.

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