Ἀντάλλαγον

They say antallagos, not antallos, for the man who has been exchanged for another. Menander in Basket-bearer [writes]: "she needed to employ her own daughter as substitute."¹ In Widow:² "willingly your sister will do this for you and will have a substitute when married off to him."³ And in Fishermen: "our real seducer has escaped, but a substitute [...]."⁴