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- μ1164ΜνησίμαχοςMnesimachos, Mnesimachus… also the title of lost plays by Euripides (satyr-play), Antiphanes, Cratinus, Cratippus and Ephippus; and cf. lambda 649 and pi 637 for Isocrates' rhetorical work of that name.) Mnesimachus' four other attested titles are …
- κ2595Κυβηλίσαιto cleave, strike with a cleaver… active infinitive of kubhli/zw. [2] Attested only in lexicography. [3] Cratinus fr. 62 Kock, now 66 K.-A. For Lampon cf. theta 418, lambda 93.
- ε2131Ἐπειοῦ δειλότεροςmore cowardly than Epeios… existence of this Epeios, and Athenian prosopography ignores him. [1] Cratinus fr. 460 Kock (testimonium 15 Kassel-Austin) = Comica adespota fr. 31 Kock, now 952 K.-A. [2] This aorist infinitive reappears as tau 92. …
- κ1676ΚισθήνηKisthene, Cisthene… this toponym in Isocrates 4.153 (and going on to quote Cratinus fr. 309 Kock = 343 K.-A.; see further, next note). [1] Though the quotation from Cratinus seems to confirm that Kisthene was a …
- ε3444Εὔερονfleecy, cushy… should be dative (Pearson); cf. alpha 1676, tau 778. [4] Cratinus fr. 175 Kock, now 181 K.-A.
- μ1146ΜναρόνmnarosMore fully in Photius mu480 Theodoridis, citing a source -- Cratinus fr. 431 Kock (477 K.-A.), contextless -- for this neuter nominative/vocative/accusative singular adjective (unattested outside these and other lexica).
- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… killing of the Lernaian Hydra (see n. 2 below). [1] Cratinus fr. 347 Kock (392 K.-A.). [2] Because the Hydra, like a theatre audience, had many heads; cf. generally upsilon 57. [3] cf. scholion …
- αι243Αἰξωνίδα τρίγληνAixonian mullet… headword phrase, in the accusative case, comes from Attic comedy: Cratinus fr. 221 Kock, now 236 K.-A. For the Attic coastal deme Aixone see alphaiota 242.
- ι157Ἱερὰ ὁδόςSacred way… cite Polemon's monograph on the subject; also a mention in Cratinus (fr. 61 Kock = 65 K.-A.). [1] Athens. [2] On Eleusis, see epsilon 811.
- ι586Ἵππῳ γηράσκοντι τὰ μείονα κύκλον ἐπίβαλλεmake an ageing horse do the lesser circuitCrates fr. 30 Kock, now 33 K.-A.; Zenobius 4.41, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1106.
- λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshes… suggestion that it is the title of a play by Cratinus. For proverbial gulls see also lambda 127.
- χ116ΧαριξένηCharixene… lexica -- some of them preserving other material from comedy: Cratinus fr. 135 Kock (now 146 K.-A.), Theopompus fr. 50 Kock (now 51 K.-A.) -- bring out other points about the courtesan and musician …
- μ385Μεγαρικαὶ ΣφίγγεςMegarian Sphinxes[1] Diogenianus 6.35, etc. [2] So e.g. Cratinus fr. 446 Kock (now 495 K.-A.). [3] Presumably the nymph Maia, mother of Hermes (epsilon 3037). [4] cf. alpha 1081.