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Antimachus of Colophon and the Position of Women in Greek Poetry

Note 257 — Women in Greek Comedy

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That τραγήματα was merely a polite word for drinking, seems clear from Alexis, Polycleia:—

ὁ πρῶτος εὑρὼν κομψὸς ἦν τραγήματα· τοῦ συμποσίου γὰρ διατριβὴν ἔξευρέ πως κἀργοὺς ἔχειν μηδέποτε τὰς σιαγόνας.

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