Note 257 — Women in Greek Comedy
Reading edition
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.