Note 124 — Chapter XIX · THE COMIC FRAGMENTS.
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Compare Antiphanes (Didumoi, fr. 2; Progonoi, fr. 1), Alexis (Kubernetes, fr. 1), Diodorus (Epikleros, fr. 1), Timocles (Drakontion, fr. 1), the long passage from an uncertain play of Nicolaus. The invention of the part of the Parasite is usually ascribed to Alexis, but this is clearly a mistake. That he developed it and made it a fixed character of comedy is probable enough. The Symposium of Xenophon furnishes curious matter on the professional joker and diner-out as he existed at Athens.