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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Note 283:1 — BOOK IV. (continued 2)

Charles Duke Yonge translation

"Λυσιῳδὸς, ὁ καὶ ἡ, a man who played women's characters in male attire; so called from Lysis, who wrote songs for such actors."—Liddell and Scott, in voc.

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