Book 15
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Pherecrates, in his Crapatalli, calls what we now call λυχνία, λυχνεῖον, in this line— A. Where were these λυχνεῖα made? B. In Etruria. For there were a great many manufactories in Etruria, as the Etrurians were exceedingly fond of works of art. Aristophanes, in his Knights, says— Binding three long straight darts together, We use them for a torch (λυχνείῳ). And Diphilus, in his Ignorance, says— We lit a candle (λύχνον), and then sought a candlestick (λύχνειον). And Euphorion, in his Historic Commentaries, says that the young Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily dedicated, in the Prytaneum at Tarentum, a candlestick capable of containing as great a number of candles as there are days in a year. And Hermippus the comic poet, in his Iambics, speaks of— A military candlestick well put together. And, in his play called The Grooms, he says— Here, lamp (λυχνίδιον), show me my road on the right hand.
