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But the same Alexis says, in his Fanatic— I think that some of those I meet will blame For being drunk so early in the day; But yet I pray you where's a lantern (φανὸς) equal To the sweet light of the eternal sun? And Anaxandrides, in his Insolence, says— Will you take your lantern (φανόν) now, and quickly Light me a candle (λύχνον)? But others assert that it is a lamp which is properly called φανός. And others assert that φανὸς means a bundle of matches made of split wood. Menander says, in his Cousins— This φανὸς is quite full of water now, I must not shake (σείω) it, but throw it away (ἀποσείω). And Nicostratus, in his Fellow-Countrymen, says— For when this vintner in our neighbourhood Sells any one some wine, or e'en a φανὸς, Or vinegar, he always gives him water. And Philippides, in his Women Sailing together, says— A. The φανὸς did not give a bit of light. B. Well, then, you wretched man, could not you blow it?
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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.
