Incertarum fabularum fragmenta (fr. 61)

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earliest extant use of the word (but cf. Kaibel 1899b. 18); it appears elsewhere
in the fourth century at Alex. fr. 52 and as the title of a comedy by Timocles.
In general, cf. Stevens 1948; Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 52; Valckenaer 1739. 83.
3 όρχη This striking image appears first at A. Ch. 167 όρχεϊται δέ καρδία
φόβω, although it does have some earlier precedents (e. g. Η. II. 7.216; 10.93-5;
Sapph. fr. 31. 5-6). Variations on the image become more common throughout
the classical period and later, although it is not found elsewhere in comedy of
the mid to late fourth century; cf. A. Ch. 167 with Garvie 1986; S. fr. 766 with
Pearson 1917 ad loc.·, Ar. Nu. 1391-1 with Blaydes 1890b ad loc.·, Pl. Ion 536b;
Dickey 1996.187; Webster 1957.152;Blumner 1891.111-12. The concentration
of the same image in Plautus (cf. Aul. 626-7 continuo meum cor coepit artem
facere ludicram / atque in pectus emicare [cf. Stockert 1983 ad loc.]·, Cist. 551
iam horret corpus, corsalit·, Capt. 636-7; Cas. 414-15; Mil. 1088) might suggest
a precedent in fourth-century comedy (cf. Marx 1928 on Plaut. Rud. 1290),
implying that the image was more common in the comedy of that period than
the other evidence suggests, although the numerous papyrus finds of the last
century or so have yet to reveal an example.

fr. 61 K.-A. (60 K.)
μηδέποτε δοϋλον ήδονής σαυτόν ποίει·
λάγνης γυναικός έστιν, ούκ άνδρός τάδε
habent LMA
1 = [Men.] Mon. 512 ποιεί L 2 λάγνης LMA: λάγνου Blaydes: μάχλης
Herwerden
Never make yourself a slave of pleasure;
this is the trait of a lecherous woman, not a man
Stob. 3.6.6
(περί άκολασίας) Άναξανδρίδου·-
Άλεξανδρίδου L
(On licentiousness) Anaxandrides:-