ΦΙΛΟΛΑΚΩΝ.
Τούτῳ προέπιεν ὁ βασιλεὺς κώμην τινά.
Β. καινόν τι τοῦτο γέγονε νῦν ποτήριον;
Σ. κώμη μὲν οὖν τίς ἐστι περὶ τὴν Θουρίαν.
Β. εἰς τὰς ῥοδιακὰς ὅλος ἀπηνέχθην ἐγώ
καὶ τοὺς ἐφήβους, Σωσία, τοὺς δυσχερεῖς.
The King's Gift at Thuria is a lost comedy by the obscure poet Stephanus, known only by its title. The work is preserved solely as a name mentioned in the Suda lexicon's entry for the city of Thuria, which provides no further details about its plot or content. The title suggests a narrative concerning a royal benefaction connected to Thuria, a city in Laconia. As a work known only by name, it serves as a minimal data point for the corpus of fragmentary Greek comedy and illustrates the limits of modern knowledge of the genre, while its mention of Thuria offers a minor geographical reference for potential comic satire.
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