Demosʹthenēsʹ Lantern
. A choraʹgic monument erected by Lysicʹratēs in Athens, originally surmounted by the tripod won by Lysicratēs. A “tripod” was awarded to everyone in Athens who produced the best drama or choral piece of his tribe. The street in which Demosthenēsʹ Lantern stood was full of these tripods.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.