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Classical Drama and Society
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Our word parasite, meaning "an organism which derives its sustenance by living off another organism," derives originally from Greek comedy and the character-type of the parasitos; cf. W.G. Arnott, "Studies in Comedy, I: Alexis and the Parasite's Name," GRBS 9 (1968) 161-168.
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