[1] See R.A.S. Seaford in OCD(4) s.v. Epigenes. For Epigenes as the first writer of tragedies see theta 282, s.v. Thespis. Herodotus 5.67.5 mentions choruses performed at Sicyon in honour of Dionysus, which were instituted by its tyrant Cleisthenes. See web address 1 below.
[2] ta\ saturika/ [dra/mata]. Compare ta\ fallika/ at Aristotle, Poetics 1449a. See web address 2 below.
[3] The distinction, albeit somewhat blurred, is between plots involving mythical or legendary subjects and those based on historical subjects such as Aeschylus' Persians. Plutarch, Moralia 615A, attributed the introduction of such themes to Phrynichus and Aeschylus, and in this context quoted the present saying. See also Zenobius 5.40.
[4] From Heraclea Pontica (b. c.350 BCE). He was a pupil of Aristotle; see generally C.B.R. Pelling in OCD(4) s.v. 'Chamaeleon'. This is his fr. 38 Wehrli = 48 Giordano = TGrF 1 T18.
[5] Not known.
[6] Parrhasius of Ephesus. A well-known painter of the fifth century BCE, who also wrote works on painting. See G. Lippold, 'Parrasios(3)', in RE 18.4, cols.1874-1880; Parrhasius' painting of Dionysus is discussed in col.1874 there. See also OCD(4) s.v. (pp.1084-5). Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.10.1-5, introduces Parrhasius in conversation with Socrates. See web address 3 below. Strabo 8.6.2 (quoting Polybius 39.2 Paton) attributed this famous painting to Aristides of Thebes, who was active c.360 BCE.
[7] Up to this point the Suda closely follows Photius, Lexicon omicron618 Theodoridis; cf. Zenobius 5.40 and Apostolius s.v. ou)de\n pro\s to\n *Dio/nuson.
[8] Adler suggests (on no discernible basis) that what follows be attributed to Eunapius.
[9] Koroibos was a Phrygian, the son of Mygdon and Anaximene. He arrived at Troy the day before the city fell, intending to marry Cassandra. He boasted that he would repulse the Achaeans but was himself killed by Neoptolemos or Diomedes [Author, Myth] when the city fell. See Quintus of Smyrna, The fall of Troy 13.168-177, who calls him nh/pios; Pausanias 10.27.1. His reputation for stupidity was such that it was said of him that he would count the waves of the sea, hence the proverbial expression "more stupid than Koroibos". See Zenobius 4.58; Diogenian 5.56; Eitrem; Marcovich p.50; kappa 2113.
[10] In contrast with Koroibos and his reputation for stupidity, Odysseus is of course proverbially clever, polu/tropos. In English we might say, 'Oh yes, and Koroibos was a clever Odysseus!'. That would signify that a person was talking nonsense, which is what the saying "nothing to do with Dionysus" had come to mean.
[11] Literally 'despite not providing an example in respect of this'. Adler's punctuates with a period after polu/tropon but a comma seems better (and a period at the end, i.e. with a fresh start at 'You are leading').
[12] The saying derives from the fable attributed to Aesop of the dog in the manger (eta 187, kappa 2729). For the proverb [no. 74] see B.E. Perry, [Aesopica Urbana: U.Illinois Pr., 1952, pp.276, 702. See web address 3 below. For other uses of this saying see Lucian, Timon 14; Greek Anthology 12.236. There seem to be two separate sayings quoted here, although it is possible that they constitute a single saying. If the latter, the saying would refer to perverse behaviour, and there would be a pun on a)/gw. However, Greek would not normally use the simple conjunction kai/ to make the contrast.