Book 13
49
But a slave who had been flogged hired Callistium, who was nicknamed Poor Helen; and as it was summer, and he was lying down naked, she, seeing the marks of the whip, said, Where did you get this, you unhappy man? and he said, Some broth was spilt over me when I was a boy. And she said, It must have been made of neats'-leather. And once, when Menander the poet had failed with one of his plays, and came to her house, Glycera brought him some milk, and recommended him to drink it. But he said he would rather not, for there was some γραῦς γραῦς means both an old woman, and the scum on boiled milk. on it. But she replied, Blow it away, and take what there is beneath.
49
Thais said once to a boastful lover of hers, who had borrowed some goblets from a great many people, and said that he meant to break them up, and make others of them You will destroy what belongs to each private person. Leontium was once sitting at table with a lover of hers, when Glycera came in to supper; and as the man began to pay more atten- tion to Glycera, Leontium was much annoyed: and presently, when her friend turned round, and asked her what she was vexed at, she said, ʽἡ ὑστέρα γ̔στέρα means both the womb, and the new comer. pains me.
