[27] τὰ νῶτα διαγεγραμμένα—
"Quasi in libro cum scribuntur literæ calamo
Stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito."
Plaut. Ps. i. 5. 139.
[28] Slaves were not allowed to wear their hair long. "ἑπειτa δῆτα δοῦλος ὢν, κόμην ἔχεις."—Aristoph. Aves, 884.
[29] See the phrase, "Noctes puras habere."—Plautus, Asinar. iv. 1.
[30] See Proverbs v. 15-18.
... "health in the human frame,
Is pleasant, besides being true love's essence."—Byron.
[32] See Lucan, B. vi. 605, &c.
[33] See the anecdote of Lais and Xenocrates. Anthon's Classical Dict.
[34] διαῤῥεύσασαν.