[97]. Xenoph. Mem. ii. 5. 2.
[98]. Pub. Econ. of Athens, i. 92.
[99]. Suid. v. ἱμαῖον ᾆσμα, t. i. p. 1239. c. Poll. vii. 180. Of the mill-houses of the ancients we have the following description in Apuleius: “Ibi complurium jumentorum multivii circuitus intorquebant molas ambage varia; nec die tantum, verum perpeti etiam nocte prorsus instabili machinarum vertigine lucubrabant perviligem farinam.” He then sketches a frightful picture of the slaves who work there: “Homunculi vibicibus livedinis totam cutem depicti, dorsumque plagosum scissili centunculo magis inumbrati, quàm obtecti; nonnulli exiguo tegili tantummodo pubem injecti, cuncti tamen sic tunicati, ut essent per pannulos manifesti; frontes literati, et capillum semirasi, et pedes annulati.” Metamorph. ix. p. 204, seq. Cf. Pignor. De Servis, p. 9, seq.
[100]. In Pantænet. §§ 2. 5. Barthelémy, however, who had curiously examined the subject, supposes, that a mina was worth from 300 to 600 drachmæ. Voy. du J. Anach. v. 35.
[101]. Pub. Econ. of Athens, i. 94.
[102]. Orat. in Aphob. § 2.
[103]. Boeckh Pub. Econ. of Athen. i. 92, sqq.
[104]. Rudig. ad Dem. Olynth. B. § 7. Etymol. Mag. 265. 29, seq.
[105]. Dissen. ad Fragm. Pind. p. 640.
[106]. See a representation of sacred female slaves dancing, in Zoëga, Bassi Relievi. Tav. 20, seq.