And she, indignant, said, "You wretched girl,

Take him and kiss him if he wishes it."

But she replied, "Why should I kiss him, mother,

Who does no good to any one in the house,

But seeks to have his Argos all for nothing?"

Once, on a day of festival, Gnathænium

Went down to the Piræus to a lover,

Who was a foreign merchant, riding cheaply

On a poor mule, and having after her

Three donkeys, three maid-servants, and one nurse.