And you too,
Be sure and have the second course quite neat;
Adorn it with all kinds of rich confections,
Perfumes, and garlands, aye, and frankincense,
And girls to play the flute.
GARLANDS.
But Philoxenus the Dithyrambic poet, in his poem entitled The Banquet, represents the garland as entering into the commencement of the banquet, using the following language:
Then water was brought in to wash the hands,
Which a delicate youth bore in a silver ewer,
Ministering to the guests; and after that