O Mercury, sent by the gods above,
You who've obtained Philippides by lot;
And you, too, eye of darkly-robed night.
And Aristophon, in his play called Plato, says—
A. I will within these three days make this man
Thinner than e'en Philippides.
B. How so?
Can you kill men in such a very short time?
ANOINTING.
And Menander, in his Passion, says—