[16] The temple of Asclepios (Aesculapius).
[17] Fingers or hands of marble or metal were common among the Athenians as votive offerings.
[18] Young men between eighteen and twenty years of age, who were in training for the duties of citizenship.
[19] One of the committee of fifty which, in rotation, were charged with the administration of affairs at Athens.
[20] Cybele.
[21] A portion of Character XIX has been incorporated here, as belonging more fitly in this connection.
XVI The Garrulous Man
(Ἀδολεσχία)