[34] Suet., "Nero," 51.

[35] An inner private court back of the atrium.

[36] The opponents of the Epicureans; they nobly antagonized the mere pursuit of pleasure held out as the one end of life by the Epicurean, and glorified duty.

[37] Cubicularius.

[38] To let out the ointment. Capua was a famed emporium for perfumes and like wares.

[39] Born 180 B.C.

[40] Ornatrices.

[41] Demeter and Persephone, a Greek woman's oath.

[42] A costly substance, probably porcelain agate.

[43] Whipper; many Roman houses had such a functionary, and he does not seem to have lacked employment.