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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: possession of the maiden you love, even though Charidemus should commit the folly of giving his daughter to the vagabond son of a wheelwright. With these words she rushed across the threshold. Incredible said Acontius, looking after her. Now I understand what affected me so strangely at that first meeting. This Neaira is a fiend. I would so gladly have remained her faithful friend, but, after all that has passed, I shall be wise to keep out of her way as far as possible. chapter{{Section 4CHAPTER V. THE FESTIVAL OF APHRODITE. THE first decade of the month Elaphebolion had commenced, and the city of Miletus was swarming with its annual throng of strangers, who, partly from religious motives, partly from the pleasure they took in the splendor of the manifold ceremonies and the gay, mirthful bustle of the occasion, had flocked thither from far and near, giving the market-place and Street of the Harbor a totally different aspect. Matronly women, who desired to implore the goddess' favor for a beloved daughter; rosy girls, who attributed greater potency to their own prayers, ? because they would be more fervent and impassioned, ? than to their parents' petitions; handsome youths who did not come to pray, but to enjoy; hetaerae from Andros and Cyprus, decked with golden jewels; besides a multitude of pleasure-seeking men of the most varied conditions in life ? all met in brilliantMiletus. Even barbarians from Scythia, black- eyed Persians with flowing trousers and tall tiaras, Egyptians draped in cloaks, and merchants from Campania- and Bruttium, were seen among the visitors. During the first day of the festival, which was filled with all sorts of preparatory ceremonies and solemn processions, but also with luxurious, flower- scented symposia, Acontius, by th...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217686693 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217686699 |
| Weight | 0.42 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 122 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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