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The Satyricon
Complete

CHAPTER THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIRST
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See Lemaire's Virgil, vol.vi, p.

521; commentary of Servius on AEneid, lib.
viii, 631.
AElicariae--Bakers' girls.
Noctiluae--Night walkers.
Blitidae--A very low class deriving their name from a cheap drink sold in the dens they frequented.
Forariae--Country girls who frequented the roads.
Gallinae--Thieving prostitutes, because after the manner of hens, prostitutes take anything and scatter everything.
Diobolares--Two obol girls.

So called from their price.
Amasiae, also in the diminutive--Girls devoted to Venus.

Their best expression in modern society would be the "vamps." Amatrix--Female lover, frequently in male part.
Amica--Female friend, frequently a tribad.
Quadrantariae--The lowest class of all.

Their natural charms were no longer merchantable.


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