I am thankful, however, to Rhodopis for past enjoyment, and in memory of her glorious roastbeef (which has bred in me the wish to buy her cook at any price) I send twelve large spits for roasting oxen,--[Rhodopis is said to have sent such a gift to Delphi.

Herod.]--and beg they may be placed in some treasure-house at Delphi as an offering from Rhodopis.

As for myself, being a rich man, I sign my name for a thousand drachmae, and beg that my gift may be publicly announced at the next Pythian games.

To that rude fellow, Aristomachus of Sparta, express my thanks for the effectual manner in which he fulfilled my intention in coming to Egypt.

I came hither for the purpose of having a tooth extracted by an Egyptian dentist said to take out teeth without causing much pain.
[The Egyptian dentists must have been very skilful.