I wish to have her in my house till my head is as white as the top of Soracte in winter." "She is not a slave, but she belongs to the 'family' of Plautius; and since she is a deserted maiden, she may be considered an 'alumna.' Plautius might yield her to thee if he wished." "Then it seems that thou knowest not Pomponia Graecina.

Both have become as much attached to her as if she were their own daughter." "Pomponia I know,--a real cypress.

If she were not the wife of Aulus, she might be engaged as a mourner.

Since the death of Julius she has not thrown aside dark robes; and in general she looks as if, while still alive, she were walking on the asphodel meadow.

She is, moreover, a 'one-man woman'; hence, among our ladies of four and five divorces, she is straightway a phoenix.