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ledge, therefore it is enacted that she do surrender and 

 give up all her personal property, and also her dower.' 

 We have no heart to pursue such calumnies any further ; 



Muse, changeons de style et qtdttons la satire, 

 C'est im mechant metier que celui de medire ; 



and we have, besides, a brief notice to give, before con- 

 cluding, of a Greek and a Roman feast. 



There were, from an early period, two different kinds 

 of entertainments known in. Greece, the one called epavo^. 

 where the guests {ipavia-ral) each furnished a quota ot 

 the charge;* though some, particularly poets and singers, 

 were admitted gratuitously (ao-v/i/SoXot), and were said, 

 in consequence, to feast aKairvoi, without smoke, i. e. 

 without paying for the kitchen-fire. These repasts re- 

 sembled in some respects the modern table d'hdte enter- 

 tainment; and in common with it possessed the solid ad- 

 vantages of being at once frugal, sociable, and indepen- 

 dent. They were at one time so prudently conducted 

 as to have passed for schools of sobriety {StSaa-KaXeXa 

 <T(o<ppoavin)<;) , where the young might sit to learn lessons 

 of moderation from the old, and observe much that was 

 worthy of their imitation. The other kind was a ban- 

 quet to which a host sent his henrvoKKrjTaip, or chasseur, 

 with special invitations to those whom he proposed to 

 feast at his own charge. This, unlike the last, soon be- 

 came a riotous and ruinously expensive affair, not only 

 on account of the exertions of the entertainer to furnish 

 the best supplies in his power, but chiefly because his 

 friends, making a very improper return for so much cour- 

 tesy, swilled and guttled in wanton and wastefal excess, 



* Nearly akin, to these were the beiTrva anb mnpl&as, or basket 

 feasts ; whereas 



. . when Scarron his companions invited. 

 Each guest brought his dish, and the feast was united. 



Goldsmith. 



