m, hitherto, no one of the youth of all Attica
has been considered more temperate or equally frugal."]

[Footnote 42: _Nor submit to blows_)--Ver. 244. It has been
remarked in the Notes to the Translation of Plautus that the
Parasites had, in consequence of their state of dependence, to
endure blows and indignities from their fellow-guests. Their
attempts to be "ridiculi" or "drolls" were made in order to give
some small return to their entertainers. See especially the
character of Gelasimus in the Stichus of Plautus, and the words of
Ergasilus in the Captivi, l. 88, 90. Diderot, as quoted by Colman,
observes: "This is the only Scene in Terence which I remember that
can be charged with being superfluous. Thraso has made a present
to Thais of a young girl. Gnatho is to convey her. Going along
with her, he amuses himself with giving the Spectators a most
agreeable eulogium on his profession. But was that the time for
it? Let Gnatho pay due attention on the stage to the young woman
whom he is charged with, and let him say what he will to himself,
I consent to it."]

[Footnote 43: _Fishmongers_)--Ver. 257. "Cetarii;" strictly
speaking, "dealers in large fish."]

[Footnote 44: _Cooks_)--Ver. 257. The "coqui" were in the habit of
standing in the market-place for hire by those who required their
services. See the Pseudolus, the Aulularia, and the Mercator of
Plautus, and the Notes to Bohn's Translation. See also a remark on
the knavish character of the sausage-makers in the Truculentus of
Plautus, l. 110]

[Footnote 45: _Become my follower_)--Ver. 262. "Sectari." In
allusion to the manners of the ancient Philosophers, who were wont
to be followed by a crowd of their disciples, who were styled
"sectatores" and "sectae." Gnatho intends to found a new school of
Parasites, who shall be called the "Gnathonics," and who, by their
artful adulation, shall contrive to be caressed instead of being
maltreated. Artotrogus, the Parasite in the Miles Gloriosus of
Plautus, seems, however, to have forestalled Gnatho as the founder
of this new school.]

[Footnote 46: _I'm standing_)--Ver. 271. "Quid agitur?" "Statur."
The same joke occurs in the Pseudolus of Plautus, l. 457. "Quid
agitur? Statur hic ad hunc modum?" "What is going on?" or "What
are you about?" "About standing here in this fashion;" assuming an
attitude. Colman observes that there is much the sa