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After a little he came up behind me, and with studied unconcern in his voice said: "'An obol for your thoughts, King of Folly. "'I was but watching those birds, sire. And I pointed at a shoal of swallows that darted hither and thither in the sunlight snapping up the flies. "'Ah! The swallows! What of them?
He was at least secure against external want; the generous Archias would hardly withhold from him the prize he had intended for the successful statue, although the second had been destroyed. The great merchant would do everything for his fame-crowned nephew, and he, Hermon, was conscious that had his uncle been in his situation he would have divided his last obol with him.
The man was sitting on the steps between the pillars of a colonnade, with a tame crow perched upon his fist, and as Democrates passed he began his doggerel prayer:— “Good master, a handful of barley bestow On the child of Apollo, the sage, sable crow.” The Athenian began to fumble in his belt for an obol, when he was rudely distracted by a twitch upon his chiton.
"I only bring a funeral garland for my son," she said, "but instead of the obol, he shall take a kiss from the lips of his mother." She threw herself on the dead child, and kissed him. "Beware of the dead!" said Pericles, and seized her arm; "he died of the pestilence." "My life has been a lingering death; a quick one is preferable to me."
But his purpose was not fulfilled, for suddenly, flaming with passionate wrath, she thrust the purse aside, groaning: "Not an obol of the accursed destruction of souls shall come back to Hanno, nor even into the family store. Until his heart and hers stop beating, the most indissoluble bond will unite both.
I never had one. The only regret I have in leaving is that the Prince will not keep me company. Put an obol in my hand, and Charon will see me over the Styx. "And when, like her, O Saki, you shall pass Among the guests star-scattered on the grass, And in your joyous errand, reach the spot Where I made one turn down an empty glass! "Well, hang me, Jack, if you aren't crying!
These were succeeded by Theramenes son of Hagnon as leader of the one party, and the lyre-maker Cleophon of the people. It was Cleophon who first granted the two-obol donation for the theatrical performances, and for some time it continued to be given; but then Callicrates of Paeania ousted him by promising to add a third obol to the sum.
From the fair Greek woman, of course vain child that you are never thinking of the poor old Jewess. 'And did you? did you? gasped Philammon. 'Have I to thank you, then, for that strange generosity? 'Not to thank me, but to obey me; for mind, I can prove your debt to me, every obol, and claim it if I choose. But don't fear; I won't be hard on you, just because you are in my power.
Is such a show as you make to be supported on nothing? During all the last war, I made not an obol from my farm; the Peloponnesian locusts came almost as regularly as the Pleiades; corn burnt; olives stripped; fruit trees cut down; wells stopped up; and, just when peace came, and I hoped that all would turn out well, you must begin to spend as if you had all the mines of Thasus at command.
Among the rubbish that fills up the spaces between the tiers of seats, they occasionally discover the Marseilles obol, a bit of silver stamped with the four-spoked wheel, or a few bronze coins bearing the effigy of Augustus or Tiberius.
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