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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 3 (of 3)

Note 143 — BOOK XV. (continued 2)

Charles Duke Yonge translation

This is a parody on Iliad, i. 275,— Μήτε σὺ τόνδ' ἀγαθός περ ἐὼν, ἀποαίρεο κούρην, where Eubœus changes κούρην, maiden, into κουρεῖ, barber.

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