Note 48 — Chapter VIII
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Αὐτολήκυθος, signifies a poor man.
Οὐδ’ ἐστὶν αὐτῇ στλεγγὶς οὐδὲ λήκυθος.—Aristophanes.
Ἐμαυτῷ Βαλανεύσω, was equivalent to “I am my own butler.” “Have you dreamt of Lechyth, or Xystra? that is the sign of a woman that attends to her household (οὐκουρὸν) or of a faithful handmaid.”—Artemid. Oneiroc. i. 64.