Note 155 — FIRST SECTION.
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Hesychius, s. v. πέζας μοίχους· οὕτως ἐκάλουν τὰς μισθαρνούσας ἑταίρας χωρὶς ὀργάνου. (under the expression πέζας μοίχους,—common, prose fornicators: this was the name given to hetaerae who were prostitutes without playing any instrument). Comp. Photius, Lexicon, under same word.—Procopius Anecdot. p. 41.—Cuperi Observat I. 16. p. 116.—Casaubon, on Sueton. Nero. ch. 27.