... away with you! Whence has sprung this accursed swarm of Charis fellows which comes assailing my door? Ah! by Iolas! Drive them off, my dear host, you will please me immensely; all the way from Thebes , they were there piping behind me and have completely stripped my penny-royal of its blossom. But will you buy anything of me, some chickens or some locusts? Ah! good day, Boeotian, eater of good ...