. Discovery. Science. 10 DISCOVERY at the temple of Asclepius ; and in one poem, the scene of which is probably laid at Ephesus, they spend time pricing expensive shoes in the shop of a glib and plausible shoemaker. Here is an extract: " Shoemaker. Boy, open the box and bring out some of my best works of art. Look quietly in, madam, and open the shoe-case. Look at the heel, and the ornamented pattern on it ! All good workmanship! And the grain ! Incomparable! Look at the latest fashions! Here are your parrot-coloured shoes, your crab-coloured shoes, your scarlet shoes, your orange- ta\Miy
. Discovery. Science. 10 DISCOVERY at the temple of Asclepius ; and in one poem, the scene of which is probably laid at Ephesus, they spend time pricing expensive shoes in the shop of a glib and plausible shoemaker. Here is an extract: " Shoemaker. Boy, open the box and bring out some of my best works of art. Look quietly in, madam, and open the shoe-case. Look at the heel, and the ornamented pattern on it ! All good workmanship! And the grain ! Incomparable! Look at the latest fashions! Here are your parrot-coloured shoes, your crab-coloured shoes, your scarlet shoes, your orange- ta\Miy shoes ; ankle-tips, night-trippers, laced THE BUST OF MENA>rDi:i; P- l;ii--Tii.\- jirSEUM (). {Reproduced, by kind perinisswu uj Urn. , from " Greek and Roman Portraits," by Ajiton Hekler.) loose boots, slippers, sandals. Say what your heart desires. Lady. How much do you want for the pair you took up first ? Don't name too ' thundering ' a price. Shoemaker [after some voluble protestations). Three pounds ten, madam, not a farthing ; It is a high price, even for the extravagant lady; but after haggling, she buys some shoes, and the woman who introduced the customers is promised a pair as commission for herself. A vase-painting has been preserved of such a scene, a lady visiting a shoe- maker and being measured. But in two of the pieces the figures are of a coarser and lower type, and in one of them the moral corruption inherent in ancient slavery appears very plainly. Among male characters we read of pugilists, garotters, gamblers, or seafaring men ashore for a carouse. The streets of the town are narrow, with mud up to the knees, like a Turkish town of the present day. The language put into the mouth of these people is that of common life, colloquial, full of vulgarisms, slang, and proverbs. The author is a " Reahst " to the core, and has been well called the Teniers of Greek literature. His most entertaining piece is
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