Distinguish between those who artfully flatter and those who loyally serve you, that the base may not fare better than the good. Isocrates. To Nicocles. Speech 2. Section 28.
Image: The panel shows a mistress at her morning toilette, served by 4 female slaves. Two women dress her hair, while the third holds a round mirror and the fourth brings a jug of water. All the women wear long-sleeved tunics, but the mistress also wears a palla bordered with a fringe, 220 CE photographed by Carole Raddato at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, Germany.
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