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a_o philosopher_n elos_n be_v a_o damosel_n to_o king_n athamas_n from_o who_o a_o great_a city_n in_o achaia_n take_v denomination_n and_o be_v call_v aelos_n lardana_n as_o herodotus_n affirm_v be_v at_o first_o no_o better_a than_o a_o servant_n from_o who_o the_o noble_a family_n of_o the_o heraclidae_fw-la derive_v their_o first_o orginall_n titula_n otherwise_o call_v philotis_n be_v a_o roman_a virgin_n of_o the_o like_a condition_n and_o be_v remember_v for_o such_o by_o plutarch_n in_o camillo_n as_o also_o by_o macrob._n lib._n 1._o saturnalium_fw-la proconnesia_n be_v remember_v by_o pliny_n who_o in_o one_o day_n bring_v forth_o two_o child_n the_o one_o like_o her_o master_n and_o the_o other_o like_o another_o man_n with_o who_o she_o have_v have_v company_n and_o be_v bear_v deliver_v either_o child_n to_o his_o father_n lathris_n be_v the_o handmaid_n to_o cynthia_n so_o much_o speak_v of_o by_o propert._n as_o cypassis_n be_v to_o cersinna_n the_o mistress_n of_o 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