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Common domestic birds and related forms.
Eunuch priest of the Phrygian goddess Cybele.
1During Gallus's third year as Caesar, there was a famine in Syria.
2For two years the Emperor had been receiving disquieting reports about Gallus.
3In the autumn of 353, Gallus made a state visit to Pergamon.
4When he was gone, Gallus deliberately smashed the cup he had used.
5I blame Gallus's wife Constantia for the overt change in his character.
6Curiously enough, Julian almost never mentioned Gallus to me, or to anyone.
7After Gallus left, I wept, for the last time as a child.
8By the time Gallus realized he was surrounded, it was too late.
9On a stool at Constantius's feet sat Gallus, looking well-pleased with himself.
10Before I could reply, Gallus had turned to the bishop of Pergamon.
11I don't recall where Gallus was; probably sick in bed with fever.
12Then Gallus began to kick the dead man, laughing and shouting gleefully.
13The two sexes in the parent-form, the Gallus bankiva, differ much in colour.
14That day Gallus lost what small support he had among us.
15But Gallus, who saw Eusebius every day, said that the eunuch was optimistic.
16This is the Gallus in honour of whom Virgil composed his tenth eclogue.