The relations between P. Aebutius and the freedwoman Hispala Fecenia bring to mind those existing between the Philematiums, the Phileniums, or Planesiums of comedy and their lovers.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
If Acte, Nero's freedwoman, really were a Christian,-and it is strange that such a tradition should have arisen without a foundation in fact,-she could not have been without an influence upon the noble ladies with whom she was thrown into contact.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
These were the old freedwoman, who had remained in Tanis, her granddaughter Hogla and Assir, the latter's betrothed husband, from whom the girl had parted to nurse her grandparents.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers