I went home with my mind made up to depart without having anything more to do with her; and though I was far from inexperienced in wickedness of all kinds, I could not help feeling astonished at the unblushing frankness of this megaera, who had told me what I already knew, but in words that I had never heard a woman use before.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Sabina had required this concession, since it could not be pleasant to any one visiting Lochias to be received on the threshold by an old megaera of evil omen, and to be fallen upon by infuriated dogs.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
Then we will go to-morrow to Nicopolis and I will show you how to get megaera past the Taraxippios."
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers