Himilco

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David-Léon Cahun,  The adventures of Captain Mago…

“ I think I shall go north with you, and look in here at Tarshish on my way back, just to see how my plantation prospers."
"Well done, Bichri!" cried Himilco; "you have set a young vineyard going, have you? You will have a long generation of tipplers never ceasing to bless the day you came to Gades. May the gods smile on you and your vines!"
Bichri did not vouchsafe Himilco any answer, but went on, as though talking to himself:
"With old Gebal, and little Dionysos, I think I can be happy enough. I shall miss poor Jonah, though."
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Source: Gutenberg

David-Léon Cahun,  The adventures of Captain Mago…

“ The incorrigible Himilco renewed his jeering, and asked whether he could not produce a little more wine, but the general made no reply, and closed his eyes as if he were in deep thought. Bichri took his seat upon the breast of his prisoner, who, in spite of the indignity he was receiving, seemed to be so much struck with admiration for the young man, that he promised to make his fortune if he would enter his service.
"But get up, get up, I entreat you," he begged him, in an imploring tone. "I assure you that you are a great deal heavier than you seem to imagine."
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Source: Gutenberg

David-Léon Cahun,  The adventures of Captain Mago…

“ The most hipped of all the party was Himilco; not that the sturdy pilot had more dread than the rest of mists and frosts, but because he was much disconcerted at the rapid diminution in our stock of wine.
"Ah me!" he would sigh, as each goat-skin was drained; "another gone! we shall have nothing but water with which to greet the advent of spring. Ah, yes! it is time we were back again in Phœnicia; it would do one good to see the vines on the hill-side of Berytos."
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Source: Gutenberg

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