Fragment 47 (Voigt 178)
47 · Voigt 178Fonder of maids than Gello.
Γέλλως παιδοφιλωτέρα.
Quoted as a proverb by Zenobius, about 130 A.D.; said of those who die an untimely death, or of those whose indulgence brings ruin on their children. Gello was a maiden who died in youth, whose ghost, the Lesbians said, pursued children and carried them off.