text:  In the "Hysminias and Hysmine" of Eumathius a wretched production of the twelfth century not only many of the incidents but even of the names as Sostratus Sosthenes and Anthia are taken from Clitophon and Leucippe: and to so servile an extent is this plagiarism carried that two books out of the nine of which the romance consists are filled with descriptions of paintings; while the plot not very intelligible at the best is still further perplexed by the extraordinary affectation of making nearly all the names alike; thus the hero and heroine are Hysminias and Hysmine the towns are Aulycomis Eurycomis Artycomis &c