Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Ambubaiae

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AMBUBAI'AE. Female musicians and ballad singers of Syrian extraction, who frequented the Circus and places of public resort, and supported themselves by their music and prostitution. Suet. Nero, 27. Hor. Sat. i. 2. 1. Compare Juv. iii. 62, 65.