Fronte capillatâ, &c.

The representation of "Occasio," or "Opportunity," with hair in front, and bald behind, is far more ancient than the drama referred to by your correspondent G. A. S. In the *Anthologia* (Brunck's edition, vol. ii. p. 49.) the following beautiful epigram is the 13th by Posidippus:— "Ἐις Ἄγαλμα τοῦ Καιροῦ. Τίς, πόθεν ὁ πλάστης; Σικυώνιος. Οὔνομα δὴ τίς; Λύσιππος. Σὺ δὲ, τίς; Καιρὸς ὁ πανδαμάτωρ. Τίπτε δ' ἐπ' ἄκρα βέβηκας; Ἀεὶ τροχάω. Τί δὲ ταρσοὺς Ποσσὶν ἔχεις διφυεῖς; Ἵπταμ' ὑπηνέμιος. Χειρὶ δὲ δεξιτερῇ τί φέρεις ξυρόν; Ἄνδρασι δεῖγμα Ὧς ἀκμῆς πάσης ὀξύτερος τελέθω. Ἡ δὲ κόμη, τί κατ' ὄψιν; Ὑπα…