[sc. A phrase used] in reference to those making jibes openly; for at Athens at the festival of the Choes the revellers on the carts used to make jibes and insults at those they encountered. The same used to happen later at the Lenaia.[1]
[Note] that the women of the Athenians used to ride on the cart, when they travelled to Eleusis for the great mystery-ceremonies, and insult each other on the way; for this was their custom.[2]
[Note] that the Alexandrians used to conduct an ancient purification of souls: for on fixed days men carried on carts assigned to this very task would progress through the whole city, take up stances wherever they liked and position themselves by any house they chose, and truly chant 'the things out of a wagon' -- not abusing people falsely but reproaching them with the truth. For they took scrupulous care to examine the reproaches of [= against] the citizens and bring them forward impartially [and] with truth, so that through this everyone escaped wickedness.