Perhaps you may have seen one version of it which was made by Matthew Arnold.

But I think that the version made by Lang is even better.
The scene is laid in Alexandria, probably some two thousand years ago, and the occasion is a religious holiday--a _matsuri_, as we call it in Japan.
Two women have made an appointment to go together to the temple, to see the festival and to see the people.

The poet begins his study by introducing us to the chamber of one of the women.
GORGO.

"Is Praxinoe at home ?" PRAXINOE.

"Dear Gorgo, how long is it since you have been here! She is at home.