two to four o’clock
`` When the market-place begins to fill , when it is full , when it becomes empty . '' It would be impossible to define this division of time exactly according to our modern methods of computation , but it seems certain that the market was over by the afternoon . The busiest hours were probably from 10 till 1 . At the present day the streets of Athens are crowded during those hours ; but in Summer from two to four o'clock are utterly deserted . -RSB- `` Ten carriages and two boats , full of Ethiopian soldiers under the command of an Egyptian captain , were sent off to Naukratis to surround the house of Rhodopis and make captives of her guests . '' `` Ha , treachery ! '' exclaimed Gyges .