Psellos sailed from Trigleia (he told the krites of Opsikion) along the coast, with rowers (from Syke) and passengers amused by the monk Elias' critical catalogue of the capital's prostitutes. The sea was calm, though Psellos expected a storm like Jonah's. Elias claimed no direct contact with the prostitutes he listed. if true, Psellos said he was only half evil; if not, the whale should not swallow him, for it would never spit him out again. Another letter indicated that Elias had invented a distinct term between God and Mammon and between other dualities like heaven and hell, monastery and brothel, switching between the two extremes. After death he might be condemned to be hot on one side and cool on the other, as his days now belonged to God and nights to Satan