telephone and tells someone how a certain individual has mistreated him. Back comes the reply, “Isn’t that something? You know, he did the same thing to me.” Then, they both get on the telephone and call someone else and spread the news (gossip) about this individual who has offended them. When they spread rumors in this way, they are handling the problem improperly and, as a result, they will compound, intensify, and enlarge the problem. Probably, this is what had happened between Euodia and Syntyche.