“Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said, "Do you think, Antagoras, that Homer boiled congers when he wrote the deeds of Agamemnon?" Antagoras replied, "Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?”
Comprising a series of treatises, this work explores various aspects of ethics, character, and virtue through historical anecdotes and comparisons of famous figures from Greek and Roman history. more
“King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."”
“It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.”
“The old proverb was now made good, "the mountain had brought forth a mouse.”