XIX.
A sow one acorn has, and wants its brother;
And I have one fair maid, and seek another.
XX.
A wanton and a bath-keeper both cherish the same fashion,
Giving the worthless and the good the self-same bath to wash in.
XXI.
Give Cedon wine, O slave, and fill it up,
If you must give each worthy man a cup.
XXII.
Alas! Leipsydrium, you betray
A host of gallant men,
Who for their country many a day
Have fought, and would again.
And even when they fell, their race
In their great actions you may trace.[1]
XXIII.
The man who never will betray his friend,
Earns fame of which nor earth nor heaven shall see the end.
Some also call that a scolium which was composed by Hybrias the Cretan; and it runs thus—
XXIV.
I have great wealth, a sword, and spear,
And trusty shield beside me here;
With these I plough, and from the vine
Squeeze out the heart-delighting wine;
They make me lord of everything.
But they who dread the sword and spear,
And ever trusty shield to bear,
Shall fall before me on their knees,
And worship me whene'er I please,
And call me mighty lord and king.
51. After this, Democritus said;—But the song which was composed by that most learned writer, Aristotle, and addressed to Hermias[2] of Atarneus, is not a pæan, as was asserted by Demophilus, who instituted a prosecution against the philosopher, on the ground of impiety (having been suborned to act
- ↑ This refers to the Alcmæonidæ, who, flying from the tyranny of
Hippias, after the death of Hipparchus, seized on and fortified the town
Leipsydrium, on Mount Parnes, and were defeated and taken by the
Pisistratidæ.—See Herod, v. 62. - ↑ Hermias was tyrant of Atarneus and Assos, having been originally the minister of Eubulus, whom he succeeded. He entertained Aristotle at his court for many years. As he endeavoured to maintain his kingdom in independence of Persia, they sent Mentor against him, who decoyed him to an interview by a promise of safe conduct, and then seized him and sent him to Artaxerxes, by whom he was put to death.
