Volume 1

The Deipnosophists, or, Banquet of the learned, of Athenæus / literally translated by C.D. Yonge, B.A. ; with an appendix of poetical fragments, rendered into English verse by various authors, and a general index.

  • Athenaeus
Date:
1854
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Credit: The Deipnosophists, or, Banquet of the learned, of Athenæus / literally translated by C.D. Yonge, B.A. ; with an appendix of poetical fragments, rendered into English verse by various authors, and a general index. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C. 95.] SLAVES. And Crates says, in his Beasts— A. Then no one shall possess or own One male or female slave, But shall himself, though ne’er so old. Labour for all his needs. B. Not so, for I will quiekly make These matters all come right. A. And what will your plans do for usl B. tVhy everything you call for .Should of its own accord come forth. As if now you should say, () table, lay yourself for dinner. And spre.ad a cloth upon you. You kneading-trough, prepare some dough; You cyathus, pour forth wine; Where is the cup! come hither, cup, And empt and wash yourself. Come up, 0 cake. You sir, you dish. Here, bring me up some beetroot. Come hither, fish. “ I can’t, for 1 Am raw on t’ other side.” Well, turn round then .and baste yourself With oil and melted butter. And immediately after tins the man who takes up the opposite .side of the argument says— But argue thus: I on the other hand Shall first of all bring water for the hot baths On columns raised as through the Pajonium' Down to the sea, so th.at the stre.am shall flow Direct to every private person’s bath. Then he shall speak and check the flowing water. Then too an alabaster box of ointment Shall of its own accord approach the bather. And sponges suitable, .and also slippers. 95. And Teleclides puts it better tli.aii the man whom I have jtist quoted, in his Amjthictyous, where he says— I will tell you now the life Which 1 have prepared for men. First of all the lovely Peace Everywhere was always by. Like spring water which is j)Oured O’er the hands of feasted guests. The earth produced no cause for fear. No pains and no diseases. ' The Piconium, if that is the proper reading, appears to have been a phacc in Athens where there were pillars on which an aqueduct was supported. But there is a doubt about the reading.