The Symposium by Xenophon
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[67] Aristot. "Rhet." ii. 4. 12; "Eth. N." ix. 4. 9. [68] See "Mem." III. xi. 17. With these words the speaker ended, and Callias exclaimed: By Hera, I envy you your wealth, Antisthenes, firstly, because the state does not lay burthens on you and treat you like a slave; and secondly, people do not fall into a rage with you when you refuse to be their creditor. You may stay your envy (interposed Niceratus), I shall presently present myself to borrow of him this same key of his to independence.[69] Trained as I am to cast up figures by my master Homer-- Seven tripods, which ne'er felt the fire, and of gold ten talents And burnished braziers twenty, and horses twelve--[70] by weight and measure duly reckoned,[71] I cannot stay my craving for enormous wealth. And that's the reason certain people, I daresay, imagine I am inordinately fond of riches. [69] Or, "his want-for-nothing," or, "supply-all." [70] Niceratus quotes "Il." ix. 122, 123, 263, 264. [71] Or, "by number and by measure," "so much apiece, so much a pound," in reference to Antisthenes' remark that Socrates does not |
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