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Article ACCOUNT OF THE SYBARITES. FROM ATHENAEUS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ALCIBIADES. Page 1 of 2 →
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Account Of The Sybarites. From Athenaeus.
the summer season . It was one of these in which Coty s took unusual delight , who of all the princes that had ever rei gned in Thrace was most eminent for luxury and voluptuousness . —In his progress through the country , wherever he met with a place well shaded with trees and agreeably watered , he never failed to select it as a scene of festival . Here he passed his time , offering up sacrifices to the Gods , and living familiarlwith his officers till he
y ; . , at lengh , was induced to be guilty ofimpiety towards Minerva , ancl to offer her the grossest insults ' . The same writer relates , that Cotys prepared a banquet as if he was about to be married to Minerva , and , intoxicated" with wine , made ready a bridal chamber , as if in expectation of the presence ' of the Goddess . —When no one appeared , he sent one of his guards to see whether Minerva
was yet come . —The man came back , and said , no one was in the apartment ; in a fit of anger , the king immediatel y ' put him to death . He then sent a second messenger , whom , in the like manner , when he returned , he put to death . A third was ' dispatched , who , knowing what had happened , came back , and said , that the Goddess expected him in the apartment . —On this the king , bein « -seized with emotions of jealousy with respect to his supposed wife , mano-led the man in a very barbarous manner . ¦ °
Alcibiades.
ALCIBIADES .
FROM THE SAME . THIS is what Satyrus says , speaking of the charming Alcibiades , When in Ionia . hewas more luxurious than all the Ionians ; atThehes , he excelled all the Thebans in the bodily exercises and games . — In Thessaly he was more skilful in the management of the steed than the Aleuada ? themselves . At Sparta he was superior to the Spartans in bodil
y vigor and in abstinence . In drinking he mastered even the Thracians . — Wishing to attempt the chastity of Tim tea , the wife of Agis , he sent her a present of a thousand pieces of gold coin , as to a common courtezan . He was of a most elegant figure , and for the greater part of his youth suffered his hair to grow . He wore sandals ofa particular form , which were called after his own name . He exhibited public games , at which he appeared on the theatre dressed in
purple , exciting on such an occasion the admiration not only of the men , butof the women also . Antisthenes . the Socratic , who had seen Alcibiades , represents him as vigorous and of great strength , of manly appearance , and in his youth of the most captivating beauty . When about to go on any expedition , he engaged four different cities in a manner as his attendants . Ephesus supplied his tents , which resembled those of Persia . Chios sent the provender for his horses . The victims which he used in . 'Sacrifice came from Cyzicum , His wine and the articles of his daily
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Account Of The Sybarites. From Athenaeus.
the summer season . It was one of these in which Coty s took unusual delight , who of all the princes that had ever rei gned in Thrace was most eminent for luxury and voluptuousness . —In his progress through the country , wherever he met with a place well shaded with trees and agreeably watered , he never failed to select it as a scene of festival . Here he passed his time , offering up sacrifices to the Gods , and living familiarlwith his officers till he
y ; . , at lengh , was induced to be guilty ofimpiety towards Minerva , ancl to offer her the grossest insults ' . The same writer relates , that Cotys prepared a banquet as if he was about to be married to Minerva , and , intoxicated" with wine , made ready a bridal chamber , as if in expectation of the presence ' of the Goddess . —When no one appeared , he sent one of his guards to see whether Minerva
was yet come . —The man came back , and said , no one was in the apartment ; in a fit of anger , the king immediatel y ' put him to death . He then sent a second messenger , whom , in the like manner , when he returned , he put to death . A third was ' dispatched , who , knowing what had happened , came back , and said , that the Goddess expected him in the apartment . —On this the king , bein « -seized with emotions of jealousy with respect to his supposed wife , mano-led the man in a very barbarous manner . ¦ °
Alcibiades.
ALCIBIADES .
FROM THE SAME . THIS is what Satyrus says , speaking of the charming Alcibiades , When in Ionia . hewas more luxurious than all the Ionians ; atThehes , he excelled all the Thebans in the bodily exercises and games . — In Thessaly he was more skilful in the management of the steed than the Aleuada ? themselves . At Sparta he was superior to the Spartans in bodil
y vigor and in abstinence . In drinking he mastered even the Thracians . — Wishing to attempt the chastity of Tim tea , the wife of Agis , he sent her a present of a thousand pieces of gold coin , as to a common courtezan . He was of a most elegant figure , and for the greater part of his youth suffered his hair to grow . He wore sandals ofa particular form , which were called after his own name . He exhibited public games , at which he appeared on the theatre dressed in
purple , exciting on such an occasion the admiration not only of the men , butof the women also . Antisthenes . the Socratic , who had seen Alcibiades , represents him as vigorous and of great strength , of manly appearance , and in his youth of the most captivating beauty . When about to go on any expedition , he engaged four different cities in a manner as his attendants . Ephesus supplied his tents , which resembled those of Persia . Chios sent the provender for his horses . The victims which he used in . 'Sacrifice came from Cyzicum , His wine and the articles of his daily