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Demonax (46-50)

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He, saw a Spartan beating a lave, and said: “Stop treating him as your equal!’

When a woman named Danae had a dispute with her brother, he said: “Go to law!

Though your name be Danae, you are not the daughter "of Acrisius (Lawless).” [*]

Above all, he made war on those who cultivate philosophy in the spirit of vainglory and not in the spirit of truth. For example, on seeing a Cynic with cloak and wallet, but with a bar (hyperon) for a

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staff, who was making an uproar and saying that: he was the follower of Antisthenes, Crates, and Diogenes, Demonax said: “Don’t lie! You are. really a disciple of Barson (Hyperides[*])!”

When he saw many of the athletes fighting foul and breaking the rules of the games by biting instead of boxing, he said: “No wonder the athletes of the present day are called ‘lions’ by their hangers-on!”

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