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).” Whipping was a feature of the Spartan training.

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 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 (HyperidesPerhaps an unknown Cynic; but the name may be used just for the sake of the pun, without reference to a definite person.)!”

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!”