SIMON A great many; among them, Aristoxenus the musician, who deserves great consideration.

The MSS. add: “and he himself was parasite to Neleus.” Both were pupils of Aristotle. Aristoxenus wrote a life of Plato, which was used by Diogenes Laertius.

That Euripides was parasite to Archelaus until he died, and Anaxarchus to Alexander, you surely know.