Aeacus Would you like to see the philosophers? Menippus I should like it of all things. Aeacus First comes Pythagoras. Menippus Good-day, Euphorbus, alias Apollo, alias what you will. Pythagoras Good-day, Menippus. Menippus What, no golden thigh nowadays? Pythagoras Why, no. I wonder if there is anything to eat in that wallet of yours? Menippus Beans, friend; you don’t like beans, Pythagoras Try me. My principles have changed with my quarters. I find that down here our parents’ heads are in no way connected with beans.