Diogenes Laertius Vitae philosophorum 7.5.169

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Vitae philosophorum. Diogenes Laertius. R. D. Hicks (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1925.

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Lives of Eminent Philosophers (English) (Diogenes Laertius. Hicks, R. D., editor. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1925.)

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Lives of Eminent Philosophers

1. A slave allowed by his master to hire himself out to another master was bound by Attic law to refund to his own master a part ( ἀποφορά) of the wages he received. Zeno claimed a part of his pupil’s earnings.