[33] And what about Aristippus of Cyrene? Is he not in your opinion one of the philosophers of distinction?
TYCHIADES
Very much so.SIMON
But he too lived in Syracuse at about the same time, playing parasite to Dionysius. In fact, of all the parasites he was in highest favour with him, — being, to be sure, somewhat more gifted for the art than the rest of them, so that Dionysius sent his cooks to him every day, to learn something from him. Aristippus, indeed, appears to have been a worthy ornament to the art;
De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.
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