Noctes Atticae

Gellius, Aulus

Gellius, Aulus. The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius. Rolfe, John C., editor. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, 1927 (printing).

ἐν αἷς ἔφη ὁ ποιητὴς τοὺς ἄνδραςἀριπρεπεῖςγίγνεσθαι,

καταδεδυκότι δὲ τὸν λοιπὸν βίον βιῶναι μετὰ μειρακίων, ἐν γωνίᾳ τριῶν ἢ τεττάρων ψιθυρίζοντα,

ἐλεύθερον δὲ καὶ μέγα καὶ ἱκανὸν μηδέποτε φθέγξασθαι.