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Crates of Thebes | Demetrius of Phalerum, On Style 170
<blockquote>170. Even sensible persons will indulge in jests on such
occasions as feasts and carousals, or when they are addressing
a word of warning to men inclined to good living. A refer-
ence to ' the far-gleaming meal-bag ' may then be found
salutary. The same may be said of the poetry of Crates ;
and it would be well if you were to read the ' Praise of the
Lentil ' in a party of free-livers. The Cynic humour is, for
the most part, of this character. Such jests, in fact, play the
part of maxims and admonitions.
Source</blockquote>
DEMETRIUS ON STYLE THE GREEK TEXT OF DEMETRIUS DE ELOCUTIONE EDITED AFTER THE PARIS MANUSCRIPT WITH INTRODUCTION, TRANSLATION, FACSIMILES, ETC. BY W. RHYS ROBERTS, Litt.D., CAMBRIDGE: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1902