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For at the very entrance and mouth of the harbour, where first the bay begins to
curve from the shore of the open sea towards the city, he pitched tents of fine
linen curtains; thither he migrated from the praetorian palace which had belonged to
king Hiero, and lived here so that during the whole summer no one ever saw him out
of his tent. And to that tent no one had access unless he was either a boon
companion, or a minister of his lust. Hither came all the women with whom he had any
intrigue, and of these it is incredible how great a number there was at Syracuse. Hither came men worthy of that man's
friendship, worthy associates in that course of life also those banquets. Among such
men and such women as these, his son, now grown up, spent his time; in order that if
nature removed him at all from the likeness to his father, still use and constant
training might make him resemble him.
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