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1 if he could; as the disciples of the Philosophers take their names from the Philosophers themselves, so too, the Parasite; ought to be called Gnathonics. PARMENO
apart to the Audience. Do you see the effects of ease and feeding at another's cost? GNATHO
to Iimself, continuing. But why do I delay to take this girl to Thais, and ask her to come to dinner? Aside, on seeing PARMENO. But I see Parmeno, our rival's servant, waiting before the door of Thais with a sorrowful air; all's safe; no doubt these people are finding a cold welcome. I'm resolved to have some sport with this knave. PARMENO
aside. They fancy that, through this present, Thais is quite their own. GNATHO
accosting PARMENO. With his very best wishes Gnatho greets Parmeno, his very good friend.--What are you doing? PARMENO
I'm standing.
1 Become my follower: “"Sectari."” In allusion to the manners of the ancient Philosophers, who were wont to be followed by a crowd of their disciples, who were styled "sectatores" and "sectae." Gnatho intends to found a new school of Parasites, who shall be called the "Gnathonics," and who, by their artful adulation, shall contrive to be caressed instead of being maltreated. Artotrogus, the Parasite in the Miles Gloriosus of Plautus, seems, however, to have forestalled Gnatho as the founder of this new school.
The Comedies of Terence. Henry Thomas Riley. Ney York. Harper and Brothers. 1874.
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