Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sybaris” in card 1224 of Aristophanes, Wasps:
...ake to appease the offended person or, better still, you say something witty, you tell some comic story, perhaps one of those you have yourself heard at table, either in Aesop's style or in that of Sybaris ; everyone laughs and the trouble is ended.
Faith! it's worth while learning many stories then, if you are thus not punished for the ill you do.
But come, no more delay!
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