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When Zeno the philosopherZeno of Elea
(Velia in Italy) in the middle of the 5th century B.C.; see the following paragraph.
was suffering the agonies of the torture because of the conspiracy he had entered into against
the tyrant Nearchus and was being asked by Nearchus who his fellow conspirators were, he
replied, "Would that I were as much the master of my body as I am of my tongue!"Const. Exc. 4, pp. 296-297.
When Zeno's native city was being ground down by the tyranny of Nearchus,
Zeno formed a conspiracy against the tyrant. But he was found out, and when he was asked by
Nearchus, while suffering the agonies of the torture, who his fellow conspirators were, he
replied, "Would that I were as much the master of my body as I am of my tongue!" And when the tyrant made the torture more and more severe, Zeno still
withstood it for a while; and then, being eager to be rid at last of the agony and at the same
time to be revenged upon Nearc