[83]
Sthenius, the man who is sitting by us,
is a citizen of Thermae, long since known to many by his eminent virtue and his
illustrious birth, and now known to all men by his own misfortune and the unexampled
injuries he has received from that man. Verres having often enjoyed his hospitality,
and having not only stayed often with him at Thermae, but having almost dwelt with
him there, took away from him out of his house everything which could in any
uncommon degree delight the mind or eyes of any one. In truth, Sthenius from his
youth had collected such things as these with more than ordinary diligence; elegant
furniture of brass, made at Delos and at
Corinth, paintings, and even a good
deal of elegantly wrought silver, as far as the wealth of a citizen of Thermae could
afford. And these things, when he was in Asia as a young man, he had collected diligently, as I said, not so
much for any pleasure to himself, as for ornaments against the visits of Roman
citizens, his own friends and connections, whenever he invited them.
This text is part of:
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.