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Xenophon, On Household Management, 2.5


nanHow can that be? exclaimed Critobulus. Because, in the first place, explained Socrates , I notice that you are bound to offer many large sacrifices; else, I fancy, you would get into trouble with gods and men alike. Secondly, it is your duty to entertain many strangers, on a generous scale too. Thirdly, you have to give dinners and play the benefactor to the citizens, or you lose your following.


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1. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 307-478, 306 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

306. ἀλλʼ ὦ μεγάλαι Μοῖραι, Διόθεν 306. You mighty Fates, through the power of Zeus grant fulfilment in the way to which Justice now turns. q type=
2. Aristophanes, Acharnians, 1049 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1049. ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι νυμφίος ταυτὶ κρέα
3. Hippocrates, On Airs, Waters, And Places, 49, 46 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

4. Isaeus, Orations, 1.31, 8.15-8.16 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

5. Plato, Alcibiades Ii, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

148e. took counsel together and decided that the best thing they could do was to send and inquire of Ammon ; and moreover, to ask also for what reason the gods granted victory to the Spartans rather than to themselves: for we —such was the message— offer up to them more and finer sacrifices than any of the Greeks, and have adorned their temples with votive emblems as no other people have done, and presented to the gods the costliest and stateliest processions year by year, and spent more money thus than
6. Xenophon, Memoirs, 2.3.11 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

2.3.11. If you have observed that I know some spell without being conscious of my knowledge, pray tell me at once. Then tell me, now; if you wanted to get an invitation to dine with an acquaintance when he offers sacrifice, what would you do? of course I should begin by inviting him myself when I offered sacrifice.
7. Xenophon, On Household Management, 2.4, 2.6 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

2.4. And in spite of that estimate, you really think you have no need of money and pity me for my poverty? Yes, because my property is sufficient to satisfy my wants, but I don’t think you would have enough to keep up the style you are living in and to support your reputation, even if your fortune were three times what it is. 2.6. Moreover, I observe that already the state is exacting heavy contributions from you: you must needs keep horses, pay for choruses and gymnastic competitions, and accept presidencies; It is unlikely that προστατείας is used here for προστασίας, the charge of resident aliens, since there is no proof that this duty involved expense to the patron. and if war breaks out, I know they will require you to maintain a ship and pay taxes that will nearly crush you. Whenever you seem to fall short of what is expected of you, the Athenians will certainly punish you as though they had caught you robbing them.
8. Aristotle, Politics, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

9. Plutarch, Nicias, 7.7 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 10.11 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

10.11. This is stated by Apollodorus, who also says that he purchased the garden for eighty minae; and to the same effect Diocles in the third book of his Epitome speaks of them as living a very simple and frugal life; at all events they were content with half a pint of thin wine and were, for the rest, thorough-going water-drinkers. He further says that Epicurus did not think it right that their property should be held in common, as required by the maxim of Pythagoras about the goods of friends; such a practice in his opinion implied mistrust, and without confidence there is no friendship. In his correspondence he himself mentions that he was content with plain bread and water. And again: Send me a little pot of cheese, that, when I like, I may fare sumptuously. Such was the man who laid down that pleasure was the end of life. And here is the epigram in which Athenaeus eulogizes him:
11. Demosthenes, Orations, 19.128, 19.190



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
alcibiades Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
antiochus iii (the great) Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260
antithesis,in paraenesis Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
antithesis Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
benefaction,greek Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260
charis,as human-god relationship Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
charis,from dedications Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
choregoi,of city Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
comedy,criticisms of Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
dio chrysostom,on benefaction Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260
dionysus,festivals of Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
epicurus,socio-economic location Allison (2020), Saving One Another: Philodemus and Paul on Moral Formation in Community, 49
epistle,pastorals Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
festivals,for antiochus iii Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260
festivals,roman Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260
friends relation to kin Parker (2005), Polytheism and Society at Athens, 43
friends together Parker (2005), Polytheism and Society at Athens, 43
good speech,and lies about gods Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
good speech,at sacrifices Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
good speech,in prayer Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
good speech Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
heortai Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
heresy Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
honouring the gods,and charis Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
honouring the gods,through sacrifices Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
household,management Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
household Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
kin relation to friends Parker (2005), Polytheism and Society at Athens, 43
liturgies Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
megaloprepeia Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
notation,music Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260
paraenesis,antithesis Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
paraenesis Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
pastorals Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
philodemus,socio-economic location Allison (2020), Saving One Another: Philodemus and Paul on Moral Formation in Community, 49
philosopher Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
philotimia Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
poets and poetry,criticisms of Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
prayers,and good speech Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
prayers,proper Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
proverbs,virtue/vice lists Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
sacrifice Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
sacrifice creates bond Parker (2005), Polytheism and Society at Athens, 43
sacrifices,and festivals Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
sacrifices,at athens Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
sacrifices,expensive Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
sacrifices,private Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
sacrifices Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
sanctuaries,care and repair of Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
scythians Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
service to gods'" '175.0_571.0@pastoral epistles Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
shared with whom? Parker (2005), Polytheism and Society at Athens, 43
slave/slavery Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
spartans,prayers of Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
spartans,sacrifices of Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
style Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
teaching Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
teos Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260
theophrastus,characters,religion in Parker (2005), Polytheism and Society at Athens, 43
theoriai,to olympia' Mikalson (2016), New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society, 252
tragedy,criticisms of Mikalson (2010), Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy, 61
vice Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
virtue Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
wife Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 571
xenophon,economics,on benefaction Cosgrove (2022), Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine, 260