Soclarus
SOCLARUS. Restrain yourself, Autobulus, and turn off the flow of these accusations. Cf. Mor. 940 f supra. Possibly a reference to the water-clock used in the courts. I see a good many gentlemen approaching who are all hunters; you will hardly convert them and you needn’t hurt their feelings.
Autobulus
AUTOBULUS. Thanks for the warning. Eubiotus, however, I know quite well and my cousin Ariston, and Aeacides and Aristotimus here, the sons of Dionysius of Delphi, and Nicander, the son of Euthydamus, all of them expert, as Homer Odyssey, viii. 159. expresses it, in the chase by land - and for this reason they will be on Aristotimus’ side. So too yonder comes Phaedimus with the islanders and coast-dwellers about him, Heracleon from Megara and the Euboean Philostratus, Whose hearts are on deeds of the sea. Cf. Homer, Iliad, ii. 614; Odyssey, v. 67. And here is my contemporary Optatus: like Diomedes, it is Hard to tell the side on which he ranges,Homer, Iliad, v. 85. for with many a trophy from the sea, many likewise from the chase on the mountain, he has glorified Verses of an unknown poet, as recognized by Hubert. the goddessArtemis; on the combined cults see Farnell, Cults of the Greek States, ii, pp. 425 ff. who is at once the Huntress and Dictynna. It is evident that he is coming to join us with no intention of attaching himself to either side. Or am I wrong, my dear Optatus, in supposing that you will be an impartial and neutral umpire between the young men ?
