And in his Ionian he says—
He is so thorough a Bœotian
In all his manners, that, like them, 'tis said
He's never tired nor content with eating.
And in his Cercopes he says—
And after that I came to Thebes, where men
Spend the whole night in feasts and revelry;
And each man has a privy at his doors,
Which is a great boon to an o'er-fed man;
For men who have got a long way to go,
And who eat much and bite their weary lips,
Are some of the most ludicrous of sights.
And in his Mysians he represents some one as making the following speech to Hercules—
You leaving, as you say, the Theban plain,
Where valiant men sit eating all the day,
Being all throat, and close beside the privy.
Diphilus, in his Bœotian, says—
That man can eat, beginning before dawn,
Or come again and eat till the following day.
Mnesimachus, in his Busiris, says—
. . . . . . . For I am a Bœotian,
Who do not eat much else, except these things.