As master of the courses?"—No such person;
Moschion and Niceratus and Philinus,
These are my guests and friends, and amongst these
You'll find no table-decker, as I take it.
"Gods! is it possible?" cried he;—Most certain,
I patiently replied: he swell'd and huff'd,
As if, forsooth! I'd done him heinous wrong,
And robb'd him of his proper dignity;
Ridiculous conceit!—"What offering mak'st thou
To Erysichthon?" he demanded: None—