Note 315 — Chapter VIII · EARLY ROMAN SATIRE—C. LUCILIUS, DIED 102 B.C.
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'O Publius Gallonius, thou whirlpool of excess; thou art a miserable man, says he; never in thy life hast thou supped well, since thou spendest all thy substance in that lobster of thine and that monstrous sturgeon.'
'This too is the case at dinner, you will give oysters, bought at a thousand sesterces.'
'Sardines and fish-sauce are your death, O Lupus.'
'Long live, ye gluttons, gourmands, belly-gods.'
'One was attracted by sow-teats and a dish of fatted fowls; another by a gourmandising pike caught between the two bridges.'
'Then he wiped the ample table with a purple cloth.'
The two last passages are reproduced by Horace in the lines:—
'Unde datum sentis, lupus hic Tiberinus, an alto Captus hiet, pontesne inter iactatus, an amnis Ostia sub Tusci?'—Sat. ii. 2. 31.
And
'Gausape purpureo mensam pertersit.'—Ib. ii. 8. 11.