Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Greek Wit: A Collection of Smart Sayings and Anecdotes Translated From Greek Prose Writers
Antagoras the poet was cooking a conger-eel and holding the pan himself, when Antigonus came behind him and asked, Do you suppose Homer, when he was writing Agamemnon's deeds, cooked a conger? Sir, replied the other.
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