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cēna Hateriī

nōnā hōrā amīcī clientēsque, quōs Haterius invītāverat ut sēcum
diem nātālem celebrārent, triclīnium ingrediēbantur. inter eōs
aderant fīliī lībertōrum quī humilī locō nātī magnās opēs adeptī
erant. aderant quoque nōnnūllī senātōrēs quī inopiā oppressī
5  favōrem Hateriī petēbant.
    proximus Hateriō recumbēbat T. Flāvius Sabīnus cōnsul, vir
summae auctōritātis. spē favōris, Haterius Sabīnum blandīs et
mollibus verbīs adloquēbātur. ipse ānulōs gerēbat aureōs quī
gemmīs fulgēbant; dentēs spīnā argenteā perfodiēbat.
10      intereā duo Aethiopes triclīnium ingrediēbantur. lancem
ingentem ferēbant, in quā positus erat aper tōtus. statim coquus,
quī Aethiopas in triclīnium secūtus erat, ad lancem prōgressus
est ut aprum secāret. aprō perītē sectō, multae avēs statim
ēvolāvērunt, suāviter pīpiantēs. hospitēs, cum vīdissent quid
15  coquus parāvisset, eius artem vehementer laudāvērunt. quā rē
dēlectātus, Haterius servīs imperāvit ut amphorās vīnī Falernī
īnferrent. amphorīs inlātīs, cellārius titulōs quī īnfīxī erant
magnā vōce recitāvit, 'Falernum Hateriānum, vīnum centum
annōrum!' tum vīnum in pōcula servī īnfundere coepērunt.
20      hospitibus laetissimē bibentibus, poposcit Haterius silentium.
rīdēns digitīs concrepuit. signō datō appāruērunt in līmine duo
tubicinēs. tubās vehementer īnflāvērunt. tum Eryllus
Euphrosynēn in triclīnium dūxit. hospitēs, simulatque eam
vīdērunt, fōrmam eius valdē admīrātī sunt.
25      Haterius rīdēns Euphrosynēn rogāvit ut sēcum in lectō
cōnsīderet. deinde hospitēs adlocūtus est.
    'haec puella', inquit glōriāns, 'est philosopha doctissima,
nōmine Euphrosynē. iussū meō hūc vēnit Athēnīs, ubi habitant
philosophī nōtissimī. illa nōbīs dīligenter audienda est.'
30      tum ad eam conversus,
    'nōbīs placet, mea Euphrosynē', inquit, 'ā tē aliquid
philosophiae discere.'

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