Ἡττήθης τινὸς ἀλεκτρυόνος

"[You were defeated] by the truth,"¹ and "were you defeated by some rooster?". [This is said] in reference to slaves or servants following their masters. This is natural, since in cockfights the roosters which are defeated follow the victors. And Theocritus [writes]: "such [are] valiant among red-crested birds."²