Κλεόκριτος
Kleokritos, Cleocritus
Translated by David Whitehead20 Jul 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
This man was ridiculed in comedy as women-mad and debauched and an alien and low-born and a son of Kybele; [this last was] because softies were present in the mysteries of Rhea. Also, he had a bird-like appearance, which is why the proverb is said of debauchees.