α376Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεος
a rustic out of town
He did not make this juxtaposition idly. For he is not ashamed to call himself rustic: he insults himself as foolish and rustic in various ways; rather, first of all he is unaware that he is demonstrating his own…
Ἄγροικος ἐξ ἄστεος· οὐκ ἀργῶς τῇ παραθέσει νῦν ἐχρήσατο· οὐ γὰρ ὀνειδίσαι βουλόμενος ἑαυτὸν ἄγροικον καλεῖ· ἀνόητον γὰρ καὶ ἄγροικον παντάπασι διαβάλλειν ἑαυτόν· ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μὲν…