to　him。〃
  The　tender　service　of　the　proudest…souled　of　women；　wifely　rendered；
  how　superlatively　charming！＇36＇　and　by　contrast；　how　little　welcome　is
  such　ministration　where　the　wife　is　but　a　slavewhen　present；　barely
  noticed；　or　if　lacking；　what　fell　pains　and　passions　will　it　not
  engender！
  ＇36＇　Or；　〃the　gentle　ministrations　of　loftiest…thoughted　women　and
  fair　wives　possess　a　charm　past　telling；　but　from　slaves；　if
  tendered；　the　reverse　of　welcome；　or　if　not　forthcoming　。　。　。〃
  And　if　we　come　to　masculine　attachments；　still　more　than　in　those
  whose　end　is　procreation；　the　tyrant　finds　himself　defrauded　of　such
  mirthfulness；＇37＇　poor　monarch！　Since　all　of　us　are　well　aware；　I
  fancy；　that　for　highest　satisfaction；＇38＇　amorous　deeds　need　love's
  strong　passion。＇39＇
  ＇37＇　〃Joys　sacred　to　that　goddess　fair　and　free　in　Heaven　yclept
  Euphrosyne。〃
  ＇38＇　For　｛polu　diapherontos｝　cf。　Browning　（〃Abt　Vogler〃）；　not　indeed
  of　Aphrodisia　conjoined　with　Eros；　but　of　the　musician's　gift：
  That　out　of　three　sounds　he　frame　not　a　fourth　sound；　but　a
  star。
  ＇39＇　i。e。　〃Eros；　the　Lord　of　Passion；　must　lend　his　hand。〃　〃But；〃　he
  proceeds；　〃the　god　is　coy；　he　has　little　liking　for　the　breasts　of
  kings。　He　is　more　likely　to　be　found　in　the　cottage　of　the　peasant
  than　the　king's　palace。〃
  But　least　of　all　is　true　love's　passion　wont　to　lodge　in　the　hearts　of
  monarchs；　for　love　delights　not　to　swoop　on　ready　prey；　he　needs　the
  lure　of　expectation。＇40＇
  ＇40＇　Or；　〃even　on　the　heels　of　hoped…for　bliss　he　follows。〃
  Well　then；　just　as　a　man　who　has　never　tasted　thirst　can　hardly　be
  said　to　know　the　joy　of　drinking；＇41＇　so　he　who　has　never　tasted
  Passion　is　ignorant　of　Aphrodite's　sweetest　sweets。
  ＇41＇　Reading　with　Holden　（after　H。　Steph。）　｛osper　oun　an　tis　。　。　。｝　or
  with　Hartm。　（op。　cit。　p。　259）　｛osper　ouk　an　tis　。　。　。｝
  So　Hiero　ended。
  Simonides　answered　laughingly：　How　say　you；　Hiero？　What　is　that？
  Love's　strong　passion　for　his　soul's　beloved　incapable　of　springing　up
  in　any　monarch's　heart？　What　of　your　own　passion　for　Dailochus；
  surnamed　of　men　〃most　beautiful〃？
  Hiero。　That　is　easily　explained；　Simonides。　What　I　most　desire　of　him
  is　no　ready　spoil；　as　men　might　reckon　it；　but　rather　what　it　is　least
  of　all　the　privilege　of　a　tyrant　to　obtain。＇42＇　I　say　it　truly；　Ithe
  love　I　bear　Dailochus　is　of　this　high　sort。　All　that　the　constitution
  of　our　souls　and　bodies　possibly　compels　a　man　to　ask　for　at　the　hands
  of　beauty；　that　my　fantasy　desires　of　him；　but　what　my　fantasy
  demands；　I　do　most　earnestly　desire　to　obtain　from　willing　hands　and
  under　seal　of　true　affection。　To　clutch　it　forcibly　were　as　far　from
  my　desire　as　to　do　myself　some　mortal　mischief。
  ＇42＇　Lit。　〃of　tyrant　to　achieve；〃　a　met。　from　the　chase。　Cf。
  〃Hunting；〃　xii。　22。
  Were　he　my　enemy；　to　wrest　some　spoil　from　his　unwilling　hands　would
  be　an　exquisite　pleasure；　to　my　thinking。　But　of　all　sweet　favours　the
  sweetest　to　my　notion　is　the　free…will　offering　of　a　man's　beloved。
  For　instance；　how　sweet　the　responsive　glance　of　love　for　love；　how
  sweet　the　questions　and　the　answers；＇43＇　and；　most　sweet　of　all；　most
  love…enkindling；　the　battles　and　the　strifes　of　faithful　lovers。＇44＇
  But　to　enjoy＇45＇　one's　love　perforce　（he　added）　resembles　more　an　act
  of　robbery；　in　my　judgment；　than　love's　pastime。　And；　indeed；　the
  robber　derives　some　satisfaction　from　the　spoils　he　wins　and　from　the
  pain　he　causes　to　the　man　he　hates。　But　to　seek　pleasure　in　the　pain
  of　one　we　love　devoutly；　to　kiss　and　to　be　hated；　to　touch＇46＇　and　to
  be　loathedcan　one　conceive　a　state　of　things　more　odious　or　more
  pitiful？　For；　it　is　a　certainty；　the　ordinary　person　may　accept　at
  once　each　service　rendered　by　the　object　of　his　love　as　a　sign　and
  token　of　kindliness　inspired　by　affection；　since　he　knows　such
  ministry　is　free　from　all　compulsion。　Whilst　to　the　tyrant；　the
  confidence　that　he　is　loved　is　quite　foreclosed。　On　the　contrary；＇47＇
  we　know　for　certain　that　service　rendered　through　terror　will
  stimulate　as　far　as　possible　the　ministrations　of　affection。　And　it　is
  a　fact；　that　plots　and　conspiracies　against　despotic　rulers　are
  oftenest　hatched　by　those　who　most　of　all　pretend　to　love　them。＇48＇
  ＇43＇　〃The　'innere　Unterhaltung'〃；　the　｛oarismos｝。　Cf。　Milton；　〃P。　L。〃：
  With　thee　conversing；　I　forget　all　time。
  ＇44＇　Cf。　Ter。　〃Andr。〃　iii。　3。　23；　〃amantium　irae　amoris
  intergratiost。〃
  ＇45＇　〃To　make　booty　of。〃
  ＇46＇　For　｛aptesthai｝　L。　&　S。　cf。　Plat。　〃Laws；〃　840　A；　Aristot。　〃H。　A。〃
  v。　14。　27；　Ep。　1　Cor。　vii。　1。
  ＇47＇　Reading　｛au｝。　〃If　we　do　know　anything　it　is　this；　that；〃　etc。
  ＇48＇　Or；　〃do　oftenest　issue　from　treacherous　make…believe　of　warmest
  friendship。〃　Cf。　Grote；　〃H。　G。〃　xi。　288；　〃Hell。〃　VI。　iv。　36。
  II
  To　these　arguments　Simonides　replied：　Yes；　but　the　topics　you　have
  named　are　to　my　thinking　trifles；　drops；　as　it　were；　in　the　wide
  ocean。　How　many　men；　I　wonder；　have　I　seen　myself；　men　in　the　deepest
  sense；＇1＇　true　men；　who　choose　to　fare　but　ill　in　respect　of　meats　and
  drinks　and　delicacies；　ay；　and　what　is　more；　they　voluntarily　abstain
  from　sexual　pleasures。　No！　it　is　in　quite　a　different　sphere；　which　I
  will　name　at　once；　that　you　so　far　transcend　us　private　citizens。＇2＇
  It　is　in　your　vast　designs；　your　swift　achievements；　it　is　in　the
  overflowing　wealth　of　your　possessions；　your　horses；　excellent　for
  breed　and　mettle；　the　choice　beauty　of　your　arms；　the　exquisite　finery
  of　your　wives；　the　gorgeous　palaces　in　which　you　dwell；　and　these；
  too；　furnished　with　the　costliest　works　of　art；　add　to　which　the
  throng　of　your　retainers；　courtiers；　followers；　not　in　number　only　but
  accomplishments　a　most　princely　retinue；　and　lastly；　but　not　least　of
  all；　in　your　supreme　ability　at　once　to　afflict　your　foes　and　benefit
  your　friends。
  ＇1＇　Lit。　〃many　among　those　reputed　to　be　men。〃　Cf。　〃Cyrop。〃　V。　v。　33；
  〃Hell。〃　i。　24；　〃their　hero〃；　and　below；　viii。　3。　Aristoph。　〃Ach。〃
  78；　｛oi　barbaroi　gar　andras　egountai　monous｝　｜　｛tous　pleista
  dunamenous　phagein　te　kai　piein｝：　〃To　the　Barbarians　'tis　the　test
  of　manhood：　there　the　great　drinkers　are　the　greatest　men〃
  （Frere）；　id。　〃Knights；〃　179；　〃Clouds；〃　823；　so　Latin　〃vir。〃　See
  Holden　ad　loc。
  ＇2＇　〃Us　lesser　mortals。〃
  To　all　which　Hiero　made　answer：　That　the　majority　of　men；　Simonides；
  should　be　deluded　by　the　glamour　of　a　despotism　in　no　respect
  astonishes　me；　since　it　is　the　very　essence　of　the　crowd；　if　I　am　not
  mistaken；　to　rush　wildly　to　conjecture　touching　the　happiness　or
  wretchedness　of　people　at　first　sight。
  Now　the　nature　of　a　tyrrany　is　such：　it　presents；　nay　flaunts；　a　show
  of　costliest　possessions　unfolded　to　the　general　gaze；　which　rivets
  the　attention；＇3＇　but　the　real　troubles　in　the　souls　of　monarchs　it
  keeps　concealed　in　those　hid　chambers　where　lie　stowed　away　the
  happiness　and　the　unhappiness　of　mankind。
  ＇3＇　There　is　some　redundancy　in　the　phraseology。
  I　repeat　then；　I　little　marvel　that　the　multitude　should　be　blinded　in
  this　matter。　But　that　you　others　also；　you　who　are　held　to　see　with
  the　mind's　eye　more　clearly　than　with　the　eye　of　sense　the　mass　of
  circumstances；＇4＇　should　share　its　ignorance；　does　indeed　excite　my
  wonderment。　Now；　I　know　it　all　too　plainly　from　my　own　experience；
  Simonides；　and　I　assure　you；　the　tyrant　is　one　who　has　the　smallest
  share　of　life's　blessings；　whilst　of　its　greater　miseries　he　possesses
  most。
  ＇4＇　Lit。　〃the　majority　of　things〃；　al。　〃the　thousand　details　of　a
  thing。〃
  For　instance；　if　peace　is　held　to　be　a　mighty　blessing　to　mankind；
  then　of　peace　despotic　monarchs　are　scant　sharers。　Or　is　war　a　curse？
  If　so；　of　this　particular　pest　your　monarch　shares　the　largest　moiety。
  For；　look　you；　the　private　citizen；　unless　his　city…state　should
  chance　to　be　engaged　in　some　common　war；＇5＇　is　free　to　travel
  wheresoe'er　he　chooses　without　fear　of　being　done　to　death；　whereas
  the　tyrant　cannot　stir　without　setting　his　foot　on　hostile　territory。
  At　any　rate；　nothing　will　persuade　him　but　he　must　go　through　life
  armed；　and　on　all　occasions　drag　about　with　him　armed　satellites。　In
  the