====== Lucian Refers to Zopyrus ======

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//Herm.// Why, the man in the comedy was not far out: //Put a good face on ‘t, and thou hast no harm.// It is no such terrible disaster, if a few people go away infected. There are plenty who take the other view — a majority of Greeks, the body and dregs of the people, and the barbarians to a man. //Zeus.// Ah, Hermes, but there is a great deal in Darius’s remark about **Zopyrus** — I would rather have had one ally like Damis than be the lord of a thousand Babylons. {{:2013:zopyrus.jpg?200|zopyrus}}