Aratus
Translated by Bernadotte Perrin
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ARATUS
There is an ancient proverb, Polycrates, which the philosopher Chrysippus puts not as it really is, but as he thought better:—
Who will praise a father, except happy sons?
But Dionysodorus of Troezen corrects him, and restores the true form thus:—
Who will praise a father, except unhappy sons?
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