laeno

Updated: May 13, 2025

It is a case of Roman master debasing the Greek, his superior, and making him his purveyor Graeculus, sophist, Laeno.... To the vulgar the intelligence is a sort of maid-of-all-work, and in this position she displays the sly, dishonest cleverness of her kind.

Romain Rolland - Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War