[Footnote 10: After observing that the demerit of the
Cappadocians rose in proportion to their rank and riches, he
inserts a more pointed epigram, which is ascribed to
Demodocus.
The sting is precisely the same with the French epigram
against Freron: Un serpent mordit Jean Freron - Eh bien? Le
serpent en mourut. But as the Paris wits are seldom read in
the Anthology, I should be curious to learn, through what
channel it was conveyed for their imitation, (Constantin.
Porphyrogen. de Themat. c. ii. Brunck Analect. Graec. tom.
ii. p. 56. Brodaei Anthologia, l. ii. p. 244.)]